2019 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

Elections took place for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council on 2 May 2019, part of that year's local elections. 40 Councillors were elected via STV.^[1][2]

2019 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

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All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Michelle O'Neill Robin Swann Arlene Foster Party Sinn Féin UUP DUP Seats before 17 9 5 Seats won 15 9 5 Seat change 2 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Colum Eastwood Naomi Long Owen McCracken Party SDLP Alliance Labour Alternative Seats before 8 0 0 Seats won 5 1 1 Seat change 3 1 1
Fermanagh and Omagh 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with Fifteen seats, six ahead of the Ulster Unionist Party and six seats away from overall control. The Alliance Party and Cross-Community Labour Alternative both gained representation onto the council for the first time.^[3][4][5][6]

Election results

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Election Result 2019^[7]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	15	0	2	2	37.5	36.8	19,111	3.3
	UUP	9	0	0	0	22.5	16.6	8,612	4.3
	DUP	5	0	0	0	12.5	15.9	8,277	1.3
	SDLP	5	0	3	3	12.5	10.5	5,475	4.2
	Independent	4	3	0	3	10.0	10.5	5,151	5.9
	Alliance	1	1	0	1	2.5	3.3	2,035	1.6
	Labour Alternative	1	1	0	0	5.0	1.4	720	New
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	1,072	0.1
	Aontú	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	1,062	New
	Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	277	0.1
	CISTA	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	101	New
	Democrats and Veterans	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	20	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 61.57% with a total of 51,913 valid votes cast. A total of 707 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election, 2019
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Sinn Féin		UUP		DUP		SDLP		Alliance		Others
Enniskillen	23.6	1	19.4	2	20.8	1	13.2	1	4.3	0	18.7	1	6
Erne East	38.1	2	16.0	1	16.3	1	9.9	1	0.0	0	19.7	1	6
Erne North	26.6	1	26.5	2	20.4	1	13.3	1	6.0	0	7.1	0	5
Erne West	43.6	2	18.1	1	7.4	0	8.3	1	0.0	0	22.6	1	5
Mid Tyrone	48.4	4	12.1	1	11.5	0	7.4	0	3.8	0	16.8	1	6
Omagh	31.4	2	9.9	1	15.2	1	8.1	0	9.7	1	25.7	1	6
West Tyrone	42.8	3	14.5	1	20.5	1	13.9	1	5.2	0	3.2	0	6
Total	36.8	15	16.6	9	15.9	5	10.5	5	3.3	1	14.7	5	40

District results

Map of results by District Electoral Area. Each DEA is highlighted in the colour of the plurality winner of FPVs.

Enniskillen

2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Cross-Community Labour Alternative
2014-2019 Change: Cross-Community Labour Alternative gain from Sinn Féin

Enniskillen - 6 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Keith Elliott*	16.07%	1,161
	SDLP	Paul Blake*	13.22%	955	966	967.1	1,085.1
	UUP	Robert Irvine*	10.42%	753	758	777.91	822.02	987.32	1,296.32
	UUP	Howard Thornton* †	9.01%	651	657	670.97	694.08	805.4	1,051.53
	Sinn Féin	Tommy Maguire*	13.09%	946	951	951.33	955.33	955.33	957.33	958.33
	Labour Alternative	Donal O'Cofaigh	9.97%	720	756	756.88	872.99	879.65	897.76	949.76
	Sinn Féin	Debbie Coyle*	10.53%	761	778	778.44	789.44	789.77	793.88	797.88
	TUV	Donald Crawford	6.81%	492	493	504.33	510.44	638.63
	DUP	Simon Wiggins	4.71%	340	344	422.32	427.43
	Alliance	Matthew Beaumont	4.29%	310	353	353.66
	Green (NI)	Debbie Coleman	1.88%	136
Electorate: 13,048   Valid: 7,225 (55.37%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 7,312 (56.04%)

Erne East

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Erne East - 6 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Paul Robinson*	16.34%	1,382
	UUP	Victor Warrington*	15.99%	1,352
	Independent	John McCluskey †	15.21%	1,286
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly*	9.80%	829	830.06	830.64	854.64	876.96	1,248.96
	Sinn Féin	Sheamus Greene*	12.20%	1,032	1,032	1,032.56	1,057.56	1,064.34	1,211.34
	SDLP	Garbhan McPhillips*	9.92%	839	879.68	928.54	983.68	1,175.68	1,205.86
	Sinn Féin	Noeleen Hayes	8.73%	738	738.18	738.18	754.18	766.32	834.5
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	7.33%	620	620.54	620.54	632.54	639.72
	Independent	Caroline Wheeler	2.41%	204	326.76	415.66	439.2
	Aontú	Gerry McHugh	2.06%	174	175.8	176.36
Electorate: 11,963   Valid: 8,456 (70.68%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,209   Turnout: 8,568 (71.62%)

Erne North

2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: No change

Erne North - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Diana Armstrong*	17.32%	1,186
	SDLP	John Coyle*	13.30%	911	914	1,142
	Sinn Féin	Siobhan Currie †	15.40%	1,055	1,056	1,086	1,088	1,088.18	1,779.18
	UUP	John McClaughry	9.20%	630	633	701	883	909.94	921.94	956.94
	DUP	Deborah Armstrong †	9.75%	668	670	678	849	853.41	859.41	867.41
	DUP	David Mahon*	10.69%	732	736	740	829	832.39	833.39	840.39
	Sinn Féin	John Feely*	11.23%	769	769	791	792	792.03
	TUV	Alex Elliot	6.80%	465	468	477
	Alliance	Diane Little	6.03%	413	415
	Democrats and Veterans	Lewis Jennings	0.29%	20
Electorate: 10,983   Valid: 6,849 (62.36%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,142   Turnout: 6,941 (63.20%)

