Cookstown (District Electoral Area)

Cookstown is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, encompassing the town of the same name and nearby villages. The district elects seven members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Coagh, Cookstown East, Cookstown South, Cookstown West, Loughry, Oaklands and Pomeroy. Cookstown forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Cookstown Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Cookstown Central until 2014, and originally contained five wards (Gortalowry, Killymoon, Newbuildings, Oldtown and Tullagh). Following local government reform, Cookstown gained most of the abolished Ballinderry DEA and Drum Manor DEA in the 2014 local elections.

2023 Election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP

2019 Election
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2014–2019 Change: No change

2014 Election
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain due to the addition of two seats

2011 Election
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

2005 Election
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

2001 Election
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

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

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

1997 Election
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

1993 Election
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP

1989 Election
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

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