1989 Cookstown District Council election
# 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.

## Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1989 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDLP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 25.8 | 4,148 | 4.8 |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 24.0 | 3,861 | 2.6 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 23.2 | 3,726 | 2.1 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12.5 | 20.3 | 3,267 | 5.3 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 747 | 1.7 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 342 | 0.4 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1989 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballinderry | 29.0 | 2 | 25.6 | 2 | 21.1 | 1 | 24.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 26.3 | 2 | 29.5 | 2 | 27.6 | 1 | 11.4 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 21.5 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 21.4 | 1 | 24.0 | 1 | 16.3 | 1 | 5 |
| 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