Erne West

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: No change

Erne West - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Alex Baird*	18.05%	1,333
	Independent	Bernice Swift*	15.69%	1,159	1,160.05	1,295.05
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Feely*	16.36%	1,208	1,208.14	1,238.14
	Sinn Féin	Chris McCaffrey	15.38%	1,136	1,136	1,153	1,154.56
	SDLP	Adam Gannon	8.27%	611	619.82	799.8	1,116.59
	Sinn Féin	Fionnuala Leonard	11.90%	879	879	895	898.28
	DUP	Carol Johnston	7.41%	547	601.88	712.65
	Independent	Trevor Armstrong	6.93%	512	537.27
Electorate: 10,825   Valid: 7,385 (68.22%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,231   Turnout: 7,473 (69.03%)

Mid Tyrone

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

Mid Tyrone - 6 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Emmet McAleer	11.09%	897	903	986	1,134	1,326
	Sinn Féin	Pádraigín Kelly	12.30%	995	1,045	1,056	1,081	1,145	1,168
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Kelly	11.92%	964	1,002	1,014	1,035	1,109	1,122
	UUP	Bert Wilson* †	12.10%	979	979	1,007	1,016	1,080	1,093
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	10.99%	889	931	941	964	1,066	1,084
	Sinn Féin	Sean Donnelly* †	9.62%	778	896	902	988	1,060	1,071
	DUP	James Managh	11.51%	931	931	939	943	951	951
	SDLP	Bernard McGrath	7.39%	598	619	725	825
	Aontú	Rosemarie Shields*	5.74%	464	469	491
	Alliance	Richard Bullick	3.78%	306	311
	Sinn Féin	Kevin McColgan	3.55%	287
Electorate: 12,556   Valid: 8,088 (64.42%)   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,156   Turnout: 8,202 (65.32%)

Omagh

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from SDLP (two seats)

Omagh - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Errol Thompson*	15.24%	970
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff	14.14%	900	900	903	914
	Independent	Josephine Deehan*	11.44%	728	728.96	738.02	752.02	762.62	800.68	840.74	916.74
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly	9.68%	616	616.24	620.24	638.24	641.48	665.48	697.48	708.48	735.48	807.48	935.48
	UUP	Chris Smyth* †	9.95%	633	676.44	677.56	678.62	775.02	776.08	787.26	791.32	797.32	803.32	839.44
	Sinn Féin	Ann-Marie Fitzgerald*	9.26%	589	589	589	594	595	607	611	629	639	670	791
	Sinn Féin	Marty McColgan*	8.00%	509	509	511	520	520	530	536	550	554	604	643
	SDLP	Lee Hawkes	4.02%	256	256.18	257.18	262.18	263.24	271.24	285.3	292.3	491.36	532.36
	Independent	Sorcha McAnespy*	3.05%	194	194.06	198.06	212.06	212.12	234.12	257.12	292.12	309.12
	SDLP	Jacinta McKeown	4.05%	258	258.12	258.12	258.12	259.12	264.12	266.12	279.12
	Aontú	Margaret Swift	2.86%	182	182	182	187	188.06	192.06	205.06
	Green (NI)	Susan Glass	2.22%	141	141.24	144.3	151.3	155.42	165.54
	Independent	Joanne Donnelly*	2.01%	128	128.3	135.3	146.36	146.36
	TUV	Charles Chittick	1.81%	115	125.2	125.26	132.26
	CISTA	Barry Brown	1.59%	101	101.24	109.24
	Independent	Will Convey	0.68%	43	43.3
Electorate: 12,737   Valid: 6,363 (49.96%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 910   Turnout: 6,461 (50.73%)

West Tyrone

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: No change

West Tyrone - 6 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Mark Buchanan*	20.48%	1,546
	UUP	Allan Rainey*	14.51%	1,095
	SDLP	Mary Garrity*	13.87%	1,047	1,203.24
	Sinn Féin	Ann-Marie Donnelly	9.96%	752	752.62	772.62	772.62	1,307.62
	Sinn Féin	Glenn Campbell*	13.03%	983	986.1	1,038.1	1,038.72	1,104.72
	Sinn Féin	Stephen McCann*	11.12%	839	839.62	881.62	885.34	929.34	1,144.45
	Alliance	Fia Cowan	5.17%	390	667.76	732.44	797.54	804.54	814.34
	Sinn Féin	Frankie Donnelly*	8.65%	653	654.24	662.24	662.24
	Aontú	Cathal McCrory	3.21%	242	265.56
Electorate: 12,201   Valid: 7,547 (61.86%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,079   Turnout: 7,663 (62.81%)

* Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
26 March 2020	Erne East		Independent	John McCluskey	Eamon Keenan	McCluskey resigned.
5 August 2021	Omagh		UUP	Chris Smyth	Matthew Bell	Smyth resigned.
5 November 2021	Erne North		DUP	Deborah Erskine	Paul Stevenson	Erskine was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
23 December 2021	Mid Tyrone		Sinn Féin	Sean Donnelly	Patrick Withers	Donnelly died.
7 June 2022	Erne North		Sinn Féin	Siobhán Currie	Debbie Coyle	Currie resigned.
23 September 2022	Enniskillen		UUP	Howard Thornton	Roy Crawford	Thornton resigned.
19 November 2022	Mid Tyrone		UUP	Bert Wilson	Rosemary Barton	Wilson resigned.

‡ Changes in affiliation

– Suspensions

None

Last updated 17 November 2022.

Current composition: see Fermanagh and Omagh District Council