1989 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 17 May 1989 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 ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballinderry
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 25.6
 * 2
 * 21.1
 * 1
 * 24.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Cookstown Central
 * 26.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.5
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 27.6
 * 1
 * 11.4
 * 0
 * 5.2
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Drum Manor
 * 21.5
 * 1
 * 16.8
 * 1
 * 21.4
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|24.0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|1
 * 16.3
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 25.8
 * 5
 * 24.0
 * 5
 * 23.2
 * 3
 * 20.3
 * 2
 * 6.7
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Ballinderry
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Cookstown Central
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

Drum Manor
1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: No change