1989 Cookstown District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Cookstown District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Cookstown District Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Cookstown District Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballinderry|bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|25.6|2|21.1|1|24.3|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Cookstown Central|26.3|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|27.6|1|11.4|0|5.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Drum Manor|21.5|1|16.8|1|21.4|1|bgcolor="#008800"|24.0|bgcolor="#008800"|1|16.3|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|25.8|5|24.0|5|23.2|3|20.3|2|6.7|1|16|-|}

District results

Ballinderry

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Cookstown Central

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

Drum Manor

1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: No change