2005 Cookstown District Council election
# 2005 Cookstown District Council election

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

Cookstown District Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 3,342 | 0.3 |
| SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 17.3 | 1,730 | 6.3 |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 22.5 | 2,243 | 4.1 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 19.5 | 1,951 | 1.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 641 | 2.7 |
| Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 84 | New |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 2005 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballinderry | N/A | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 27.9 | 1 | 21.1 | 2 | 26.1 | 1 | 23.2 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 38.5 | 2 | 13.9 | 1 | 19.1 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 12.4 | 0 | 5 |
| 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

