1997 Cookstown District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997.

Election Name:	1997 Cookstown District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1993 Cookstown District Council election
Previous Year:	1993
Next Election:	2001 Cookstown District Council election
Next Year:	2001
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 21 May 1997 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

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballinderry|28.9|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.5|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|19.3|1|21.5|1|0.8|0|6|-|align="left"|Cookstown Central|22.5|1|25.7|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|20.2|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Drum Manor|bgcolor="#008800"|32.1|bgcolor="#008800"|2|19.8|1|21.7|1|12.7|0|13.7|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|28.0|5|25.4|4|23.7|4|18.4|2|4.5|1|16|-|}

District results

Ballinderry

1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Cookstown Central

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

Drum Manor

1993: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP