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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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 5 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 5,413 | 4.6 | |
| Irish Independence | 5 | 5 | 0 |  5 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 4,809 | New | |
| Ulster Unionist | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 4,216 | 16.4 | |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 20.0 | 16.6 | 3,596 | New | |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 1,951 | 7.0 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 604 | 2.8 | |
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 407 | 2.3 | |
| Independent Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 375 | 1.7 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 270 | 1.2 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | IIP | UUP | DUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||||
| Area A | 32.2 | 2 | 23.3 | 1 | 24.5 | 1 | 14.8 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Area B | 8.7 | 0 | 13.8 | 1 | 25.4 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 12.6 | 1 | 22.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Area C | 30.3 | 2 | 17.9 | 1 | 17.4 | 2 | 19.3 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Area D | 23.6 | 1 | 37.7 | 2 | 10.2 | 0 | 13.8 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 25.0 | 5 | 22.2 | 5 | 19.5 | 4 | 16.6 | 4 | 9.0 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 20 |
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur McFarland* | 15.54% | 846 | 935 | ||||||
| SDLP | Liam McQuaid* | 15.43% | 840 | 858 | 859 | 1,148 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Charles McElholm | 14.16% | 771 | 778 | 780 | 788 | 799.05 | 1,151.05 | ||
| SDLP | John Skelton* | 9.88% | 538 | 550 | 550 | 625 | 841.75 | 943.75 | ||
| DUP | Ivan Foster | 8.71% | 474 | 518 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 807 | 810 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William Montgomery | 9.00% | 490 | 538 | 577 | 577 | 577 | 577 | 580 | |
| Irish Independence | John Fahy | 9.11% | 496 | 510 | 512 | 520 | 530.2 | |||
| SDLP | Vincent O'Brien | 6.91% | 376 | 391 | 392 | |||||
| DUP | George Thompson | 6.06% | 330 | 345 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Cecil Anderson* | 3.60% | 196 | |||||||
| Alliance | Dermot McCormick | 1.60% | 87 | |||||||
| Electorate: 6,459 Valid: 5,444 (84.29%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 908 Turnout: 5,610 (86.86%) | ||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Patrick Donnelly* | 13.81% | 623 | 623 | 715 | 1,014 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Moses | 13.23% | 597 | 616 | 618 | 619 | 619 | 1,101 | ||
| DUP | James McConnell | 11.35% | 512 | 709 | 710 | 710 | 710 | 802.5 | 966.02 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Bogan* | 12.64% | 570 | 570 | 674 | 768 | 825 | 833 | 866.6 | |
| Independent | John Mullin | 13.39% | 604 | 605 | 643 | 742 | 793.75 | 794.75 | 794.75 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Hutchinson | 12.21% | 551 | 586 | 587 | 587 | 588.5 | |||
| Republican Clubs | Tommy Owens | 9.02% | 407 | 407 | 539 | |||||
| SDLP | Eugene Donnelly | 8.71% | 393 | 394 | ||||||
| DUP | William McFarland | 5.63% | 254 | |||||||
| Electorate: 5,332 Valid: 4,511 (84.60%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 903 Turnout: 4,631 (86.85%) | ||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Patrick Fahy | 15.77% | 1,185 | |||||||
| DUP | Oliver Gibson | 13.65% | 1,026 | |||||||
| SDLP | Bernadette Grant* | 10.88% | 818 | 839.84 | 840.08 | 843.08 | 847.18 | 849.39 | ???? | |
| Alliance | Aidan Lagan* | 9.62% | 723 | 744 | 744.8 | 753.8 | 766.53 | 769.53 | ???? | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Ashenhurst | 8.70% | 654 | 654 | 658.16 | 668.24 | 668.24 | 750.2 | ???? | |
| Ulster Unionist | William Thompson | 6.08% | 457 | 457 | 461.72 | 468.8 | 468.8 | 548.2 | ???? | |
| SDLP | Stephen McKenna* | 6.83% | 513 | 526.23 | 526.39 | 526.39 | 536.75 | 536.75 | ???? | |
| SDLP | Patrick McGowan | 6.60% | 496 | 503.98 | 503.98 | 504.98 | 512.87 | 512.87 | ???? | |
| SDLP | Arthur Breen | 6.03% | 453 | 464.13 | 464.13 | 464.13 | 471.39 | 473.39 | ???? | |
| Alliance | Richard Hinds | 4.47% | 336 | 336.42 | 336.74 | 337.74 | 337.74 | 339.74 | ???? | |
| DUP | William Caldwell | 4.45% | 251 | 251.21 | 281.77 | 292.25 | 292.25 | 305.81 | ???? | |
| Irish Independence | Michael Kelly | 1.05% | 79 | 179.38 | 179.38 | 181.38 | 273.99 | 273.99 | ???? | |
| DUP | James Mitchell | 2.30% | 173 | 173 | 209.8 | 224.2 | 224.2 | 238.92 | ???? | |
| Ulster Unionist | Alfred Barnett* | 2.58% | 194 | 194.21 | 196.93 | 203.93 | 203.93 | |||
| Irish Independence | Francis Loughran | 1.10% | 83 | 146.21 | 146.21 | 147.21 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Edward Sayers | 0.98% | 74 | 74 | 75.04 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,778 Valid: 7,515 (69.73%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 940 Turnout: 7,681 (71.27%) | ||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Francis Conway | 23.59% | 984 | |||||||||
| SDLP | Brendan Martin* | 15.42% | 643 | 654.1 | 691.3 | 760.4 | 906.4 | |||||
| DUP | Willis Cooke | 13.81% | 576 | 576.9 | 576.9 | 582.9 | 584.9 | 584.9 | 983.9 | |||
| Irish Independence | Brian McGrath | 7.26% | 303 | 371.4 | 375.85 | 382.95 | 457.5 | 636.85 | 642 | 652 | 684 | |
| Independent Republican | Francis McElroy* | 8.99% | 375 | 386.1 | 395.55 | 448.05 | 489.85 | 575.95 | 583.1 | 594.1 | 626.1 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Johnston* | 10.24% | 427 | 427.6 | 427.6 | 466.6 | 467.6 | 467.75 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Patrick Walsh | 6.83% | 285 | 312.75 | 315.2 | 324.95 | 325.85 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick McCrory | 5.39% | 225 | 232.8 | 282.7 | 323.2 | ||||||
| Alliance | John Hadden* | 5.63% | 235 | 243.7 | 257.15 | |||||||
| SDLP | John McSherry | 2.83% | 118 | 122.05 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 5,408 Valid: 4,171 (77.13%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 835 Turnout: 4,331 (80.09%) | ||||||||||||
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Omagh Area C was one of the four district electoral areas in Omagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected seven members to Omagh District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Omagh Area D was one of the four district electoral areas in Omagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Omagh District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
