Omagh (District Electoral Area)

Omagh
Omagh
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-2014) ; 6 (2014-)
Councillors	Josephine Deehan (IND); Stephen Donnelly (APNI); Catherine Kelly (SF); Marty McColgan (SF); Barry McElduff (SF); Errol Thompson (DUP);

Omagh is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and contains the wards of Camowen, Coolnagard, Dergmoney, Gortrush, Killyclogher and Strule.^[2] Omagh forms part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Omagh Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Omagh Town until 2014, and originally contained seven wards (Camowen, Coolnagard, Dergmoney, Drumragh, Gortrush, Lisanelly and Strule). For the 2014 local elections it was reduced to six wards.

Councillors

Election							Councillor (Party)
2023	Marty McColgan (Sinn Féin)	Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin)	Josephine Deehan (Independent)/ (SDLP)	Stephen Donnelly (Alliance)	Catherine Kelly (Sinn Féin)	Errol Thompson (DUP)	6 seats 2014–present
August 2021 Co-Option	Ann-Marie Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin)				Matthew Bell (UUP)
2019	Ann-Marie Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin)				Chris Smyth (UUP)
March/April 2016 Defections	Marty McColgan (Sinn Féin)	Sorcha McAnespy (Independent)/ (Sinn Féin)		Joanne Donnelly (Independent)/ (SDLP)
2014	Marty McColgan (Sinn Féin)			Joanne Donnelly (Independent)/ (SDLP)
2011	Sean Begley (Sinn Féin)			Patrick McGowan (Independent)/ (SDLP)	Ross Hussey (UUP)			Johnny McLaughlin (Independent)/ (Labour Coalition)/ (SDLP)
2005		Marty McColgan (Sinn Féin)			Ross Hussey (UUP)	Clive McFarland (DUP)
2001		Joe Byrne (SDLP)			Reuben McKelvey (UUP)	Oliver Gibson (DUP)
1997	Francis Mackey (Sinn Féin)	Vincent Campbell (SDLP)	Ann Gormley (Alliance)		Reuben McKelvey (UUP)
1993		Joe Byrne (SDLP)	Ann Gormley (Alliance)		Wilfred Breen (UUP)
1989		Stanley Johnston (DUP)	Stephen McKenna (SDLP)
1985		David Aiken (DUP)	Stephen McKenna (SDLP)	Bernadette Grant (SDLP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Omagh - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff*	20.22%	1,342
	DUP	Errol Thompson*	17.15%	1,138
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Kelly	15.27%	1,013
	Sinn Féin	Marty McColgan	11.65%	773	1,073.44
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly*	13.14%	872	899.84	903.92	958.92
	Independent	Josephine Deehan*	7.07%	469	492.20	494.58	545.49	582.01	601.81	940.60
	UUP	Matthew Bell*	7.37%	489	489.29	668.13	673.47	674.79	675.23	695.14
	SDLP	Brenda Mellon	5.80%	385	410.81	412.34	437.67	520.61	561.97
	Independent	Kathy Dunphy	1.21%	80	85.22	85.90
	Socialist Party	Amy Ferguson	1.13%	75	76.74	77.08
Electorate: 13,279 Valid: 6,636 (49.97%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 949 Turnout: 6,739 (50.75%)

2019 Election

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

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from SDLP (two seats)

Omagh - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Errol Thompson*	15.24%	970
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	14.14%	900	900	903	914
	Independent	Josephine Deehan*	11.44%	728	728.96	738.02	752.02	762.62	800.68	840.74	916.74
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly	9.68%	616	616.24	620.24	638.24	641.48	665.48	697.48	708.48	735.48	807.48	935.48
	UUP	Chris Smyth* †	9.95%	633	676.44	677.56	678.62	775.02	776.08	787.26	791.32	797.32	803.32	839.44
	Sinn Féin	Ann-Marie Fitzgerald*	9.26%	589	589	589	594	595	607	611	629	639	670	791
	Sinn Féin	Marty McColgan*	8.00%	509	509	511	520	520	530	536	550	554	604	643
	SDLP	Lee Hawkes	4.02%	256	256.18	257.18	262.18	263.24	271.24	285.3	292.3	491.36	532.36
	Independent	Sorcha McAnespy*	3.05%	194	194.06	198.06	212.06	212.12	234.12	257.12	292.12	309.12
	SDLP	Jacinta McKeown	4.05%	258	258.12	258.12	258.12	259.12	264.12	266.12	279.12
	Aontú	Margaret Swift	2.86%	182	182	182	187	188.06	192.06	205.06
	Green (NI)	Susan Glass	2.22%	141	141.24	144.3	151.3	155.42	165.54
	Independent	Joanne Donnelly*	2.01%	128	128.3	135.3	146.36	146.36
	TUV	Charles Chittick	1.81%	115	125.2	125.26	132.26
	CISTA	Barry Brown	1.59%	101	101.24	109.24
	Independent	Will Convey	0.68%	43	43.3
Electorate: 12,737 Valid: 6,363 (49.96%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 910 Turnout: 6,461 (50.73%)

2014 Election

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

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

2011-2014 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent loss due to the reduction of one seat

