| Omagh | |
| Type: | Fermanagh and Omagh District Council DEA |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Seats: | 7 (1985-2014) 6 (2014-) |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
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.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | 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 | Chris Smyth (UUP) | |||||||||||||
| March/April 2016 Defections | Marty McColgan (Sinn Féin) | Sorcha McAnespy (Independent)/ (Sinn Féin) | Joanne Donnelly (Independent)/ (SDLP) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Sean Begley (Sinn Féin) | Patrick McGowan (Independent)/ (SDLP) | Ross Hussey (UUP) | Johnny McLaughlin (Independent)/ (Labour Coalition)/ (SDLP) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Marty McColgan (Sinn Féin) | Clive McFarland (DUP) | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | Joe Byrne (SDLP) | Reuben McKelvey (UUP) | Oliver Gibson (DUP) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Francis Mackey (Sinn Féin) | Vincent Campbell (SDLP) | Ann Gormley (Alliance) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Joe Byrne (SDLP) | Wilfred Breen (UUP) | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | Stanley Johnston (DUP) | Stephen McKenna (SDLP) | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | David Aiken (DUP) | Bernadette Grant (SDLP) | ||||||||||||
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Labour