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1989 Cookstown District Council election

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.

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.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
5	2	0	2	31.3	25.8	4,148	4.8
5	0	0	0	31.3	24.0	3,861	2.6
3	0	0	0	18.8	23.2	3,726	2.1
2	0	2	2	12.5	20.3	3,267	5.3
1	0	0	0	6.3	4.6	747	1.7
0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	342	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy*	22.40%	1,370
	DUP	William McIntyre*	16.99%	1,039
	Sinn Féin	Francis McNally*	14.19%	868	920.54
	UUP	Victor McGahie*	12.77%	781	782.11	811.66	1,208.66
	DUP	Samuel McCartney*	8.63%	528	528	648.6	764.54	1,088.84
	SDLP	John O'Neill	6.57%	402	810.11	810.41	811.41	819.87	889.43
	Sinn Féin	Siobhan McQuillan	10.09%	617	636.61	636.76	637.5	637.5	637.5
	UUP	Neville Forsythe	8.37%	512	514.59	518.79
Electorate: 7,775 Valid: 6,117 (78.68%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 874 Turnout: 6,341 (81.56%)

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
	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: 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

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow*	21.37%	1,096
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley	18.83%	966
	DUP	Walter Millar*	16.83%	863
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Parke*	14.56%	747	977.56
	SDLP	James McGarvey*	12.63%	648	649.32	668.68	706.68	775.68
	SDLP	Sean Mallon	8.83%	453	453.22	458.28	487.26	512.48
	Sinn Féin	Desmond McElhatton	5.19%	266	266.22	266.44	278.44
	Workers' Party	Desmond Gourley	1.75%	90	92.42	115.08
Electorate: 6,167 Valid: 5,129 (83.17%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 855 Turnout: 5,296 (85.88%)

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