Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí; Ulster-Scots: Districk Cooncil o Fermanagh an Omey^[1]) is a local authority in Northern Ireland and was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council and covers most of the southwest of Northern Ireland. Its first election was on 22 May 2014, and it acted as a shadow authority prior to the creation of the Fermanagh and Omagh district in April 2015.

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí Districk Cooncil o Fermanagh an Omey
Type
Type	District council of Fermanagh and Omagh
History
Founded	1 April 2015
Preceded by	Fermanagh District Council Omagh District Council
Leadership
Chair	Barry McElduff, Sinn Féin
Deputy Chair	Shirley Hawkes, Democratic Unionist Party
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Sinn Féin (21)   UUP (7)   DUP (6)   SDLP (3)   Alliance (2)   Independents (1)
Elections
Last election	18 May 2023
Website
http://www.fermanaghomagh.com/

Chairmanship

Chairman

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Thomas O'Reilly		Sinn Féin
2016	2017	Mary Garrity		SDLP
2017	2018	Stephen McCann		Sinn Féin
2018	2019	Howard Thornton		UUP
2019	2020	Siobhan Currie		Sinn Féin
2020	2020	Chris Smyth		UUP
2020	2021	Diana Armstrong		UUP
2021	2022	Errol Thompson		DUP
2022	2023	Barry McElduff		Sinn Féin
2023	2024	Thomas O’Reilly		Sinn Féin
2024	2025	John McClaughry		UUP
2025	Present	Barry McElduff [2]		Sinn Féin

Vice Chairman

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Paul Robinson		DUP
2016	2017	Bert Wilson		UUP
2017	2018	Alex Baird		UUP
2018	2019	John Feely		Sinn Féin
2019	2020	Diana Armstrong		UUP
2020	2021	John Coyle		SDLP
2021	2022	Chris McCaffrey		Sinn Féin
2022	2023	Allan Rainey		UUP
2023	2024	Ann-Marie Donnelly		Sinn Féin
2024	2025	Elaine Brough		Sinn Féin
2025	Present	Shirley Hawkes		DUP

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):^[3]

Area	Seats
Enniskillen	6
Erne East	6
Erne North	5
Erne West	5
Mid Tyrone	6
Omagh	6
West Tyrone	6

Seat summary

Party		Elected 2014	Elected 2019	Elected 2023
	Sinn Féin	17	15	21
	Ulster Unionist Party	9	9	7
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	8	5	3
	Democratic Unionist Party	5	5	6
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	0	1	2
	Cross-Community Labour Alternative	0	1	0
	Independents	1	4	1

Councillors by electoral area

See also: 2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

Borders of the DEAs within Fermanagh and Omagh

Current council members
District electoral area	Name	Party
Enniskillen	Keith Elliot		DUP
	Eddie Roofe		Alliance
	Tommy Maguire		Sinn Féin
	Roy Crawford		UUP
	Dermot Browne		Sinn Féin
	Robert Irvine		UUP
Erne East	Sheamus Greene		Sinn Féin
	Paul Robinson		DUP
	Tom O'Reilly		Sinn Féin
	Noeleen Hayes		Sinn Féin
	Victor Warrington		UUP
	Garbhan McPhillips		SDLP
Erne North	Debbie Coyle		Sinn Féin
	Rosemary Barton †		UUP
	David Mahon		DUP
	John Feely		Sinn Féin
	John McClaughtry		UUP
Erne West	Anthony Feely		Sinn Féin
	Elaine Brough		Sinn Féin
	Declan McArdle		Sinn Féin
	Adam Gannon		SDLP
	Mark Ovens		UUP
Mid Tyrone	Pádraigín Kelly		Sinn Féin
	Roisin Devine Gallagher		Sinn Féin
	Anne Marie Fitzgerald		Sinn Féin
	Patrick Withers		Sinn Féin
	Shirley Hawkes		DUP
	Bernard McGrath		SDLP
Omagh	Barry McElduff		Sinn Féin
	Errol Thompson		DUP
	Catherine Kelly		Sinn Féin
	Marty McColgan		Sinn Féin
	Stephen Donnelly		Alliance
	Josephine Deehan		Independent
West Tyrone	Mark Buchanan		DUP
	Glenn Campbell		Sinn Féin
	Allan Rainey		UUP
	Ann-Marie Donnelly		Sinn Féin
	Collette McNulty		Sinn Féin
	Stephen McCann		Sinn Féin

Population

The area covered by the new council has a population of 113,161 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.^[4]

See also

• Local government in Northern Ireland
• 2014 Northern Ireland local elections
• Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom