Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 30 May 1973 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.
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> !rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br /> |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">RC</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |7.8 |0 |17.9 |1 |40.3 |2 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |25.4 |2 |9.6 |0 |16.9 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |20.5 |1 |7.8 |0 |22.4 |0 |4 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.7 |8 |18.2 |3 |11.8 |1 |26.3 |3 |15 |-
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP