2011 Omagh District Council election

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5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)

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All 21 seats to Omagh District Council
11 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Sinn Féin	DUP	Ulster Unionist
Seats won	10	3	3
Seat change	0	0	0

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	SDLP	Independent
Seats won	3	2
Seat change	0	0

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 5 May 2011, on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

There was no change from the prior election.^[1]

Election results

Omagh District Council Election Result 2011^[1]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Sinn Féin	10	47.6	46.9	10,353	2.3
DUP	3	14.3	16.4	3,624	0.3
Ulster Unionist	3	14.3	14.3	3,162	1.3
SDLP	3	14.3	13.3	2,943	6.0
Independent	2	9.5	7.6	1,671	1.3
Alliance	0	0.0	1.5	324	1.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 2011
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	Sinn Féin		DUP		UUP		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Mid Tyrone	56.5	4	9.9	1	14.3	1	11.3	1	8.0	0	7
Omagh Town	32.0	2	17.6	1	15.3	1	13.0	1	22.1	2	7
West Tyrone	48.6	4	22.2	1	13.6	1	15.6	1	0.0	0	7
Total	46.9	10	16.4	3	14.3	3	13.3	3	9.1	2	21

District results

Mid Tyrone

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	15.02%	1,211
	Ulster Unionist	Bert Wilson*	14.29%	1,152
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer*	14.06%	1,134
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Fitzgerald	11.47%	925	943.54	951.9	951.9	978.52	1,113.52
	SDLP	Seamus Shields*	11.29%	910	918.46	987.9	996.48	1,007.48	1,100.48
	Sinn Féin	Sean Donnelly	9.36%	755	813.86	822.94	823.07	851.78	918.85	966.85
	DUP	Charles Chittick*	9.87%	796	796.36	812.36	936.64	936.86	943.49	943.49
	Sinn Féin	Sharon O'Brien*	6.54%	527	635.18	641.36	641.36	689.21	743.68	773.68
	Independent	Paul Grogan	5.89%	475	478.6	523.6	524.9	527.98
	Independent	Ciaran McClean	2.21%	178	182.32
Electorate: 12,395 Valid: 8,063 (65.05%) Spoilt: 170 Quota: 1,008 Turnout: 8,233 (66.42%)

Omagh Town

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Omagh Town - 7 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Errol Thompson	17.56%	1,064
	Ulster Unionist	Ross Hussey*	15.29%	926
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley*	13.04%	790
	SDLP	Josephine Deehan*	9.62%	583	613.36	628.54	638.76	761.76
	Independent	Patrick McGowan*	8.85%	536	626.62	689.87	703.16	731.39	859.39
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin*	7.96%	482	544.56	569.63	576.32	587.93	725.24	801.24
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha McAnespy	9.33%	565	565	565.46	567.46	586.46	612.45	614.45	625.45	648.97
	Sinn Féin	Martin McColgan*	9.62%	583	583	583	583	587	591.46	591.46	596.46	601.98
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	4.03%	244	321.74	365.21	449.8	462.63
	SDLP	Steven Brown	3.38%	205	210.52	212.82	214.28
	Alliance	Victoria Geelan	1.32%	80	116.8	131.75
Electorate: 10,851 Valid: 6,058 (55.83%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 758 Turnout: 6,184 (56.99%)

West Tyrone

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change

West Tyrone - 7 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Glenn Campbell	17.28%	1,375
	DUP	Thomas Buchanan*	15.90%	1,265
	SDLP	Patrick McDonnell*	15.65%	1,245
	Sinn Féin	Cecilia Quinn*	12.88%	1,025
	Sinn Féin	Frankie Donnelly*	9.01%	717	1,017.44
	Ulster Unionist	Allan Rainey*	10.60%	843	845.8	888.48	1,100.48
	Sinn Féin	Peter Kelly*	9.38%	746	808.44	808.66	815.78	1,055.17
	DUP	Elaine Thompson	6.27%	499	499.28	703.66	736.16	745.78
	Ulster Unionist	Jane Clarke	3.03%	241	243.8	265.58
Electorate: 11,926 Valid: 7,956 (66.71%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 995 Turnout: 8,130 (68.17%)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ "Mid Tyrone Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Omagh Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "West Tyrone Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

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