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
  First party Second party Third party
 
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
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 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
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 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
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 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
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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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                5. "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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                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.
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                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.
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