1997 Omagh District Council election

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1997 Omagh District Council election
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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 SDLP Ulster Unionist
Seats won 6 6 4
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Alliance
Labour Coalition
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 1
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party
Independent Labour
 Independent Nationalist
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Omagh District Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 6 0 0 Steady0 28.6 31.4 7,024 Increase7.1
  SDLP 6 1 0 Increase1 28.6 23.2 5,183 Decrease1.3
  Ulster Unionist 4 0 0 Steady0 19.0 18.9 4,223 Decrease1.1
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 14.3 14.6 3,259 Decrease0.8
  Alliance 1 0 0 Steady0 4.8 3.3 744 Decrease1.7
 
Labour Coalition
 1 1 0 Increase1 4.8 3.2 711 New
  Independent Nationalist 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 2.5 554 Decrease0.7
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.0 457 Increase0.1
  Democratic Left 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 148 Decrease0.8
  Ulster Independence 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 42 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 1997
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP UUP DUP Alliance
Labour
 Others
Mid Tyrone 47.1 3 18.9 2 14.6 1 10.1 1 0.7 0 0.0 0 8.6 0 7
Omagh Town 20.0 1 26.9 2 16.2 1 20.3 1 7.2 1 8.8 1 0.6 0 7
West Tyrone 24.3 2 24.7 2 25.8 2 14.6 1 2.8 0 1.8 0 6.0 0 7
Total 31.4 6 23.2 6 18.9 4 14.6 3 3.3 1 3.2 1 5.4 0 21

District results

Mid Tyrone

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Patrick McMahon* 16.77% 1,375              
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke* 13.77% 1,129              
Ulster Unionist Desmond Anderson* 12.51% 1,026              
Sinn Féin Michael McAnespie 11.95% 980 1,148.48            
SDLP Joe Byrne* 9.84% 807 811.68 813.77 817.01 835.01 857.46 868.46 1,092.46
SDLP Seamus Shields* 9.04% 741 761.02 764.63 765.89 772.89 838.67 843.67 994.57
DUP Drew Baxter* 6.62% 543 543 543 543 545 548 960 962.09
Sinn Féin Barney McAleer* 4.66% 382 525.52 629.07 713.76 714.03 724.53 726.05 874.16
Independent Nationalist Brian McGrath* 6.76% 554 561.54 568.19 575.21 578.3 599.82 605.82  
DUP Jim Patterson 3.46% 284 284.26 284.26 284.26 284.26 285.26    
Ulster Unionist John Anderson 2.12% 174 174.52 174.52 174.52 191.52 197.52    
Democratic Left Patrick McClean 1.80% 148 150.86 151.81 152.08 158.08      
Alliance Paul Gallagher 0.70% 57 57.26 57.26 57.62        
Electorate: 10,661   Valid: 8,200 (76.92%)   Spoilt: 187   Quota: 1,026   Turnout: 8,387 (78.67%)  

Omagh Town

1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour Coalition
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Labour
1993-1997 Change: Independent Labour joins Labour Coalition

Omagh Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sinn Féin Francis Mackey* 16.85% 1,096                  
SDLP Patrick McGowan* 16.60% 1,080                  
DUP Oliver Gibson* 11.48% 747 747 747 889            
SDLP Vincent Campbell 5.56% 362 365.64 450.64 450.64 450.64 729.92 846.38      
Labour Coalition
 Johnny McLaughlin* 8.76% 570 583 606 611.25 611.25 676.3 805.92 825.6    
Ulster Unionist Reuben McKelvey 8.72% 567 567 567.75 577.75 584.35 584.35 585.87 585.87 806.22 806.46
Alliance Ann Gormley* 7.24% 471 474.64 498.14 499.14 500.24 545.24 584.11 595.87 606.12 616.44
Ulster Unionist William Oldcroft 7.47% 486 486 486 498 506.25 507.25 508.25 508.97 609.82 610.3
DUP Harry Cairns 5.76% 375 375 375.25 434.25 492.55 492.8 493.8 493.8    
Sinn Féin Patrick O'Hagan 3.14% 204 456.46 464.71 464.96 464.96 492.06        
SDLP Stephen McKenna 4.75% 309 315.24 436.74 437.74 437.74          
DUP Keith Mosgrove 3.01% 196 196 196              
Ulster Independence Sandra Jones 0.65% 42 42 42.5              
Electorate: 11,051   Valid: 6,505 (58.86%)   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 814   Turnout: 6,685 (60.49%)  

West Tyrone

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change

West Tyrone - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ulster Unionist Arthur McFarland* 16.27% 1,243                
Sinn Féin Kevin McGrade 14.46% 1,105                
Ulster Unionist Allan Rainey* 9.52% 727 963.67              
DUP Thomas Buchanan* 10.73% 820 843 843 843 849 891.84 1,144.84    
SDLP Liam McQuaid* 10.51% 803 804.15 811.56 825.56 849.47 888.7 892.62 904.62 989.62
Sinn Féin Cathal Quinn 9.86% 753 753.46 875.27 883.27 899.66 913.66 913.66 914.66 978.66
SDLP Patrick McDonnell 8.57% 655 656.15 660.31 671.44 684.7 701.16 702.85 703.85 828.11
SDLP James Connolly 5.58% 426 426 428.08 429.08 460.08 510.83 513.42 519.42 555.01
Workers' Party Tommy Owens 5.07% 387 387.23 389.18 417.18 433.31 448.54 452 459  
DUP Walter McFarland 3.85% 294 309.87 310 310 314.23 324.46      
Alliance George Kerr 2.83% 216 219.68 220.07 221.2 231.43        
Labour Coalition
 Amanda McLaughlin 1.85% 141 141.46 143.41 148.41          
Workers' Party Tony Winters 0.92% 70 70 70.26            
Electorate: 10,521   Valid: 7,640 (72.62%)   Spoilt: 208   Quota: 956   Turnout: 7,848 (74.59%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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