2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
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]
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![]() Fermanagh and Omagh 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 21 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 52.50 | 49.24 | 26,749 | 12.43 | |
UUP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17.50 | 13.75 | 7,467 | 2.84 | |
DUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 15.80 | 8,580 | 0.14 | |
SDLP | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7.50 | 7.89 | 4,283 | 2.66 | |
Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 5.98 | 3,248 | 2.06 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.50 | 4.57 | 2,482 | 5.35 | |
TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.71 | 931 | 0.36 | |
Labour Alternative | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.93 | 504 | 0.46 | |
Total | 40 | 54,319 |
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
- The electorate was 87,488 the turnout was 62.89% (55,021) and there were 702 spoiled votes.
Districts summary
editDistrict Electoral Area (DEA) | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Independents and others | ||||||||
Enniskillen | 34.52 | 2 1 | 16.01 | 2 | 19.10 | 1 | 7.02 | 0 1 | 10.15 | 1 1 | 13.20 | 0 1 | 6 |
Erne East | 52.33 | 3 1 | 13.15 | 1 | 16.63 | 1 | 5.87 | 1 | 2.61 | 0 | 9.42 | 0 1 | 6 |
Erne North | 33.99 | 2 1 | 27.06 | 2 | 16.94 | 1 | 11.03 | 0 1 | 5.04 | 0 | 5.94 | 0 | 5 |
Erne West | 54.19 | 3 1 | 15.78 | 1 | 9.06 | 0 | 11.01 | 1 | 3.30 | 0 | 6.67 | 0 1 | 5 |
Mid Tyrone | 62.77 | 4 | 8.04 | 0 1 | 12.37 | 1 1 | 5.82 | 1 1 | 3.64 | 0 | 7.36 | 0 1 | 6 |
Omagh | 47.14 | 3 1 | 7.37 | 0 1 | 17.15 | 1 | 5.80 | 0 | 13.14 | 1 | 9.41 | 1 | 6 |
West Tyrone | 56.02 | 4 1 | 9.99 | 1 | 19.50 | 1 | 8.99 | 0 1 | 5.51 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 |
Total | 49.24 | 21 6 | 13.75 | 7 2 | 15.80 | 6 1 | 7.89 | 3 2 | 5.98 | 2 1 | 7.21 | 1 4 | 40 |
District results
editEnniskillen
edit2019: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
DUP | Keith Elliott* | 13.41% | 1,029 | 1,412 | ||||||||
Alliance | Eddie Roofe | 10.15% | 779 | 783 | 789.8 | 953.8 | 1,257.8 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Tommy Maguire* | 13.34% | 1,024 | 1,024 | 1,024 | 1,091 | 1,135 | |||||
UUP | Roy Crawford* | 8.69% | 667 | 674 | 752.2 | 766.2 | 784.2 | 810.12 | 810.12 | 1,130.43 | ||
Sinn Féin | Dermot Browne | 11.02% | 846 | 846 | 846 | 879 | 1,003 | 1,057.72 | 1,074.21 | 1,077.17 | 1,077.17 | |
UUP | Robert Irvine* | 7.32% | 562 | 580 | 673.5 | 684.5 | 701.5 | 720.7 | 721.67 | 995.32 | 1,028.47 | |
Sinn Féin | Andrea McManus | 10.16% | 780 | 780 | 780 | 817 | 884 | 941.6 | 961.97 | 963.97 | 963.97 | |
TUV | Donald Crawford | 6.63% | 509 | 531 | 665.3 | 668.3 | 680.3 | 683.18 | 683.18 | |||
SDLP | Paul Blake* | 7.02% | 539 | 539 | 539 | 663 | ||||||
Labour Alternative | Donal O'Cofaigh* | 6.57% | 504 | 506 | 507.7 | |||||||
DUP | Jill Mahon | 5.69% | 437 | |||||||||
Electorate: 13,642 Valid: 7,676 (56.27%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 7,775 (56.99%) |
Erne East
edit2019: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
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 Hayes | 15.29% | 1,296 | |||||||
UUP | Victor Warrington* | 13.15% | 1,115 | 1,118.08 | 1,309.46 | |||||
SDLP | Garbhan McPhillips* | 5.87% | 498 | 747.48 | 748.46 | 824.36 | 855.02 | 893.94 | 1,145.86 | |
Independent | Eamon Keenan* | 6.61% | 560 | 719.39 | 719.81 | 760.61 | 764.81 | 794.35 | 1,068.17 | |
Alliance | Richard Bullick | 2.61% | 221 | 277.98 | 278.98 | 298.78 | 352.68 | 363.18 | ||
Independent | Tina McDermott | 2.81% | 238 | 307.30 | 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
edit2019: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Debbie Coyle* | 21.99% | 1,561 | ||||||
UUP | Diana Armstrong* | 19.61% | 1,392 | ||||||
DUP | David Mahon | 13.86% | 984 | 984.24 | 1,009.44 | 1,184.20 | |||
Sinn Féin | John Feely | 12.00% | 852 | 1,181.76 | 1,181.76 | 1,181.76 | 1,210.76 | ||
UUP | John McClaughry* | 7.45% | 529 | 529 | 673.34 | 699.58 | 771.68 | 1,146.04 | |
SDLP | John Coyle* | 11.03% | 783 | 815.16 | 818.66 | 818.66 | 1,023.54 | 1,034.48 | |
TUV | Alex Elliott | 5.94% | 422 | 422.24 | 433.72 | 453.14 | 461.42 | ||
Alliance | Eric Bullick | 5.04% | 358 | 366.16 | 370.36 | 370.36 | |||
DUP | Paul Stevenson* | 3.08% | 219 | 219.24 | 224.70 | ||||
Electorate: 11,509 Valid: 7,100 (61.69%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,184 Turnout: 7,193 (62.46%) |
Erne West
edit2019: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Anthony Feely* | 19.68% | 1,493 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Elaine Brough | 17.95% | 1,362 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Declan McArdle | 16.56% | 1,256 | 1,426.40 | ||||
SDLP | Adam Gannon* | 11.01% | 835 | 869.35 | 1,005.55 | 1,053.40 | 1,313.40 | |
UUP | Mark Ovens | 15.78% | 1,197 | 1,198.35 | 1,250.35 | 1,250.95 | 1,273.95 | |
DUP | Aaron Elliott | 9.06% | 687 | 687.90 | 692.90 | 693.05 | 699.05 | |
Independent | Paul McColdrick | 6.67% | 506 | 517.85 | 555.15 | 580.65 | ||
Alliance | Gerard McCusker | 3.30% | 250 | 251.95 | ||||
Electorate: 11,196 Valid: 7,586 (67.76%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,265 Turnout: 7,652 (68.35%) |
Mid Tyrone
edit2019: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Pádraigín Kelly* | 18.98% | 1,621 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Roisin Devine Gallagher | 17.14% | 1,464 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Fitzgerald* | 14.10% | 1,204 | 1,535.68 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Withers* | 12.55% | 1,072 | 1,097.20 | 1,359.52 | ||||||
DUP | Shirley Hawkes | 12.37% | 1,057 | 1,057.48 | 1,057.48 | 1,061.44 | 1,071.44 | 1,071.44 | 1,667.44 | ||
SDLP | Bernard McGrath | 5.82% | 497 | 505.88 | 517.40 | 619.92 | 786.60 | 825.00 | 891.24 | 1,087.24 | |
Independent | Emmet McAleer* | 7.36% | 629 | 646.28 | 656.84 | 739.12 | 812.76 | 843.00 | 867.92 | 946.92 | |
UUP | Rosemary Barton* | 8.04% | 687 | 687.00 | 687.24 | 689.00 | 735.24 | 737.88 | |||
Alliance | Matthew Beaumont | 3.64% | 311 | 313.88 | 319.40 | 371.76 | |||||
Electorate: 13,083 Valid: 8,542 (65.29%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,221 Turnout: 8,661 (66.20%) |
Omagh
edit2019: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
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 McColgan | 11.65% | 773 | 1,073.44 | ||||||
Alliance | Stephen Donnelly* | 13.14% | 872 | 899.84 | 903.92 | 958.92 | ||||
Independent | Josephine Deehan* | 7.07% | 469 | 492.20 | 494.58 | 545.49 | 582.01 | 601.81 | 940.60 | |
UUP | Matthew Bell* | 7.37% | 489 | 489.29 | 668.13 | 673.47 | 674.79 | 675.23 | 695.14 | |
SDLP | Brenda Mellon | 5.80% | 385 | 410.81 | 412.34 | 437.67 | 520.61 | 561.97 | ||
Independent | Kathy Dunphy | 1.21% | 80 | 85.22 | 85.90 | |||||
Socialist Party | Amy Ferguson | 1.13% | 75 | 76.74 | 77.08 | |||||
Electorate: 13,279 Valid: 6,636 (49.97%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 949 Turnout: 6,739 (50.75%) |
West Tyrone
edit2019: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Mark Buchanan* | 19.50% | 1,619 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Glenn Campbell* | 15.41% | 1,279 | ||||
UUP | Allan Rainey* | 9.99% | 829 | 1,232.38 | |||
Sinn Féin | Ann-Marie Donnelly* | 13.60% | 1,129 | 1,129.81 | 1,174.81 | 1,209.74 | |
Sinn Féin | Colette McNulty | 13.84% | 1,149 | 1,151.43 | 1,163.43 | 1,171.20 | |
Sinn Féin | Stephen McCann* | 13.17% | 1,093 | 1,093.00 | 1,112.00 | 1,153.16 | |
SDLP | Mary Garrity* | 8.99% | 746 | 750.32 | 1,044.45 | 1,049.77 | |
Alliance | Joyce Donnelly | 5.51% | 457 | 465.91 | |||
Electorate: 12,652 Valid: 8,301 (65.61%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,186 Turnout: 8,413 (66.50%) |
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
References
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- ^ Coyle, Conor (2023-05-20). "Your full list of new councillors elected in Fermanagh and Omagh". BelfastLive. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
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