1981 Cookstown District Council election
Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors. Election results Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. Districts summary |- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="#99FF66"|25.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|1 |21.5 |1 |21.8 |1 |9.4 |1 |21.5 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="#99FF66"|28.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |22.6 |2 |23.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |25.7 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |30.7 |1 |27.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |4 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.4 |5 |24.7 |4 |24.3 |3 |2.9 |3 |16.7 |2 |15 |- |} Districts results Area A 1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977-1981 Change: No change Area B 1977: 2 x SDLP,