Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 21 May 1997 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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All 21 seats to Omagh District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 31.4 | 7,024 | 7.1 | |
SDLP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.6 | 23.2 | 5,183 | 1.3 | |
UUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 4,223 | 1.1 | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 3,259 | 0.8 | |
Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 744 | 1.7 | |
Labour Coalition | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 711 | New | |
Ind. Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 554 | 0.7 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 457 | 0.1 | |
Democratic Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 148 | 0.8 | |
Ulster Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 42 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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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
editMid Tyrone
edit1993: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McMahon* | 16.77% | 1,375 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke* | 13.77% | 1,129 | ||||||||
UUP | 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 | |
Ind. 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 | |||
UUP | 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
edit1993: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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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 | |||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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
edit1993: 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Arthur McFarland* | 16.27% | 1,243 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Kevin McGrade | 14.46% | 1,105 | |||||||||
UUP | 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
edit- ^ a b "Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.