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1981 Cookstown District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Cookstown District Council election
← 1977 20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) 1985 →
All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP UUP DUP
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party UUUP Ind. Nationalist Ind. Republican
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0 Steady 0

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 0 0 Steady0 33.3 31.4 5,098 Increase1.2
  UUP 4 1 1 Steady0 26.7 24.7 4,002 Decrease3.7
  DUP 3 2 0 Increase2 20.0 24.3 3,945 Increase18.4
  UUUP 1 0 2 Decrease2 6.7 2.9 470 Decrease11.9
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 6.6 1,073 Increase0.8
  Ind. Republican 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 5.9 964 Decrease0.5
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 4.2 679 Increase4.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1981
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP UUUP Others
Area A 25.8 1 21.5 1 21.8 1 9.4 1 21.5 1 5
Area B 28.2 2 22.6 2 23.5 1 0.0 0 25.7 1 6
Area C 41.4 2 30.7 1 27.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 4
Total 31.4 5 24.7 4 24.3 3 2.9 3 16.7 2 15

Districts results

Area A

1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: No change

Cookstown Area A - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Kenneth Loughrin 21.81% 1,087      
Ind. Nationalist Laurence Loughran* 21.52% 1,073      
UUP Samuel Glasgow* 21.46% 1,070      
UUUP Samuel Parke* 9.43% 470 711.96 719.55 950.93
SDLP Patrick Bradley 14.48% 722 723.38 822.05 822.74
SDLP Peter Kelly* 11.29% 563 565.07 692.49 692.95
Electorate: 5,876   Valid: 4,985 (84.84%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 831   Turnout: 5,149 (87.63%)  

Area B

1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: UUP and DUP gain from UUUP (two seats)

Cookstown Area B - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP William McIntyre* 23.51% 1,502        
SDLP Paddy Duffy* 18.74% 1,197        
Ind. Republican Michael McIvor* 15.09% 964        
UUP Victor McGahie* 11.29% 721 1,142.98      
UUP James Howard* 11.27% 720 881.07 882.03 1,109.29  
SDLP Joseph Davidson* 9.47% 605 605.78 834.74 835.18 838.04
Independent Edward Hagan 10.63% 679 679.39 731.71 731.71 734.35
Electorate: 7,342   Valid: 6,388 (87.01%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 913   Turnout: 6,535 (89.01%)  

Area C

1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Cookstown Area C - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Alan Kane 27.91% 1,356        
SDLP Brigid Neeson* 22.21% 1,079        
UUP Espie Donaldson* 19.14% 930 1,175.63      
SDLP Margaret Laverty* 19.18% 932 932.87 933.35 934.64 1,038.84
UUP John Warwick* 6.75% 328 432.98 557.54 863.63 864.83
UUP Alexander McConnell 4.80% 233 263.74 337.66    
Electorate: 5,782   Valid: 4,858 (84.02%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 972   Turnout: 4,946 (85.54%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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