1981 Cookstown District Council election
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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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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
Ward | % |
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% |
Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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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 | 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
1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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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
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.