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'''Cookstown District Council''' ({{lang-ga|Comhairle Cheantar na Coirre Críochaí}}; [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]]: ''Districk Cooncil o Cookestoun'')<ref>[http://www.cookstown.gov.uk/ Cookstown District Council]</ref> is a district council covering an area largely in [[County Tyrone]] and partly in [[County Londonderry]]. It is set to merge with [[Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council]] and [[Magherafelt District Council]] in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become [[Mid-Ulster District Council]].
'''Cookstown District Council''' ({{lang-ga|Comhairle Cheantar na Coirre Críochaí}}; [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]]: ''Districk Cooncil o Cookestoun'') was a district council covering an area largely in [[County Tyrone]] and partly in [[County Londonderry]]. It merged with [[Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council]] and [[Magherafelt District Council]] in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become [[Mid-Ulster District Council]].


Council headquarters are in [[Cookstown, County Tyrone|Cookstown]]. Small towns in the council area include [[Pomeroy, County Tyrone|Pomeroy]], [[Moneymore]], [[Coagh]] and [[Stewartstown, County Tyrone|Stewartstown]] and in the east the area is bounded by [[Lough Neagh]]. It covers an area of {{convert|235|sqmi|km2}} and has a current population of over 37,000.
Council headquarters were in [[Cookstown, County Tyrone|Cookstown]]. Small towns in the council area included [[Pomeroy, County Tyrone|Pomeroy]], [[Moneymore]], [[Coagh]] and [[Stewartstown, County Tyrone|Stewartstown]] and in the east the area was bounded by [[Lough Neagh]]. It covered an area of {{convert|235|sqmi|km2}} and had a population of over 37,000.


The council has 16 elected representatives. Local elections are held every four years using the [[single transferable vote]] system. The chairman and vice-chairman of the council are elected at the annual general meeting each June. The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, [[Shaun Woodward]], [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]] announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm ''Northern Ireland elections are postponed'', BBC News, 25 April 2008, accessed 27 April 2008]</ref> The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the [[Northern Ireland local elections, 2011|most recent district council elections took place in 2011]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/10314865.stm |title=The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform |author= |date=15 June 2010 |work= |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=8 July 2010}}</ref>
The council had 16 elected representatives. Local elections were held every four years using the [[single transferable vote]] system. The chairman and vice-chairman of the council were elected at the annual general meeting each June. The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, [[Shaun Woodward]], [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]] announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm ''Northern Ireland elections are postponed'', BBC News, 25 April 2008, accessed 27 April 2008]</ref> The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the [[2011 Northern Ireland local elections|final district council elections took place in 2011]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/10314865.stm |title=The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform |date=15 June 2010 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=8 July 2010}}</ref>


The Cookstown District Council area consists of 3 electoral areas: Drum Manor, Ballinderry and Cookstown Central. At the last elections in 2011, members were elected from the following political parties: 6 [[Sinn Féin]], 4 [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] (SDLP), 3 [[Ulster Unionist Party]] (UUP) and 3 [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP). In 2013/14, the council chairman is Councillor Pearse McAleer of Sinn Féin and the vice-chairman is Councillor Robert Kelly of the UUP. Both councillors represent the Ballinderry District Electoral Area.
The Cookstown District Council area consisted of 3 electoral areas: Drum Manor, Ballinderry and Cookstown Central. At the last elections in 2011, members were elected from the following political parties: 6 [[Sinn Féin]], 4 [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] (SDLP), 3 [[Ulster Unionist Party]] (UUP) and 3 [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP). In 2013/14, the council chairman was Councillor Pearse McAleer of Sinn Féin and the vice-chairman was Councillor Robert Kelly of the UUP. Both councillors represented the Ballinderry District Electoral Area.


Councillor Wilbert Buchanan of the Democratic Unionist Party is chairman in 2014/15.
Councillor Wilbert Buchanan of the Democratic Unionist Party was chairman in 2014/15.


In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is part of [[Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Ulster]].
In elections for the Westminster Parliament it was part of [[Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Ulster]].


==Population==
==Population==
The area covered by the Cookstown District Council has a population of 37,013 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.<ref>{{cite web|title=NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2011/results/key-statistics/summary-report.pdf|website=NI Statistics and Research Agency|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref>
The area covered by the Cookstown District Council had a population of 37,013 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.<ref>{{cite web|title=NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2011/results/key-statistics/summary-report.pdf|website=NI Statistics and Research Agency|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref>


==See also ==
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Latest revision as of 19:50, 14 June 2023

Cookstown District
Area622 km2 (240 sq mi) 
Ranked 9th of 26
District HQCookstown
Catholic59.3%
Protestant37.8%
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Councillors
Websitewww.cookstown.gov.uk
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland

Cookstown District Council (Irish: Comhairle Cheantar na Coirre Críochaí; Ulster Scots: Districk Cooncil o Cookestoun) was a district council covering an area largely in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry. It merged with Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council and Magherafelt District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Mid-Ulster District Council.

Council headquarters were in Cookstown. Small towns in the council area included Pomeroy, Moneymore, Coagh and Stewartstown and in the east the area was bounded by Lough Neagh. It covered an area of 235 square miles (610 km2) and had a population of over 37,000.

The council had 16 elected representatives. Local elections were held every four years using the single transferable vote system. The chairman and vice-chairman of the council were elected at the annual general meeting each June. The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[1] The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the final district council elections took place in 2011[2]

The Cookstown District Council area consisted of 3 electoral areas: Drum Manor, Ballinderry and Cookstown Central. At the last elections in 2011, members were elected from the following political parties: 6 Sinn Féin, 4 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 3 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and 3 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). In 2013/14, the council chairman was Councillor Pearse McAleer of Sinn Féin and the vice-chairman was Councillor Robert Kelly of the UUP. Both councillors represented the Ballinderry District Electoral Area.

Councillor Wilbert Buchanan of the Democratic Unionist Party was chairman in 2014/15.

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it was part of Mid Ulster.

Population[edit]

The area covered by the Cookstown District Council had a population of 37,013 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, 25 April 2008, accessed 27 April 2008
  2. ^ "The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform". BBC News. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. ^ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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