Cookstown (District Electoral Area)
Cookstown | |
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Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1985 |
Seats | 5 (1985-2014) 7 (2014-) |
Councillors |
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Cookstown is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, encompassing the town of the same name and nearby villages.[1] The district elects seven members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Coagh, Cookstown East, Cookstown South, Cookstown West, Loughry, Oaklands and Pomeroy.[2] Cookstown forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Cookstown Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Cookstown Central until 2014, and originally contained five wards (Gortalowry, Killymoon, Newbuildings, Oldtown and Tullagh). Following local government reform, Cookstown gained most of the abolished Ballinderry DEA and Drum Manor DEA in the 2014 local elections.
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillor (Party) |
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July 2024 Co-Option | John McNamee (Sinn Féin) |
Donna Mullin (Sinn Féin) |
Kerri Martin (SDLP) |
Trevor Wilson (UUP) |
Wilbert Buchanan (DUP) |
Eva Cahoon (DUP) |
Gavin Bell (Sinn Féin) | |||||||
2023 | Cathal Mallaghan (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||||
2019 | Mark Glasgow (UUP) | |||||||||||||
May 2017 Defection | Tony Quinn (SDLP)/ (Independent) | |||||||||||||
2014 | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Ciarán McElhone (Sinn Féin) |
Ian McCrea (DUP) |
5 seats 1985–2014 |
5 seats 1985–2014 | ||||||||||
2005 | Peter Cassidy (SDLP) | |||||||||||||
2001 | Seamus Campbell (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||||
1997 | Sean Begley (Sinn Féin) |
Denis Haughey (SDLP) |
William Larmour (UUP) |
William Larmour (DUP) | ||||||||||
1993 | Margaret Laverty (SDLP) |
Ian Montgomery (UUP) | ||||||||||||
1989 | Kenneth Loughrin (DUP) |
Alan Kane (DUP) | ||||||||||||
1985 | Christopher Neeson (Sinn Féin) |
Brigid Neeson (SDLP) |
Espie Donaldson (UUP) |
2023 Election
[edit]2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Cathal Mallaghan* | 20.97% | 2,157 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 17.21% | 1,771 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Gavin Bell* | 11.81% | 1,215 | 2,010.20 | ||||||||
SDLP | Kerri Martin* | 7.48% | 769 | 813.80 | 1,013.00 | 1,381.48 | ||||||
DUP | Wilbert Buchanan* | 12.14% | 1,249 | 1,249.80 | 1,249.80 | 1,250.74 | 1,252.74 | 1,252.74 | 1,360.74 | |||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 6.82% | 702 | 702.40 | 702.40 | 708.04 | 708.04 | 712.64 | 983.27 | 1,002.87 | 1,201.33 | |
DUP | Eva Cahoon | 7.47% | 768 | 768.00 | 768.00 | 769.41 | 769.41 | 769.41 | 843.41 | 886.81 | 919.54 | |
TUV | Timothy Hagan | 6.44% | 663 | 663.00 | 663.80 | 667.56 | 669.56 | 670.02 | 707.02 | 716.12 | 740.19 | |
Alliance | Chris Hillcox | 4.12% | 424 | 435.60 | 480.40 | 569.70 | 598.25 | 684.96 | 711.89 | 713.29 | ||
UUP | Mark Glasgow* | 5.11% | 526 | 527.60 | 530.00 | 530.47 | 531.47 | 532.39 | ||||
Independent | Louise Taylor | 0.43% | 44 | 46.40 | 51.60 | 62.41 | ||||||
Electorate: 17,175 Valid: 10,288 (59.90%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 1,287 Turnout: 10,433 (60,75%) |
2019 Election
[edit]2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2014–2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Cathal Mallaghan* | 18.50% | 1,710 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 14.81% | 1,369 | ||||||
SDLP | Kerri Hughes | 14.49% | 1,339 | ||||||
DUP | Wilbert Buchanan* | 13.26% | 1,225 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Gavin Bell* | 9.09% | 840 | 1,385.7 | |||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 11.27% | 1,041 | 1,042.02 | 1,047.46 | 1,103.46 | 1,163.46 | ||
UUP | Mark Glasgow* | 8.58% | 793 | 795.04 | 804.9 | 821.9 | 904.6 | 1,063.43 | |
DUP | Grace Neville | 7.51% | 694 | 695.36 | 696.72 | 707.72 | 796.74 | 819.65 | |
TUV | Alan Day | 2.49% | 230 | 230.34 | 237.48 | 249.48 | |||
Electorate: 16,472 Valid: 9,241 (56.10%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,156 Turnout: 9,394 (57.03%) |
2014 Election
[edit]2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain due to the addition of two seats
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Cathal Mallaghan* | 16.41% | 1,481 | |||||||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 14.61% | 1,319 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 13.89% | 1,254 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Gavin Bell | 11.03% | 996 | 1,307.76 | ||||||||
SDLP | Tony Quinn* ‡ | 8.90% | 803 | 823.88 | 830.32 | 860.56 | 956.51 | 1,007.18 | 1,015.32 | 1,240.32 | ||
DUP | Wilbert Buchanan* | 7.94% | 717 | 717.24 | 734.6 | 734.84 | 735.41 | 739.55 | 774.83 | 776.16 | 1,090.97 | |
UUP | Mark Glasgow* | 9.05% | 817 | 817.72 | 919.36 | 919.6 | 919.98 | 931.54 | 980.52 | 986.95 | 1,032.88 | |
TUV | Walter Millar | 7.05% | 636 | 636.24 | 670.96 | 671.2 | 672.91 | 676.29 | 733.85 | 738.52 | 813.9 | |
DUP | Maureen Lees* | 4.60% | 415 | 415 | 433.2 | 433.44 | 433.44 | 435.82 | 465.24 | 468.43 | ||
SDLP | Maria Cleary-McGuffin | 3.06% | 276 | 283.92 | 284.34 | 307.38 | 322.77 | 342.96 | 349.86 | |||
UKIP | Alan Day | 2.16% | 195 | 195 | 197.52 | 198 | 199.9 | 205.04 | ||||
Alliance | Mickey McDonald | 1.30% | 117 | 119.16 | 120.42 | 123.06 | 128.57 | |||||
Electorate: 16,135 Valid: 9,026 (55.94%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 9,167 (56.81%) |
2011 Election
[edit]2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 23.55% | 986 | |||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 21.72% | 909 | |||||
DUP | Ian McCrea* | 17.63% | 738 | |||||
SDLP | Tony Quinn* | 14.88% | 623 | 665.63 | 691.38 | 892.38 | ||
Sinn Féin | Ciarán McElhone | 8.89% | 372 | 600.23 | 600.48 | 657 | 730 | |
TUV | Hannah Loughrin | 6.07% | 254 | 254.29 | 402.04 | 431.83 | 439.83 | |
SDLP | Peter Cassidy* | 5.06% | 212 | 217.22 | 231.97 | |||
Alliance | Michael McDonald | 2.20% | 92 | 95.77 | 111.52 | |||
Electorate: 7,556 Valid: 4,186 (55.40%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 698 Turnout: 4,254 (56.30%) |
2005 Election
[edit]2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Ian McCrea* | 26.06% | 1,246 | |||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 23.21% | 1,110 | |||||
Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 20.43% | 977 | |||||
SDLP | Peter Cassidy* | 10.75% | 514 | 659.92 | 796 | 807.34 | ||
SDLP | Tony Quinn | 10.31% | 493 | 571.08 | 659.28 | 675.12 | 807.68 | |
Sinn Féin | Ciarán McElhone | 7.49% | 358 | 359.92 | 361.18 | 503.92 | 522.84 | |
Socialist Party | Harry Hutchinson | 1.76% | 84 | 302.24 | 387.32 | |||
Electorate: 7,452 Valid: 4,782 (64.17%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 798 Turnout: 4,854 (65.14%) |
2001 Election
[edit]1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 25.23% | 1,427 | ||||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 23.39% | 1,323 | ||||||
DUP | Ian McCrea | 18.81% | 1,064 | ||||||
SDLP | Peter Cassidy | 14.00% | 792 | 828.4 | 835.36 | 838.1 | 1,118.1 | ||
Sinn Féin | Seamus Campbell | 6.44% | 364 | 796.6 | 796.89 | 797.89 | 832.63 | 956.63 | |
UUP | Albert Crawford | 4.21% | 238 | 238 | 547.72 | 672.03 | 687.67 | ||
SDLP | Eddie Espie | 5.80% | 328 | 340.95 | 347.62 | 351.78 | |||
DUP | Hugh Davidson | 2.12% | 120 | 120 | 174.81 | ||||
Electorate: 7,503 Valid: 5,656 (75.38%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 943 Turnout: 5,774 (76.96%) |
1997 Election
[edit]1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 27.37% | 1,427 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Begley* | 22.48% | 1,172 | ||||||
DUP | William John Larmour* | 16.55% | 863 | 996.77 | |||||
SDLP | Denis Haughey* | 16.40% | 855 | 859.68 | 1,090.48 | ||||
UUP | William Joseph Larmour | 4.24% | 221 | 581.36 | 581.76 | 581.76 | 745.42 | 855.01 | |
SDLP | Margaret Laverty* | 9.34% | 487 | 489.34 | 558.54 | 741.34 | 746.52 | 748.86 | |
DUP | Raymond McGarvey | 3.62% | 189 | 237.36 | 238.96 | 241.76 | |||
Electorate: 7,474 Valid: 5,214 (69.76%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 870 Turnout: 5,308 (71.02%) |
1993 Election
[edit]1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 29.70% | 1,514 | |||||||
SDLP | Denis Haughey* | 18.42% | 939 | |||||||
UUP | Ian Montgomery | 7.94% | 405 | 949.28 | ||||||
DUP | William Larmour | 12.44% | 634 | 712.76 | 767 | 783.84 | 784.11 | 953.11 | ||
SDLP | Margaret Laverty* | 12.46% | 635 | 635.44 | 637.36 | 672.68 | 748.19 | 758.59 | 779.59 | |
Sinn Féin | Martin Conlon | 13.81% | 704 | 704 | 704.08 | 716.08 | 720.67 | 720.76 | 720.76 | |
DUP | Rodney Mitchell | 3.37% | 172 | 201.48 | 231.16 | 239.84 | 240.02 | |||
Democratic Left | Edwin Espie | 1.00% | 51 | 54.08 | 55.68 | |||||
Independent Labour | Harry Hutchinson | 0.86% | 44 | 44.44 | 45.56 | |||||
Electorate: 7,047 Valid: 5,098 (72.34%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 850 Turnout: 5,210 (73.93%) |
1989 Election
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson | 27.60% | 1,337 | ||||||
DUP | Alan Kane* | 27.35% | 1,325 | ||||||
SDLP | Denis Haughey* | 17.65% | 855 | ||||||
DUP | Kenneth Loughrin* | 2.19% | 106 | 609.89 | 1,116.89 | ||||
SDLP | Margaret Laverty | 8.67% | 420 | 425.33 | 428.45 | 456.14 | 589.57 | 628.67 | |
Sinn Féin | Dermot Coyle | 11.35% | 550 | 550 | 550.39 | 551.17 | 618.9 | 620.65 | |
Workers' Party | Hugh Brennan | 5.20% | 252 | 262.66 | 263.83 | 317.26 | |||
Electorate: 6,722 Valid: 4,845 (72.08%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 808 Turnout: 4,935 (73.42%) |
1985 Election
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Alan Kane* | 28.33% | 1,444 | ||||||
UUP | Espie Donaldson* | 21.35% | 1,088 | ||||||
SDLP | Brigid Neeson* | 11.10% | 566 | 566 | 566.44 | 937.44 | |||
DUP | Kenneth Loughrin* | 3.49% | 178 | 721.66 | 789.86 | 790.08 | 790.08 | 947.08 | |
Sinn Féin | Christopher Neeson | 15.62% | 796 | 796 | 796 | 809 | 829.48 | 830.52 | |
Workers' Party | Patrick Bloomer | 8.00% | 408 | 410.87 | 413.29 | 424.92 | 484.76 | 539.33 | |
UUP | Edmund Giboney | 4.32% | 220 | 257.31 | 421.65 | 425.55 | 430.03 | ||
SDLP | Margaret Laverty* | 7.79% | 397 | 399.87 | 400.97 | ||||
Electorate: 6,314 Valid: 5,097 (80.73%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 850 Turnout: 5,159 (81.71%) |
References
[edit]- ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ^ "Mid Ulster District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Cookstown Central Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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