2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

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2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
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Leader Michelle O'Neill [n 1] Doug Beattie Jeffrey Donaldson
Party Sinn Féin UUP DUP
Last election1595
Seats won2176
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote26,7497,4678,580
Percentage49.24%13.75%15.80%
SwingIncrease2.svg12.43%Decrease2.svg 2.84%Decrease2.svg 0.14%
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Leader Colum Eastwood Naomi Long
Party SDLP Alliance Independent
Last election514
Seats won321
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote4,2833,2482,482
Percentage7.89%5.98%4.57%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.66%Increase2.svg 2.06%Decrease2.svg 5.35%
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Fermanagh and Omagh 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Sinn Féin

The 2023 election to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. [1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. [2]

Contents

Voters returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. [3] In the elections, Sinn Féin took control of the council from no overall control. [4]

Election results

[5]

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Election Result 2023
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 2160Increase2.svg652.5049.2426,749Increase2.svg12.43
  UUP 702Decrease2.svg 217.5013.757,467Decrease2.svg 2.84
  DUP 610Increase2.svg 115.0015.808,580Decrease2.svg 0.14
  SDLP 313Decrease2.svg 27.507.894,283Decrease2.svg 2.66
  Alliance 210Increase2.svg 15.005.983,248Increase2.svg 2.06
  Independent 103Decrease2.svg 32.504.572,482Decrease2.svg 5.35
  TUV 000Steady2.svg 00.01.71931Decrease2.svg 0.36
  Labour Alternative 001Decrease2.svg 10.00.93504Decrease2.svg 0.46
Total40 54,319

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA) %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
cllrs
Sinn Féin UUP DUP SDLP Alliance Independents and others
Enniskillen34.522Increase2.svg 116.012Steady2.svg19.101Steady2.svg7.020 Decrease2.svg 110.151Increase2.svg 113.200 Decrease2.svg 16
Erne East52.333Increase2.svg 113.151Steady2.svg16.631Steady2.svg5.871Steady2.svg2.610 Steady2.svg9.420 Decrease2.svg 16
Erne North33.992Increase2.svg 127.062Steady2.svg16.941Steady2.svg11.030 Decrease2.svg 15.040 Steady2.svg5.940 Steady2.svg5
Erne West54.193Increase2.svg 115.781Steady2.svg9.060 Steady2.svg11.011Steady2.svg3.300 Steady2.svg6.670 Decrease2.svg 15
Mid Tyrone62.774Steady2.svg8.040 Decrease2.svg 112.371Increase2.svg 15.821Increase2.svg 13.640 Steady2.svg7.360 Decrease2.svg 16
Omagh47.143Increase2.svg 17.370 Decrease2.svg 117.151Steady2.svg5.800 Steady2.svg13.141Steady2.svg9.411Steady2.svg6
West Tyrone56.024Increase2.svg 19.991Steady2.svg19.501Steady2.svg8.990 Decrease2.svg 15.510 Steady2.svg0.000 Steady2.svg6
Total49.2421Increase2.svg 613.757Decrease2.svg 215.806Increase2.svg 17.893Decrease2.svg 25.982Increase2.svg 17.211Decrease2.svg 440

District results

Enniskillen

2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Cross-Community Labour Alternative

2023: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP and Cross-Community Labour Alternative

Enniskillen - 6 seats [6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
DUP Keith Elliott*13.41%1,0291,412       
Alliance Eddie Roofe10.15%779783 789.8 953.8 1,257.8    
Sinn Féin Tommy Maguire*13.34%1,0241,024 1,024 1,091 1,135    
UUP Roy Crawford*8.69%667674 752.2 766.2 784.2 810.12 810.12 1,130.43 
Sinn Féin Dermot Browne11.02%846846 846 879 1,003 1,057.72 1,074.21 1,077.17 1,077.17
UUP Robert Irvine*7.32%562580 673.5 684.5 701.5 720.7 721.67 995.32 1,028.47
Sinn Féin Andrea McManus10.16%780780 780 817 884 941.6 961.97 963.97 963.97
TUV Donald Crawford6.63%509531 665.3 668.3 680.3 683.18 683.18   
SDLP Paul Blake*7.02%539539 539 663      
Labour Alternative Donal O'Cofaigh*6.57%504506 507.7       
DUP Jill Mahon5.69%437        
Electorate: 13,642  Valid: 7,676 (56.27%)  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 1,097  Turnout: 7,775 (56.99%)  

    Erne East

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

    2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

    2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

    Erne East - 6 seats [7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Sinn Féin Sheamus Greene*20.68%1,753      
    DUP Paul Robinson*16.63%1,410      
    Sinn Féin Thomas O'Reilly*16.36%1,387      
    Sinn Féin Noeleen Hayes15.29%1,296      
    UUP Victor Warrington*13.15%1,1151,118.08 1,309.46    
    SDLP Garbhan McPhillips*5.87%498747.48 748.46 824.36 855.02 893.94 1,145.86
    Independent Eamon Keenan*6.61%560719.39 719.81 760.61 764.81 794.35 1,068.17
    Alliance Richard Bullick2.61%221277.98 278.98 298.78 352.68 363.18  
    Independent Tina McDermott2.81%238307.30 307.44 345.24 348.88 351.82  
    Electorate: 12,127  Valid: 8,478 (69.91%)  Spoilt: 110  Quota: 1,212  Turnout: 8,588 (70.82%)  

