2019 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
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Map of results by District Electoral Area. Each DEA is highlighted in the colour of the plurality winner of FPVs. |
Elections took place for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council on 2 May 2019, part of that year's local elections. 40 Councillors were elected via STV.[1][2]
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with Fifteen seats, six ahead of the Ulster Unionist Party and six seats away from overall control. The Alliance Party and Cross-Community Labour Alternative both gained representation onto the council for the first time.[3][4][5][6]
Election results[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37.5 | 36.8 | 19,111 | 3.3 | |
UUP | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | 16.6 | 8,612 | 4.3 | |
DUP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 15.9 | 8,277 | 1.3 | |
SDLP | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 5,475 | 4.2 | |
Independent | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 5,151 | 5.9 | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2,035 | 1.6 | |
Labour Alternative | 1 | 1 | 0 | New | 5.0 | 1.4 | 720 | New | |
TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1,072 | 0.1 | |
Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | 2.0 | 1,062 | New | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 277 | 0.1 | |
CISTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | 0.2 | 101 | New | |
Democrats and Veterans | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | 0 | 0.1 | 20 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
The overall turnout was 61.57% with a total of 51,913 valid votes cast. A total of 707 ballots were rejected.
Districts summary[]
Ward | % |
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Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | ||||||||
Enniskillen | 23.6 | 1 | 19.4 | 2 | 20.8 | 1 | 13.2 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 18.7 | 1 | 6 |
Erne East | 38.1 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 16.3 | 1 | 9.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.7 | 1 | 6 |
Erne North | 26.6 | 1 | 26.5 | 2 | 20.4 | 1 | 13.3 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 5 |
Erne West | 43.6 | 2 | 18.1 | 1 | 7.4 | 0 | 8.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 22.6 | 1 | 5 |
Mid Tyrone | 48.4 | 4 | 12.1 | 1 | 11.5 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 16.8 | 1 | 6 |
Omagh | 31.4 | 2 | 9.9 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 9.7 | 1 | 25.7 | 1 | 6 |
West Tyrone | 42.8 | 3 | 14.5 | 1 | 20.5 | 1 | 13.9 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 6 |
Total | 36.8 | 15 | 16.6 | 9 | 15.9 | 5 | 10.5 | 5 | 3.3 | 1 | 14.7 | 5 | 40 |
District results[]
Enniskillen[]
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Cross-Community Labour Alternative
2014-2019 Change: Cross-Community Labour Alternative gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Keith Elliot* | 16.07% | 1,161 | |||||||
SDLP | Paul Blake* | 13.22% | 955 | 966 | 967.1 | 1,085.1 | ||||
UUP | Robert Irvine* | 10.42% | 753 | 758 | 777.91 | 822.02 | 987.32 | 1,296.32 | ||
UUP | Howard Thornton* | 9.01% | 651 | 657 | 670.97 | 694.08 | 805.4 | 1,051.53 | ||
Sinn Féin | Tommy Maguire* | 13.09% | 946 | 951 | 951.33 | 955.33 | 955.33 | 957.33 | 958.33 | |
Labour Alternative | Donal O'Cofaigh | 9.97% | 720 | 756 | 756.88 | 872.99 | 879.65 | 897.76 | 949.76 | |
Sinn Féin | Debbie Coyle* | 10.53% | 761 | 778 | 778.44 | 789.44 | 789.77 | 793.88 | 797.88 | |
TUV | Donald Crawford | 6.81% | 492 | 493 | 504.33 | 510.44 | 638.63 | |||
DUP | Simon Wiggins | 4.71% | 340 | 344 | 422.32 | 427.43 | ||||
Alliance | Matthew Beaumont | 4.29% | 310 | 353 | 353.66 | |||||
Green (NI) | Debbie Coleman | 1.88% | 136 | |||||||
Electorate: 13,048 Valid: 7,225 (55.37%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,033 Turnout: 7,312 (56.04%) |
Erne East[]
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Paul Robinson* | 16.34% | 1,382 | ||||||
UUP | Victor Warrington* | 15.99% | 1,352 | ||||||
Independent | John McCluskey † | 15.21% | 1,286 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Tom O'Reilly* | 9.80% | 829 | 830.06 | 830.64 | 854.64 | 876.96 | 1,248.96 | |
Sinn Féin | Sheamus Greene* | 12.20% | 1,032 | 1,032 | 1,032.56 | 1,057.56 | 1,064.34 | 1,211.34 | |
SDLP | Garbhan McPhillips* | 9.92% | 839 | 879.68 | 928.54 | 983.68 | 1,175.68 | 1,205.86 | |
Sinn Féin | Noeleen Hayes | 8.73% | 738 | 738.18 | 738.18 | 754.18 | 766.32 | 834.5 | |
Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey* | 7.33% | 620 | 620.54 | 620.54 | 632.54 | 639.72 | ||
Independent | Caroline Wheeler | 2.41% | 204 | 326.76 | 415.66 | 439.2 | |||
Aontú | Gerry McHugh | 2.06% | 174 | 175.8 | 176.36 | ||||
Electorate: 11,963 Valid: 8,456 (70.68%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 8,568 (71.62%) |
Erne North[]