Omagh - 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan* ‡	15.04%	946
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha McAnespy* ‡	14.82%	932
	DUP	Errol Thompson*	10.24%	644	644	644.6	664.6	664.78	1,094.78
	UUP	Chris Smyth*	10.83%	681	685	686.4	752.5	752.5	851.5
	SDLP	Joanne Donnelly ‡	6.92%	435	453	519.6	701.9	708.92	731.51	835.51
	Sinn Féin	Marty McColgan*	11.80%	742	758	764	776.8	819.01	819.01	819.01
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Kelly	8.84%	556	565	571.9	592.1	623.15	625.25	625.25
	DUP	Adele Crawford	8.66%	545	545	545.7	576	576.36
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	5.98%	376	396	403.6
	Independent	Gabrielle McAleer	1.34%	84
Electorate: 12,373 Valid: 5,941 (48.02%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 849 Turnout: 6,094 (49.25%)

2011 Election

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

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

2005-2011 Change: No change

Omagh Town - 7 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Errol Thompson	17.56%	1,064
	UUP	Ross Hussey*	15.29%	926
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley*	13.04%	790
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan*	9.62%	583	613.36	628.54	638.76	761.76
	Independent	Patrick McGowan*	8.85%	536	626.62	689.87	703.16	731.39	859.39
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin*	7.96%	482	544.56	569.63	576.32	587.93	725.24	801.24
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha McAnespy	9.33%	565	565	565.46	567.46	586.46	612.45	614.45	625.45	648.97
	Sinn Féin	Martin McColgan*	9.62%	583	583	583	583	587	591.46	591.46	596.46	601.98
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	4.03%	244	321.74	365.21	449.8	462.63
	SDLP	Steven Brown	3.38%	205	210.52	212.82	214.28
	Alliance	Victoria Geelan	1.32%	80	116.8	131.75
Electorate: 10,851 Valid: 6,058 (55.83%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 758 Turnout: 6,184 (56.99%)

2005 Election

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

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

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Omagh Town - 7 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	Clive McFarland	18.71%	1,264
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley*	17.07%	1,153
	Independent	Patrick McGowan*	13.10%	885
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan*	12.76%	862
	UUP	Ross Hussey	12.30%	831	1,213.68
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin*	9.49%	641	671.96	858.08
	Sinn Féin	Martin McColgan	8.41%	568	568.72	569.08	832.11
	SDLP	Joe Byrne*	8.16%	551	553.16	596.72	641.67
Electorate: 10,577 Valid: 6,755 (63.86%) Spoilt: 177 Quota: 845 Turnout: 6,932 (65.54%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour Coalition

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

1997-2001 Change: Independents (two seats) leave SDLP and Labour Coalition, SDLP gain from Alliance

Omagh Town - 7 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley	14.08%	1,123
	DUP	Oliver Gibson*	13.63%	1,087
	Independent	Patrick McGowan*	13.47%	1,074
	SDLP	Joe Byrne*	12.63%	1,007
	UUP	Reuben McKelvey*	7.70%	614	614	688	733.18	1,223.18
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin*	9.52%	759	764.17	813.39	817.44	875.04	1,021.74
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan	7.89%	629	632.19	758.84	759.29	767.64	844.14	898.64	921.39
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Gallagher	9.57%	763	867.61	886.16	886.25	886.34	887.24	906.54	906.89
	UUP	John Anderson	6.92%	552	552	611	645.65
	SDLP	Vincent Campbell*	2.23%	178	181.74
	DUP	Thomas McCordick	2.14%	171	171
	Independent	Kevin Taylor	0.24%	19	19.22
Electorate: 11,036 Valid: 7,976 (72.27%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 998 Turnout: 8,198 (74.28%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour Coalition

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Labour

1993-1997 Change: Independent Labour joins Labour Coalition

Omagh Town - 7 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Francis Mackey*	16.85%	1,096
	SDLP	Patrick McGowan*	16.60%	1,080
	DUP	Oliver Gibson*	11.48%	747	747	747	889
	SDLP	Vincent Campbell	5.56%	362	365.64	450.64	450.64	450.64	729.92	846.38
	Labour Coalition	Johnny McLaughlin*	8.76%	570	583	606	611.25	611.25	676.3	805.92	825.6
	UUP	Reuben McKelvey	8.72%	567	567	567.75	577.75	584.35	584.35	585.87	585.87	806.22	806.46
	Alliance	Ann Gormley*	7.24%	471	474.64	498.14	499.14	500.24	545.24	584.11	595.87	606.12	616.44
	UUP	William Oldcroft	7.47%	486	486	486	498	506.25	507.25	508.25	508.97	609.82	610.3
	DUP	Harry Cairns	5.76%	375	375	375.25	434.25	492.55	492.8	493.8	493.8
	Sinn Féin	Patrick O'Hagan	3.14%	204	456.46	464.71	464.96	464.96	492.06
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna	4.75%	309	315.24	436.74	437.74	437.74
	DUP	Keith Mosgrove	3.01%	196	196	196
	Ulster Independence	Sandra Jones	0.65%	42	42	42.5
Electorate: 11,051 Valid: 6,505 (58.86%) Spoilt: 180 Quota: 814 Turnout: 6,685 (60.49%)

