2005 Cookstown District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Cookstown District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Cookstown District Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Cookstown District Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 5 May 2005 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="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballinderry|N/A|2|N/A|2|N/A|1|N/A|1|N/A|0|6|-|align="left"|Cookstown Central|bgcolor="#008800"|27.9|bgcolor="#008800"|1|21.1|2|26.1|1|23.2|1|1.7|0|5|-|align="left"|Drum Manor|bgcolor="#008800"|38.5|bgcolor="#008800"|2|13.9|1|19.1|1|16.1|1|12.4|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|33.5|5|17.3|5|22.5|3|19.5|3|7.2|0|16|-|}

District results

Ballinderry

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change

• As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Ballinderry and all six candidates were deemed elected.

Cookstown Central

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

Drum Manor

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent