2005 Cookstown District Council election

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2005 Cookstown District Council election

5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin SDLP DUP Seats won 5 5 3 Seat change 1 1 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Party UUP Independent Seats won 3 0 Seat change 1 1
Party with the most votes by district.

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
	UUP	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
	Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		UUP		Others
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

Ballinderry - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SDLP	Mary Baker*	N/A	N/A
	UUP	Thomas Greer*	N/A	N/A
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McAleer*	N/A	N/A
	DUP	Samuel McCartney	N/A	N/A
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone*	N/A	N/A
	Sinn Féin	Michael McIvor*	N/A	N/A
Electorate: N/A   Valid: N/A   Spoilt: N/A   Quota: N/A   Turnout: N/A

• 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

Cookstown Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Ian McCrea*	26.06%	1,246
	UUP	Trevor Wilson*	23.21%	1,110
	Sinn Féin	John McNamee*	20.43%	977
	SDLP	Peter Cassidy*	10.75%	514	659.92	796	807.34
	SDLP	Tony Quinn	10.31%	493	571.08	659.28	675.12	807.68
	Sinn Féin	Ciarán McElhone	7.49%	358	359.92	361.18	503.92	522.84
	Socialist Party	Harry Hutchinson	1.76%	84	302.24	387.32
Electorate: 7,452   Valid: 4,782 (64.17%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 798   Turnout: 4,854 (65.14%)

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

Drum Manor - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke	20.25%	1,055
	DUP	Maureen Lees	19.14%	997
	Sinn Féin	Oliver Molloy*	18.28%	952
	SDLP	James McGarvey*	13.88%	723	895.8
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow*	16.15%	841	850	920.46
	Independent	Samuel Parke*	12.31%	641	642.08	694.08
Electorate: 6,814   Valid: 5,209 (76.45%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 869   Turnout: 5,268 (77.31%)