1977 Cookstown District Council election
18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist UUUP
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 4 Increase 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Independent Nationalist Independent Republican
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Republican Clubs Loyalist Coalition
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 2 0 Increase2 33.3 30.2 4,337 Increase12.0
  Ulster Unionist 4 0 4 Decrease4 26.7 28.4 4,081 Decrease11.7
  UUUP 3 3 0 Increase3 20.0 14.8 2,131 New
  Independent Republican 1 1 0 Steady0 6.7 6.4 924 Increase6.4
  DUP 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 5.9 846 New
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 1 Decrease1 6.7 5.8 840 Decrease2.9
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 5.2 746 Decrease1.1
  Republican Clubs 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 3.2 464 Decrease8.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1977
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP UUUP DUP Others
Area A 19.1 1 22.8 1 11.0 1 17.7 1 29.4 1 5
Area B 35.3 2 16.5 1 28.4 2 0.0 0 19.8 1 6
Area C 36.3 2 52.4 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 11.3 0 4
Total 30.2 5 28.4 4 14.8 3 5.9 1 20.7 2 15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Republican Clubs, Loyalist Coalition joins UUUP

Cookstown Area A - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
DUP Richard Reid 17.67% 846          
Independent Nationalist Laurence Loughran* 17.54% 840          
SDLP Peter Kelly 12.87% 616 630 890      
Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow* 14.95% 716 745 746 747.5 1,085.5  
UUUP Samuel Parke* 10.96% 525 529 529 531.25 581.25 848.25
Republican Clubs Desmond Gourley 9.69% 464 471 490 573.25 573.25 574.25
Ulster Unionist Stanley Glasgow 7.83% 375 401 403 406    
SDLP Charles O'Neill 6.22% 298 308        
Alliance J. R. W. O'Connor 2.26% 108          
Electorate: 5,982   Valid: 4,788 (80.04%)   Spoilt: 183   Quota: 799   Turnout: 4,971 (83.10%)  

    Area B

    1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
    1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
    1973-1977 Change: UUUP (two seats) and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist

    Cookstown Area B - 6 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    SDLP Paddy Duffy* 17.21% 973        
    Ulster Unionist James Howard* 16.47% 931        
    Independent Republican Michael McIvor 16.34% 924        
    UUUP Victor McGahie* 16.29% 921        
    UUUP William McIntyre* 12.12% 685 685.85 778.54 856.54  
    SDLP Joseph Davidson* 10.42% 589 705.62 706.14 728.68 772.68
    SDLP James Malone 7.71% 436 473.74 474.65 500.27 569.67
    Alliance Austin Hutchinson 3.45% 195 197.38 219.61    
    Electorate: 7,343   Valid: 5,654 (77.00%)   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 808   Turnout: 5,881 (80.09%)  

      Area C

      1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
      1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
      1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

      Cookstown Area C - 4 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      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%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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