      Erne North

      2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

      2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

      2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

      Erne North - 5 seats [7]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Sinn Féin Debbie Coyle*21.99%1,561     
      UUP Diana Armstrong* †19.61%1,392     
      DUP David Mahon13.86%984984.24 1,009.44 1,184.20  
      Sinn Féin John Feely12.00%8521,181.76 1,181.76 1,181.76 1,210.76 
      UUP John McClaughry*7.45%529529 673.34 699.58 771.68 1,146.04
      SDLP John Coyle*11.03%783815.16 818.66 818.66 1,023.54 1,034.48
      TUV Alex Elliott5.94%422422.24 433.72 453.14 461.42  
      Alliance Eric Bullick5.04%358366.16 370.36 370.36   
      DUP Paul Stevenson*3.08%219219.24 224.70    
      Electorate: 11,509  Valid: 7,100 (61.69%)  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 1,184  Turnout: 7,193 (62.46%)  

        Erne West

        2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

        2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

        2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

        Erne West - 5 seats [7]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Sinn Féin Anthony Feely*19.68%1,493    
        Sinn Féin Elaine Brough17.95%1,362    
        Sinn Féin Declan McArdle16.56%1,2561,426.40   
        SDLP Adam Gannon*11.01%835869.35 1,005.55 1,053.40 1,313.40
        UUP Mark Ovens15.78%1,1971,198.35 1,250.35 1,250.95 1,273.95
        DUP Aaron Elliott9.06%687687.90 692.90 693.05 699.05
        Independent Paul McColdrick6.67%506517.85 555.15 580.65  
        Alliance Gerard McCusker3.30%250251.95    
        Electorate: 11,196  Valid: 7,586 (67.76%)  Spoilt: 66  Quota: 1,265  Turnout: 7,652 (68.35%)  

          Mid Tyrone

          2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

          2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

          2019–2023 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent

          Mid Tyrone - 6 seats [7]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Sinn Féin Pádraigín Kelly*18.98%1,621       
          Sinn Féin Roisin Devine Gallagher17.14%1,464       
          Sinn Féin Anne Marie Fitzgerald*14.10%1,2041,535.68      
          Sinn Féin Patrick Withers*12.55%1,0721,097.20 1,359.52     
          DUP Shirley Hawkes12.37%1,0571,057.48 1,057.48 1,061.44 1,071.44 1,071.44 1,667.44 
          SDLP Bernard McGrath5.82%497505.88 517.40 619.92 786.60 825.00 891.24 1,087.24
          Independent Emmet McAleer*7.36%629646.28 656.84 739.12 812.76 843.00 867.92 946.92
          UUP Rosemary Barton*8.04%687687.00 687.24 689.00 735.24 737.88   
          Alliance Matthew Beaumont3.64%311313.88 319.40 371.76     
          Electorate: 13,083  Valid: 8,542 (65.29%)  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 1,221  Turnout: 8,661 (66.20%)  

            Omagh

            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 [7]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            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 McColgan11.65%7731,073.44     
            Alliance Stephen Donnelly*13.14%872899.84 903.92 958.92   
            Independent Josephine Deehan*7.07%469492.20 494.58 545.49 582.01 601.81 940.60
            UUP Matthew Bell*7.37%489489.29 668.13 673.47 674.79 675.23 695.14
            SDLP Brenda Mellon5.80%385410.81 412.34 437.67 520.61 561.97  
            Independent Kathy Dunphy1.21%8085.22 85.90     
            Socialist Party Amy Ferguson1.13%7576.74 77.08     
            Electorate: 13,279  Valid: 6,636 (49.97%)  Spoilt: 103  Quota: 949  Turnout: 6,739 (50.75%)  

              West Tyrone

              2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

              2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

              2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

              West Tyrone - 6 seats [7]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234
              DUP Mark Buchanan*19.50%1,619   
              Sinn Féin Glenn Campbell*15.41%1,279   
              UUP Allan Rainey*9.99%8291,232.38  
              Sinn Féin Ann-Marie Donnelly*13.60%1,1291,129.81 1,174.81 1,209.74
              Sinn Féin Colette McNulty13.84%1,1491,151.43 1,163.43 1,171.20
              Sinn Féin Stephen McCann*13.17%1,0931,093.00 1,112.00 1,153.16
              SDLP Mary Garrity*8.99%746750.32 1,044.45 1,049.77
              Alliance Joyce Donnelly5.51%457465.91   
              Electorate: 12,652  Valid: 8,301 (65.61%)  Spoilt: 112  Quota: 1,186  Turnout: 8,413 (66.50%)  

                † Co-options

                Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason
                21 October 2024Erne North UUP Diana Armstrong Rosemary Barton Armstrong was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. [8]

                Notes

                1. ↑ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

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