Cookstown Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Cookstown, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Cookstown District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ardboe, Coach, Killycoply, Moneymore, Stewartstown and The Loop. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Ballinderry DEA.
Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
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1981 | William McIntyre (DUP)/ (UUUP)/ (UUP) | Victor McGahie (UUP)/ (UUUP) | James Howard (UUP) | Paddy Duffy (SDLP) | Joseph Davidson (SDLP) | Michael McIvor (Independent Republican) | ||||||
1977 | ||||||||||||
1973 | J. J. O'Kane (Independent Nationalist) |
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)
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: UUUP (two seats) and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist