Cookstown Area C
Cookstown Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Cookstown, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Cookstown District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Gortalowry, Newbuildings, Old Town and Tullagh. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Cookstown Central DEA.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Alan Kane (DUP) |
Espie Donaldson (UUP) |
Margaret Laverty (SDLP) |
Brigid Neeson (SDLP) | ||||
| 1977 | John Warwick (UUP) | |||||||
| 1973 | Alexander McConnell (UUP) | |||||||
1981 Election[edit]
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Alan Kane | 27.91% | 1,356 | |||||
| SDLP | Brigid Neeson* | 22.21% | 1,079 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Espie Donaldson* | 19.14% | 930 | 1,175.63 | ||||
| SDLP | Margaret Laverty* | 19.18% | 932 | 932.87 | 933.35 | 934.64 | 1,038.84 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Warwick* | 6.75% | 328 | 432.98 | 557.54 | 863.63 | 864.83 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Alexander McConnell | 4.80% | 233 | 263.74 | 337.66 | |||
| Electorate: 5,782 Valid: 4,858 (84.02%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 972 Turnout: 4,946 (85.54%) | ||||||||
1977 Election[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Espie Donaldson* | 25.92% | 1,018 | |||||
| SDLP | Brigid Neeson* | 20.40% | 801 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Warwick* | 18.05% | 709 | 804.68 | ||||
| SDLP | Margaret Laverty | 15.89% | 624 | 624.69 | 624.69 | 728.73 | 736.49 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Alexander McConnell* | 8.45% | 332 | 458.73 | 474.41 | 730.44 | 730.5 | |
| Alliance | Basil McNamee | 11.28% | 443 | 450.82 | 451.46 | |||
| Electorate: 5,206 Valid: 3,927 (75.43%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 786 Turnout: 4,048 (77.76%) | ||||||||
1973 Election[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Espie Donaldson | 25.44% | 1,029 | ||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Alexander McConnell | 12.81% | 518 | 658.49 | 658.49 | 684.53 | 703.58 | 703.58 | 837.5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Warwick | 11.05% | 447 | 481.65 | 481.65 | 490.91 | 492.33 | 492.33 | 530.38 | 550.78 | 918.78 | ||
| SDLP | Brigid Neeson | 11.59% | 469 | 469.21 | 469.21 | 471.21 | 472.21 | 565.21 | 637.21 | 639.85 | 641.75 | 652.75 | |
| SDLP | J. McCrystal | 8.88% | 359 | 359 | 379 | 379 | 389 | 509 | 575 | 576.68 | 578.18 | 586.18 | |
| Loyalist Coalition | G. B. Somerville | 9.62% | 389 | 413.36 | 413.36 | 506.93 | 509.35 | 510.35 | 532.4 | 534.8 | |||
| Alliance | Basil McNamee | 5.69% | 230 | 232.21 | 232.21 | 233.52 | 369.94 | 379.94 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | S. McElroy | 4.55% | 184 | 184 | 288 | 288 | 290 | ||||||
| Alliance | Mary Lennox | 4.03% | 163 | 165.52 | 170.52 | 173.73 | |||||||
| Loyalist Coalition | R. J. K. Loughran | 3.11% | 126 | 136.29 | 136.29 | ||||||||
| Republican Clubs | H. Bradley | 3.24% | 131 | 131 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 5,159 Valid: 4,045 (78.41%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 810 Turnout: 4,093 (79.34%) | |||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.