1997 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 21 May 1997 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballinderry
 * 28.9
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 19.3
 * 1
 * 21.5
 * 1
 * 0.8
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Cookstown Central
 * 22.5
 * 1
 * 25.7
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 20.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Drum Manor
 * bgcolor="#008800"|32.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 19.8
 * 1
 * 21.7
 * 1
 * 12.7
 * 0
 * 13.7
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 28.0
 * 5
 * 25.4
 * 4
 * 23.7
 * 4
 * 18.4
 * 2
 * 4.5
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Ballinderry
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Cookstown Central
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

Drum Manor
1993: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP