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
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballinderry
 * 26.5
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|29.3
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 18.2
 * 1
 * 25.3
 * 1
 * 0.7
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Cookstown Central
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 15.6
 * 1
 * 25.7
 * 1
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 8.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Drum Manor
 * 21.8
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|30.8
 * bgcolor="#008800"|1
 * 20.3
 * 1
 * 17.7
 * 1
 * 9.4
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 26.6
 * 5
 * 25.6
 * 4
 * 21.1
 * 3
 * 21.0
 * 3
 * 5.7
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * }

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