1993 Election

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Labour

1989-1993 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Independent Labour leaves SDLP

Omagh Town - 7 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Oliver Gibson*	14.83%	995
	SDLP	Patrick McGowan*	14.01%	940
	Independent Labour	Johnny McLaughlin*	13.73%	921
	UUP	Wilfred Breen*	12.05%	808	835.36	839.36
	Alliance	Ann Gormley	7.50%	503	504.12	516.12	528	547.03	771.1	837.92	878.92
	Sinn Féin	Francis Mackey*	12.03%	807	807	811	815.62	835.53	837.64	838.75	863.75
	SDLP	Joe Byrne	6.41%	430	430.32	435.32	461.72	470.74	477.83	480.27	751.07	768.07
	DUP	Ivan Burnside	5.81%	390	498.48	499.48	499.48	501.46	506.46	693.24	693.35	693.35
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna*	4.68%	314	314.32	327.32	378.58	401.46	404.28	407.6
	UUP	Reuben McKelvey	4.04%	271	286.52	289.52	290.4	293.26	321.23
	Alliance	Ethne McClelland	4.10%	275	276.76	279.76	282.29	286.03
	Workers' Party	Hugh Mullin	0.81%	54	54
Electorate: 10,799 Valid: 6,708 (62.12%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 839 Turnout: 6,887 (63.77%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Labour

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1985-1989 Change: Independent Labour joins SDLP

Omagh Town - 7 seats^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Oliver Gibson*	17.39%	1,058
	SDLP	Johnny McLaughlin*	13.48%	820
	UUP	Wilfred Breen*	12.10%	736	792.84
	SDLP	Patrick McGowan*	12.39%	754	754.84	771.57
	Sinn Féin	Francis Mackey*	11.44%	696	696.28	702.3	702.3	702.3	823.3
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna*	5.42%	330	330	348.48	348.64	354.71	358.99	358.99	372.99	613.23	771.23
	DUP	Stanley Johnston	4.28%	260	464.4	464.47	481.27	481.43	481.43	679.13	679.13	690.25	700.09
	Alliance	Patrick Bogan	5.01%	305	305.56	306.47	306.95	398.25	398.32	418.76	419.76	447.04	519.86
	Workers' Party	James Doody	5.51%	335	336.12	341.23	341.23	344.65	348.72	358.16	369.16	394.79
	SDLP	Arthur Breen	5.34%	325	325.84	329.48	329.8	332.8	334.94	340.5	341.5
	UUP	Rachel Hussey	3.42%	208	234.32	234.6	247.4	252.4	252.4
	Sinn Féin	Colm Grimes	2.35%	143	143	144.05	144.05	144.05
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	1.89%	115	116.12	116.54	117.02
Electorate: 9,451 Valid: 6,085 (64.38%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 761 Turnout: 6,264 (66.28%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Labour

Omagh Town - 7 seats^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Sinn Féin	Francis Mackey	18.74%	1,213
	DUP	Oliver Gibson*	13.10%	848
	Independent Labour	Johnny McLaughlin	12.03%	779	949.04
	SDLP	Bernadette Grant*	9.05%	586	642.55	674.53	674.57	676.96	677.04	682.43	710.76	747.43	1,002.43
	UUP	Wilfred Breen	7.15%	463	465.73	466.12	467.92	468.92	474.48	479.48	482.48	484.65	485.69	485.69	839.69
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna*	6.50%	421	448.69	459.22	459.22	469.22	469.22	469.22	503.95	541.06	624.05	793.34	796.12	796.39
	DUP	David Aiken	7.99%	517	517	517	534.16	534.16	633.48	636.52	637.91	637.91	639.95	640.76	686.92	710.68
	Alliance	Aidan Lagan*	5.78%	374	389.21	404.42	404.7	432.09	432.09	555.48	599.03	624.78	663.63	683.88	703.04	708.08
	UUP	Thomas Strain	6.21%	402	402	403.95	406.27	407.27	415.71	428.83	430.22	431.61	441.04	441.04
	SDLP	Arthur Breen	5.34%	346	362.77	369.01	369.13	374.52	375.52	377.52	403.98	428.68
	Irish Independence	James Sweeney	1.16%	75	156.12	206.04	206.08	206.08	206.08	206.08	217.54
	Workers' Party	Hugh Gormley	2.21%	143	166.01	185.51	185.55	189.33	189.41	189.8
	Alliance	Richard Hinds	1.99%	129	129.78	130.17	130.33	151.33	154.33
	DUP	Raymond Farrell	1.62%	105	105	105	116.64	118.64
	Alliance	Dermot McCormick	1.13%	73	74.95	76.51	76.51
Electorate: 9,554 Valid: 6,474 (67.76%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 810 Turnout: 6,598 (69.06%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ "Fermanagh and Omagh District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Omagh Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] "Fermanagh and Omagh District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[6] "Omagh Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[8] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[9] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[10] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[11] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[12] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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