2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | Diana Armstrong* | 17.32% | 1,186 | |||||||
SDLP | John Coyle* | 13.30% | 911 | 914 | 1,142 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Siobhan Currie | 15.40% | 1,055 | 1,056 | 1,086 | 1,088 | 1,088.18 | 1,779.18 | ||
UUP | John McClaughry | 9.20% | 630 | 633 | 701 | 883 | 909.94 | 921.94 | 956.94 | |
DUP | Deborah Armstrong | 9.75% | 668 | 670 | 678 | 849 | 853.41 | 859.41 | 867.41 | |
DUP | David Mahon* | 10.69% | 732 | 736 | 740 | 829 | 832.39 | 833.39 | 840.39 | |
Sinn Féin | John Feely* | 11.23% | 769 | 769 | 791 | 792 | 792.03 | |||
TUV | Alex Elliot | 6.80% | 465 | 468 | 477 | |||||
Alliance | Diane Little | 6.03% | 413 | 415 | ||||||
Democrats and Veterans | Lewis Jennings | 0.29% | 20 | |||||||
Electorate: 10,983 Valid: 6,849 (62.36%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,142 Turnout: 6,941 (63.20%) |
Erne West[]
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
UUP | Alex Baird* | 18.05% | 1,333 | ||||
Independent | Bernice Swift* | 15.69% | 1,159 | 1,160.05 | 1,295.05 | ||
Sinn Féin | Anthony Feely* | 16.36% | 1,208 | 1,208.14 | 1,238.14 | ||
Sinn Féin | Chris McCaffrey | 15.38% | 1,136 | 1,136 | 1,153 | 1,154.56 | |
SDLP | Adam Gannon | 8.27% | 611 | 619.82 | 799.8 | 1,116.59 | |
Sinn Féin | Fionnuala Leonard | 11.90% | 879 | 879 | 895 | 898.28 | |
DUP | Carol Johnston | 7.41% | 547 | 601.88 | 712.65 | ||
Independent | Trevor Armstrong | 6.93% | 512 | 537.27 | |||
Electorate: 10,825 Valid: 7,385 (68.22%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,231 Turnout: 7,473 (69.03%) |
Mid Tyrone[]
2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Emmet McAleer | 11.09% | 897 | 903 | 986 | 1,134 | 1,326 | ||
Sinn Féin | Pádraigín Kelly | 12.30% | 995 | 1,045 | 1,056 | 1,081 | 1,145 | 1,168 | |
Sinn Féin | Catherine Kelly | 11.92% | 964 | 1,002 | 1,014 | 1,035 | 1,109 | 1,122 | |
UUP | Bert Wilson* | 12.10% | 979 | 979 | 1,007 | 1,016 | 1,080 | 1,093 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke* | 10.99% | 889 | 931 | 941 | 964 | 1,066 | 1,084 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Donnelly* † | 9.62% | 778 | 896 | 902 | 988 | 1,060 | 1,071 | |
DUP | James Managh | 11.51% | 931 | 931 | 939 | 943 | 951 | 951 | |
SDLP | Bernard McGrath | 7.39% | 598 | 619 | 725 | 825 | |||
Aontú | Rosemarie Shields* | 5.74% | 464 | 469 | 491 | ||||
Alliance | Richard Bullick | 3.78% | 306 | 311 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Kevin McColgan | 3.55% | 287 | ||||||
Electorate: 12,556 Valid: 8,088 (64.42%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,156 Turnout: 8,202 (65.32%) |
Omagh[]
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)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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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%) |
West Tyrone[]
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Mark Buchanan* | 20.48% | 1,546 | ||||||
UUP | Allan Rainey* | 14.51% | 1,095 | ||||||
SDLP | Mary Garrity* | 13.87% | 1,047 | 1,203.24 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Ann-Marie Donnelly | 9.96% | 752 | 752.62 | 772.62 | 772.62 | 1,307.62 | ||
Sinn Féin | Glenn Campbell* | 13.03% | 983 | 986.1 | 1,038.1 | 1,038.72 | 1,104.72 | ||
Sinn Féin | Stephen McCann* | 11.12% | 839 | 839.62 | 881.62 | 885.34 | 929.34 | 1,144.45 | |
Alliance | Fia Cowan | 5.17% | 390 | 667.76 | 732.44 | 797.54 | 804.54 | 814.34 | |
Sinn Féin | Frankie Donnelly* | 8.65% | 653 | 654.24 | 662.24 | 662.24 | |||
Aontú | Cathal McCrory | 3.21% | 242 | 265.56 | |||||
Electorate: 12,201 Valid: 7,547 (61.86%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,079 Turnout: 7,663 (62.81%) |
* Incumbent
Changes during the term[]
† Co-options[]
Date | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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26 March 2020 | Erne East | Independent | John McCluskey | Eamon Keenan | McCluskey resigned. | |
5 August 2021 | Omagh | UUP | Chris Smyth | Matthew Bell | Smyth resigned. | |
5 November 2021 | Erne North | DUP | Deborah Erskine | Paul Stevenson | Erskine was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
23 December 2021 | Mid Tyrone | Sinn Féin | Sean Donnelly | Patrick Withers | Donnelly died. |
‡ Changes in affiliation[]
Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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20 October 2019 | Enniskillen | Donal O'Cofaigh | Labour Alternative | CWI (Ireland) | Resulted from a split in the Socialist Party of which O'Cofaigh was a member. This split occurred as a result of a wider split in the Committee for a Workers' International, of which the Socialist Party was affiliated to. | ||
9 June 2020 | Enniskillen | Donal O'Cofaigh | CWI (Ireland) | Militant Left | Party changed its name. |
– Suspensions[]
None
Last updated 13 January 2022.
Current composition: see Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
References[]
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