1981 Cookstown District Council election
20 May 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 Ulster Unionist DUP
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party UUUP Independent Nationalist Independent 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
  Ulster Unionist 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
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 6.6 1,073 Increase0.8
  Independent 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

[1]

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1981
by district
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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
DUP Kenneth Loughrin 21.81% 1,087      
Independent Nationalist Laurence Loughran* 21.52% 1,073      
Ulster Unionist 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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    DUP William McIntyre* 23.51% 1,502        
    SDLP Paddy Duffy* 18.74% 1,197        
    Independent Republican Michael McIvor* 15.09% 964        
    Ulster Unionist Victor McGahie* 11.29% 721 1,142.98      
    Ulster Unionist 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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      DUP Alan Kane 27.91% 1,356        
      SDLP Brigid Neeson* 22.21% 1,079        
      Ulster Unionist Espie Donaldson* 19.14% 930 1,175.63      
      SDLP Margaret Laverty* 19.18% 932 932.87 933.35 934.64 1,038.84
      Ulster Unionist John Warwick* 6.75% 328 432.98 557.54 863.63 864.83
      Ulster Unionist 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. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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