1985 Cookstown District Council election
# 1985 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 15 May 1985 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 1985 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 26.6 | 4,405 | 2.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 4,226 | New |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 3,492 | 3.6 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 3,464 | 10.4 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 487 | 2.9 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 408 | 2.5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 45 | 10.5 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1985 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballinderry | 26.5 | 2 | 29.3 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 25.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 31.8 | 2 | 15.6 | 1 | 25.7 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 21.8 | 1 | 30.8 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.6 | 5 | 25.6 | 4 | 21.1 | 3 | 21.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 16 |

## District results

### Ballinderry

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

### Cookstown Central

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

### Drum Manor

1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

