1981 Cookstown District Council election

1981 Cookstown District Council election

May 20, 1981 (1981-05-20)
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 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party UUUP Independent Ind. Republican Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2

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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	5	0	0		33.3	31.4	5,098	1.2
	UUP	4	1	1		26.7	24.7	4,002	3.7
	DUP	3	2	0	2	20.0	24.3	3,945	18.4
	UUUP	1	0	2	2	6.7	2.9	470	11.9
	Independent	1	0	0		0.0	10.8	1,752	5.0
	Ind. Republican	1	0	0		0.0	5.9	964	0.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1981
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | SDLP	colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | UUP	colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | DUP	colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:United Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | UUUP	Others
Area A	25.8	1	21.5	1	21.8	1	9.4	1	21.5	1	6
Area B	28.2	2	22.6	2	23.5	1	0.0	0	25.7	1	5
Area C	41.4	2	30.7	1	27.9	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Total	31.4	5	24.7	4	24.3	3	2.9	3	16.7	2	15