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 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 1,073 | 0.8 | ||
Ind. Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 964 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 679 | 4.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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Total Cllrs |
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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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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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)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.