2005 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 5 May 2005 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballinderry
 * N/A
 * 2
 * N/A
 * 2
 * N/A
 * 1
 * N/A
 * 1
 * N/A
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Cookstown Central
 * bgcolor="#008800"|27.9
 * bgcolor="#008800"|1
 * 21.1
 * 2
 * 26.1
 * 1
 * 23.2
 * 1
 * 1.7
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Drum Manor
 * bgcolor="#008800"|38.5
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 13.9
 * 1
 * 19.1
 * 1
 * 16.1
 * 1
 * 12.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 33.5
 * 5
 * 17.3
 * 5
 * 22.5
 * 3
 * 19.5
 * 3
 * 7.2
 * 0
 * 16
 * }
 * 0
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Ballinderry
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change


 * As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Ballinderry and all six candidates were deemed elected.

Cookstown Central
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

Drum Manor
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent