Cookstown is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, encompassing the town of the same name and nearby villages.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects seven members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Coagh, Cookstown East, Cookstown South, Cookstown West, Loughry, Oaklands and Pomeroy. Cookstown forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Cookstown Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Cookstown Central until 2014, and originally contained five wards (Gortalowry, Killymoon, Newbuildings, Oldtown and Tullagh). Following local government reform, Cookstown gained most of the abolished Ballinderry DEA and Drum Manor DEA in the 2014 local elections.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)July 2024 Co-Option John McNamee (Sinn Féin) Donna Mullin (Sinn Féin) Kerri Martin (SDLP) Trevor Wilson (UUP) Wilbert Buchanan (DUP) Eva Cahoon (DUP) Gavin Bell (Sinn Féin)2023 Cathal Mallaghan (Sinn Féin)2019 Mark Glasgow (UUP)May 2017 Defection Tony Quinn (SDLP)/ (Independent)2014 2011 Ciarán McElhone (Sinn Féin) Ian McCrea (DUP) 5 seats1985–2014 5 seats1985–2014 2005 Peter Cassidy (SDLP) 2001 Seamus Campbell (Sinn Féin) 1997 Sean Begley (Sinn Féin) Denis Haughey (SDLP) William Larmour (UUP) William Larmour (DUP) 1993 Margaret Laverty (SDLP) Ian Montgomery (UUP) 1989 Kenneth Loughrin (DUP) Alan Kane (DUP) 1985 Christopher Neeson (Sinn Féin) Brigid Neeson (SDLP) Espie Donaldson (UUP)
2023 Election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2019 Election
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2014–2019 Change: No change
2014 Election
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain due to the addition of two seats
2011 Election
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2005 Election
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
2001 Election
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
1997 Election
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
1993 Election
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP
1989 Election
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
1985 Election
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
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