2014 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

The first election to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly-formed council via Single Transferable Vote.[1][2][3]

2014 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

22 May 2014
All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
Leader Martin McGuinness Mike Nesbitt Alasdair McDonnell Party Sinn Féin UUP SDLP Seats won 17 9 8 Seat change New council New council New council   Leader Peter Robinson Party DUP Independent Seats won 5 1 Seat change New council New council

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with seventeen seats, eight ahead of the Ulster Unionist Party and four seats away from overall control. The council would act as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015, where Sinn Féin's Thomas O'Reilly would become Chairman and Paul Robinson of the DUP Vice Chairman.

Results by party

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%
	Sinn Féin	17	18,930	39.47%
	UUP	9	10,158	21.17%
	SDLP	8	7,164	14.94%
	DUP	5	7,075	14.75%
	Independent	1	2,164	4.51%
	TUV	0	1,091	2.27%
	Alliance	0	819	1.71%
	UKIP	0	296	0.62%
	Green (NI)	0	269	0.56%
Totals		40	47,966	100%

Results by Electoral Area

Enniskillen

Enniskillen - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Robert Irvine*	11.55	778	792	982
	DUP	Keith Elliot*	11.55	778	779	794	796	1,225
	SDLP	Patricia Rodgers †	9.51	641	710	717	803	809	814.11	1,019.11
	Sinn Féin	Tommy Maguire*	11.76	792	801	801	868	869	869.73	963.73
	Sinn Féin	Debbie Coyle*	9.95	670	676	676	767	767	767.73	875.73	919.89
	UUP	Howard Thornton	8.10	546	555	635	638	666	819.30	855.76	872.66
	TUV	Donald Crawford	9.44	636	640	647	648	688	779.98	797.71	802.54
	Independent	Donal O'Cofaigh	8.24	555	610	613	655	660	668.76
	DUP	Shirley Donaldson	7.47	503	506	516	520
	Independent	Pat Cox	4.65	313	320	322
	UUP	Basil Johnston*	4.54	306	319
	Alliance	Ann Gormley	2.20	148
	Green (NI)	Laurence Speight	1.05	71
Electorate: 12,561   Valid: 6,737 (53.63%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 963   Turnout: 6,812 (54.23%)

Erne East

Erne East - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Victor Warrington	16.20	1,272
	DUP	Paul Robinson*	15.87	1,246
	SDLP	Richie McPhillips †	12.93	1,015	1,123
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly*	13.69	1,075	1,081	1,097	1,115
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	13.26	1,041	1,041	1,046	1,049
	Sinn Féin	Sheamus Greene*	12.80	1,005	1,008	1,026	1,049
	Sinn Féin	Kate Mulligan	11.49	902	905	916	931
	UKIP	Fred Parkinson	3.77	296
Electorate: 11,443   Valid: 7,852 (68.62%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,122   Turnout: 7,981 (69.75%)

Erne North

Erne North - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Rosemary Barton* †	20.49	1,289
	UUP	Raymond Farrell* ‡‡	17.62	1,108
	DUP	David Mahon	9.54	600	690.20	940	941.40	1,326.40
	SDLP	John Coyle	9.98	628	630.40	633.40	972.20	1,011.40	1,102.40
	Sinn Féin	John Feely	14.20	893	894.00	896.00	931.00	933.60	933.60
	Sinn Féin	Peter Jones	10.40	654	655.00	659.20	674.20	676.80	677.80
	TUV	Alex Elliott	7.23	455	548.40	569.60	572.80
	SDLP	Paul Blake	6.58	414	419.40	420.40
	DUP	James Fleming	3.96	249	294.60
Electorate: 10,501   Valid: 6,290 (59.89%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,049   Turnout: 6,394 (60.89%)

Erne West

Erne West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Alex Baird*	23.39	1,619
	Independent	Bernice Swift*	17.26	1,195
	Sinn Féin	Barry Doherty*	14.23	985	987.48	993.09	1,567.09
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Feely	13.66	946	946.93	956.47	1,083.41	1,465.61
	SDLP	Brendan Gallagher	13.90	962	1,014.39	1,024.83	1,090.67	1,120.07	1,199.87
	DUP	Jeremy Campbell	6.14	425	831.10	831.37	831.37	832.21	834.73
	Sinn Féin	Leanne Maguire	11.43	791	791.43	798.47
Electorate: 10,279   Valid: 6,923 (67.35%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,154   Turnout: 7,011 (68.21%)

Mid Tyrone

Mid Tyrone - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Bert Wilson*	17.13	1,262
	Sinn Féin	Seán Clarke*	16.58	1,222
	Sinn Féin	Ann Marie Fitzgerald*	15.13	1,115
	Sinn Féin	Seán Donnelly*	13.42	989	989.00	1,067.26
	Sinn Féin	Barry McNally	12.12	893	893.00	965.66	1,011.92	1,043.56	1,069.56
	SDLP	Rosemarie Shields* ‡	7.31	539	542.91	545.43	548.55	642.98	1,030.06
	DUP	Charlie Chittick*	8.54	629	811.75	811.75	811.75	862.91	867.25
	SDLP	Bernard McGrath	5.43	400	402.21	411.31	416.47	493.05
	Green (NI)	Ciaran McClean	2.69	198	204.12	206.36	209.06
	Alliance	Andrew Bullick	1.66	122	130.16	131.98	132.46
Electorate: 11,786   Valid: 7,369 (62.52%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,053   Turnout: 7,499 (63.63%)

Omagh

Omagh - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan* ‡	15.04	946
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha McAnespy* ‡	14.82	932
	DUP	Errol Thompson*	10.24	644	644	644.60	664.60	664.78	1,094.78
	UUP	Chris Smyth*	10.83	681	685	686.40	752.50	752.50	851.50
	SDLP	Joanne Donnelly ‡	6.92	435	453	519.60	701.90	708.92	731.51	835.51
	Sinn Féin	Marty McColgan*	11.80	742	758	764.00	776.80	819.01	819.01	819.01
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Kelly	8.84	556	565	571.90	592.10	623.15	625.25	625.25
	DUP	Adele Crawford	8.66	545	545	545.70	576.00	576.36
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	5.98	376	396	403.60
	Independent	Gabrielle McAleer	1.34	84
Electorate: 12,373   Valid: 5,941 (48.02%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 849   Turnout: 6,094 (49.25%)

West Tyrone

West Tyrone - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Glenn Campbell*	21.38	1,595
	UUP	Allan Rainey*	17.39	1,297
	Sinn Féin	Frankie Donnelly*	13.91	1,038	1,447.53
	DUP	Mark Buchanan	12.28	916	916.00	916.62	1,034.16	1,071.16
	SDLP	Mary Garrity	10.51	784	808.09	838.78	840.76	917.34	1,216.34
	Sinn Féin	Stephen McCann	8.71	650	715.34	1,036.81	1,037.35	1,051.54	1,068.54
	DUP	Elaine Thompson*	7.24	540	540.33	540.33	626.37	661.59	662.59
	SDLP	Cathal Lynch	5.36	400	407.92	419.39	421.91	461.65
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly	2.32	173	180.92	189.60	196.08
	Independent	Susan-Anne White	0.90	67
Electorate: 11,815   Valid: 7,460 (63.14%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,066   Turnout: 7,600 (64.33%)

* Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date co-opted	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
31 May 2016	Erne East		SDLP	Richie McPhillips	Garbhan McPhillips[4]	R McPhillips was elected to the Assembly.
2 Jun 2016	Erne North		UUP	Rosemary Barton	Diana Armstrong[5]	Barton was elected to the Assembly.
23 Mar 2018	Enniskillen		SDLP	Patricia Rogers	Paul Blake	Rogers resigned.[6]

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
31 Oct 2015	Erne North	Raymond Farrell		UUP		Independent	Resigned.[7]
31 Mar 2016	Omagh	Sorcha McAnespy		Sinn Féin		Independent	Resigned.[8]
5 Apr 2016	Omagh	Josephine Deehan		SDLP		Independent	Resigned.[9]
11 Apr 2016	Omagh	Joanne Donnelly		SDLP		Independent	Resigned.[10]
31 May 2016	Erne North	Raymond Farrell		Independent		DUP	Affiliated.[11]
7 Jan 2019	Mid Tyrone	Rosemarie Shields		SDLP		Aontú	Defected.[12]

Last updated 25 March 2019.

Current composition: see Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

References

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4. "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
5. "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
6. "SDLP appoints Paul Blake as Fermanagh and Omagh councillor". The Irish News. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
7. "UUP's Farrell quits with a parting dig at Mike Nesbitt". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
8. "Omagh councillor Sorcha McAnespy quits Sinn Féin over 'misogyny'". The Irish News. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
9. SDLP: Councillors Patsy Kelly and Josephine Deehan resign from party
10. "Third SDLP councillor quits over West Tyrone candidate row". The Irish News. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
11. "Back with DUP: Defector Raymond Farrell who quit Nesbitt's UUP over 'lack of leadership'". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
12. Young, Connla (7 January 2019). "Co Tyrone councillor Rosemarie Shields defects from SDLP to Peadar Tóibín's new party". The Irish News. Retrieved 25 March 2019.