2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
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![]() Fermanagh and Omagh 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 21 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
52.50 | 49.24 | 26,749 | ![]() | |
UUP | 7 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
17.50 | 13.75 | 7,467 | ![]() | |
DUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
15.00 | 15.80 | 8,580 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 3 | 1 | 3 | ![]() |
7.50 | 7.89 | 4,283 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.00 | 5.98 | 3,248 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
2.50 | 4.57 | 2,482 | ![]() | |
TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.71 | 931 | ![]() | |
Labour Alternative | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.93 | 504 | ![]() | |
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
[edit]District Electoral Area (DEA) | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Independents and others | ||||||||
Enniskillen | 34.52 | 2 ![]() |
16.01 | 2 ![]() |
19.10 | 1 ![]() |
7.02 | 0 ![]() |
10.15 | 1 ![]() |
13.20 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Erne East | 52.33 | 3 ![]() |
13.15 | 1 ![]() |
16.63 | 1 ![]() |
5.87 | 1 ![]() |
2.61 | 0 ![]() |
9.42 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Erne North | 33.99 | 2 ![]() |
27.06 | 2 ![]() |
16.94 | 1 ![]() |
11.03 | 0 ![]() |
5.04 | 0 ![]() |
5.94 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Erne West | 54.19 | 3 ![]() |
15.78 | 1 ![]() |
9.06 | 0 ![]() |
11.01 | 1 ![]() |
3.30 | 0 ![]() |
6.67 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Mid Tyrone | 62.77 | 4 ![]() |
8.04 | 0 ![]() |
12.37 | 1 ![]() |
5.82 | 1 ![]() |
3.64 | 0 ![]() |
7.36 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Omagh | 47.14 | 3 ![]() |
7.37 | 0 ![]() |
17.15 | 1 ![]() |
5.80 | 0 ![]() |
13.14 | 1 ![]() |
9.41 | 1 ![]() |
6 |
West Tyrone | 56.02 | 4 ![]() |
9.99 | 1 ![]() |
19.50 | 1 ![]() |
8.99 | 0 ![]() |
5.51 | 0 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Total | 49.24 | 21 ![]() |
13.75 | 7 ![]() |
15.80 | 6 ![]() |
7.89 | 3 ![]() |
5.98 | 2 ![]() |
7.21 | 1 ![]() |
40 |
District results
[edit]Enniskillen
[edit]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
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
[edit]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
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
[edit]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
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
[edit]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
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
[edit]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
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
[edit]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
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
[edit]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
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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