2001 Omagh District Council election
Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 7 June 2001 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.
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Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38.1 | 40.4 | 10,771 | 9.0 | |
SDLP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 22.0 | 5,848 | 1.2 | |
Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 4,158 | 3.3 | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 13.5 | 3,592 | 1.1 | |
Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 2,054 | 7.7 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 211 | 1.2 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | SDLP | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
Mid Tyrone | 56.5 | 4 | 20.7 | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Omagh Town | 23.6 | 1 | 15.8 | 2 | 23.2 | 1 | 22.8 | 1 | 14.6 | 2 | 7 |
West Tyrone | 38.3 | 3 | 22.6 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 14.8 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 40.4 | 8 | 22.0 | 6 | 15.6 | 3 | 13.5 | 2 | 8.5 | 2 | 21 |
District results
Mid Tyrone
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke* | 15.14% | 1,446 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Damien Curran | 13.02% | 1,244 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Michael McAnespie* | 10.42% | 995 | 1,007.78 | 1,626.78 | |||
Sinn Féin | Barney McAleer | 9.60% | 917 | 1,128.68 | 1,214.68 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Bert Wilson | 12.47% | 1,191 | 1,191 | 1,191 | 1,191 | 1,191.44 | |
SDLP | Seamus Shields* | 10.35% | 989 | 993.14 | 1,029.32 | 1,128.32 | 1,158.24 | |
SDLP | Gerry O'Doherty | 10.41% | 994 | 1,002.46 | 1,015.36 | 1,045.36 | 1,063.4 | |
DUP | Samuel McFarland | 10.30% | 984 | 984 | 985 | 987 | 987.66 | |
Sinn Féin | Cathal McCrory | 8.28% | 791 | 795.86 | ||||
Electorate: 11,421 Valid: 9,551 (83.63%) Spoilt: 198 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 9,749 (85.36%) |
Omagh Town
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour Coalition
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: Independents (two seats) leave SDLP and Labour Coalition, SDLP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Begley | 14.08% | 1,123 | ||||||||
DUP | Oliver Gibson* | 13.63% | 1,087 | ||||||||
Independent | Patrick McGowan* | 13.47% | 1,074 | ||||||||
SDLP | Joe Byrne* | 12.63% | 1,007 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Reuben McKelvey* | 7.70% | 614 | 614 | 688 | 733.18 | 1,223.18 | ||||
Independent | Johnny McLaughlin* | 9.52% | 759 | 764.17 | 813.39 | 817.44 | 875.04 | 1,021.74 | |||
SDLP | Josephine Deehan | 7.89% | 629 | 632.19 | 758.84 | 759.29 | 767.64 | 844.14 | 898.64 | 921.39 | |
Sinn Féin | Paddy Gallagher | 9.57% | 763 | 867.61 | 886.16 | 886.25 | 886.34 | 887.24 | 906.54 | 906.89 | |
Ulster Unionist | John Anderson | 6.92% | 552 | 552 | 611 | 645.65 | |||||
SDLP | Vincent Campbell* | 2.23% | 178 | 181.74 | |||||||
DUP | Thomas McCordick | 2.14% | 171 | 171 | |||||||
Independent | Kevin Taylor | 0.24% | 19 | 19.22 | |||||||
Electorate: 11,036 Valid: 7,976 (72.27%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 998 Turnout: 8,198 (74.28%) |
West Tyrone
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McDonnell* | 15.07% | 1,372 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 14.01% | 1,276 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Allan Rainey* | 12.46% | 1,135 | 1,136.19 | 1,136.41 | 1,140.41 | |||||
DUP | Thomas Buchanan* | 12.00% | 1,093 | 1,093.34 | 1,093.34 | 1,099.34 | 1,334.34 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Peter Kelly | 9.21% | 839 | 856.85 | 884.13 | 894.58 | 925.47 | 925.47 | 1,331.47 | ||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Watters | 8.38% | 763 | 771.16 | 780.18 | 788.23 | 796.62 | 796.62 | 961.65 | 1,132.75 | |
SDLP | Liam McQuaid* | 7.46% | 679 | 843.05 | 851.08 | 889.77 | 985.68 | 986.68 | 1,057.61 | 1,074.72 | |
Ulster Unionist | David Sterritt | 7.31% | 666 | 666.17 | 666.17 | 668.17 | 689.51 | 861.51 | 861.51 | 862.69 | |
Sinn Féin | Damien McCrossan | 6.74% | 614 | 622.67 | 696.37 | 728.91 | 750.41 | 751.41 | |||
Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 2.32% | 211 | 222.05 | 227.44 | 280.79 | |||||
DUP | Stephen Harpur | 2.82% | 257 | 257.34 | 257.34 | 258.34 | |||||
Independent | Gerry McMenamin | 2.22% | 202 | 210.67 | 219.8 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,005 Valid: 9,107 (82.75%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,139 Turnout: 9,286 (84.38%) |
References
- "Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.