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1981 Cookstown District Council election
← 1977 May 20, 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 Steady Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party UUUP Independent Ind. Republican
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady Steady

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 Steady 33.3 31.4 5,098 Increase1.2
  UUP 4 1 1 Steady 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
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady 0.0 10.8 1,752 Decrease5.0
  Ind. Republican 1 0 0 Steady 0.0 5.9 964 Decrease0.5

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
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

Districts results

Area A

1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent
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      
Independent 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%)  

References

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