title: 1985 Cookstown District Council election
text: # 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
  
  