1981 Omagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1981.

Election Name:	1981 Omagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1977 Omagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1977
Next Election:	1985 Omagh District Council election
Next Year:	1985
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Omagh District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Irish Independence Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	5
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	4
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	4
Seat Change4:	4
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2
Party7:	Republican Clubs
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | IIP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|23.3|1|24.5|1|14.8|1|1.6|0|3.6|0|5|-|align="left"|Area B|8.7|0|13.8|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|1|17.0|1|12.6|1|22.5|0|4|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#99FF66"|30.3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|17.9|1|17.4|2|19.3|1|14.1|1|1.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Area D|23.6|1|bgcolor=#32CD32|37.7|bgcolor=#32CD32|2|10.2|0|13.8|1|5.6|0|9.1|0|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|25.0|5|22.2|5|19.5|4|16.6|4|9.0|2|7.7|0|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Area B

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist joins IIP

Area C

1977: 3 x SDLP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: DUP and IIP gain from SDLP and UUP

• Data missing from stage 7 onwards

Area D

1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
1981: 2 x IIP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: IIP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP, Alliance and Republican Clubs