Omagh Area B 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.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Beragh, Fintona, Newtownsaville and Sixmilecross. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections with Beragh and Sixmilecross moving to the Mid Tyrone DEA, and Fintona and Newtownsaville moving to the West Tyrone DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | James McConnell (DUP) | Robert Moses (UUP) | Patrick Bogan (Alliance) | Patrick Donnelly (IIP)/ (Independent Nationalist) | ||||
| 1977 | Edgar McDowell (UUP) | Joseph Anderson (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) | ||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||
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%) | ||||||||||
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Edgar McDowell* | 24.53% | 971 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Joseph Anderson* | 18.24% | 722 | 741 | 904.21 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | Patrick Donnelly* | 18.62% | 737 | 780 | 780.57 | 783.61 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Bogan* | 15.89% | 629 | 716 | 725.12 | 754.19 | |
| SDLP | Kevin McNaboe | 17.08% | 676 | 720 | 720.19 | 721.52 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Donnelly | 5.63% | 223 | ||||
| Electorate: 5,289 Valid: 3,958 (74.83%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 792 Turnout: 4,182 (79.07%) | |||||||
1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Edgar McDowell | 26.99% | 1,079 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Joseph Anderson | 10.13% | 405 | 579.46 | 604.84 | 609.4 | 1,031.4 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | Patrick Donnelly | 16.63% | 665 | 665 | 681 | 745 | 746 | 748 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Bogan | 12.23% | 489 | 490.82 | 611.76 | 640.76 | 665.38 | 683.38 | |
| Independent Nationalist | William Shields | 13.23% | 529 | 529.52 | 531.52 | 618.52 | 624.52 | 627.52 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Fred Giboney | 11.68% | 467 | 554.1 | 570.44 | 570.44 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | James McGinley | 4.75% | 190 | 191.82 | 192.08 | ||||
| Alliance | John Chambers | 4.35% | 174 | 185.7 | |||||
| Electorate: 5,301 Valid: 3,998 (75.42%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 800 Turnout: 4,087 (77.10%) | |||||||||
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