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2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
All 40 council seats; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Fermanagh and Omagh 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Sinn Féin;

The 2023 election to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.^[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.^[2]

Voters returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.^[3] In the elections, Sinn Féin took control of the council from no overall control.^[4]

Election results

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Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Election Result 2023
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	21	6	0	6	52.50	49.24	26,749	12.43
	UUP	7	0	2	2	17.50	13.75	7,467	2.84
	DUP	6	1	0	1	15.00	15.80	8,580	0.14
	SDLP	3	1	3	2	7.50	7.89	4,283	2.66
	Alliance	2	1	0	1	5.00	5.98	3,248	2.06
	Independent	1	0	3	3	2.50	4.57	2,482	5.35
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.71	931	0.36
	Labour Alternative	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.93	504	0.46
Total		40						54,319

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The electorate was 87,488 the turnout was 62.89% (55,021) and there were 702 spoiled votes.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA)	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total cllrs
District Electoral Area (DEA)	Sinn Féin		UUP		DUP		SDLP		Alliance		Independents and others		Total cllrs
Enniskillen	34.52	2 1	16.01	2	19.10	1	7.02	0 1	10.15	1 1	13.20	0 1	6
Erne East	52.33	3 1	13.15	1	16.63	1	5.87	1	2.61	0	9.42	0 1	6
Erne North	33.99	2 1	27.06	2	16.94	1	11.03	0 1	5.04	0	5.94	0	5
Erne West	54.19	3 1	15.78	1	9.06	0	11.01	1	3.30	0	6.67	0 1	5
Mid Tyrone	62.77	4	8.04	0 1	12.37	1 1	5.82	1 1	3.64	0	7.36	0 1	6
Omagh	47.14	3 1	7.37	0 1	17.15	1	5.80	0	13.14	1	9.41	1	6
West Tyrone	56.02	4 1	9.99	1	19.50	1	8.99	0 1	5.51	0	0.00	0	6
Total	49.24	21 6	13.75	7 2	15.80	6 1	7.89	3 2	5.98	2 1	7.21	1 4	40

District results

Enniskillen

2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Cross-Community Labour Alternative

2023: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP and Cross-Community Labour Alternative

Enniskillen - 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Keith Elliott*	13.41%	1,029	1,412
	Alliance	Eddie Roofe	10.15%	779	783	789.8	953.8	1,257.8
	Sinn Féin	Tommy Maguire*	13.34%	1,024	1,024	1,024	1,091	1,135
	UUP	Roy Crawford*	8.69%	667	674	752.2	766.2	784.2	810.12	810.12	1,130.43
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Browne	11.02%	846	846	846	879	1,003	1,057.72	1,074.21	1,077.17	1,077.17
	UUP	Robert Irvine*	7.32%	562	580	673.5	684.5	701.5	720.7	721.67	995.32	1,028.47
	Sinn Féin	Andrea McManus	10.16%	780	780	780	817	884	941.6	961.97	963.97	963.97
	TUV	Donald Crawford	6.63%	509	531	665.3	668.3	680.3	683.18	683.18
	SDLP	Paul Blake*	7.02%	539	539	539	663
	Labour Alternative	Donal O'Cofaigh*	6.57%	504	506	507.7
	DUP	Jill Mahon	5.69%	437
Electorate: 13,642 Valid: 7,676 (56.27%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 7,775 (56.99%)

Erne East

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

Erne East - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Sheamus Greene*	20.68%	1,753
	DUP	Paul Robinson*	16.63%	1,410
	Sinn Féin	Thomas O'Reilly*	16.36%	1,387
	Sinn Féin	Noeleen Hayes	15.29%	1,296
	UUP	Victor Warrington*	13.15%	1,115	1,118.08	1,309.46
	SDLP	Garbhan McPhillips*	5.87%	498	747.48	748.46	824.36	855.02	893.94	1,145.86
	Independent	Eamon Keenan*	6.61%	560	719.39	719.81	760.61	764.81	794.35	1,068.17
	Alliance	Richard Bullick	2.61%	221	277.98	278.98	298.78	352.68	363.18
	Independent	Tina McDermott	2.81%	238	307.30	307.44	345.24	348.88	351.82
Electorate: 12,127 Valid: 8,478 (69.91%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,212 Turnout: 8,588 (70.82%)

Erne North

2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Erne North - 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Debbie Coyle*	21.99%	1,561
	UUP	Diana Armstrong* †	19.61%	1,392
	DUP	David Mahon	13.86%	984	984.24	1,009.44	1,184.20
	Sinn Féin	John Feely	12.00%	852	1,181.76	1,181.76	1,181.76	1,210.76
	UUP	John McClaughry*	7.45%	529	529	673.34	699.58	771.68	1,146.04
	SDLP	John Coyle*	11.03%	783	815.16	818.66	818.66	1,023.54	1,034.48
	TUV	Alex Elliott	5.94%	422	422.24	433.72	453.14	461.42
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	5.04%	358	366.16	370.36	370.36
	DUP	Paul Stevenson*	3.08%	219	219.24	224.70
Electorate: 11,509 Valid: 7,100 (61.69%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,184 Turnout: 7,193 (62.46%)

Erne West

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

Erne West - 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Feely*	19.68%	1,493
	Sinn Féin	Elaine Brough	17.95%	1,362
	Sinn Féin	Declan McArdle	16.56%	1,256	1,426.40
	SDLP	Adam Gannon*	11.01%	835	869.35	1,005.55	1,053.40	1,313.40
	UUP	Mark Ovens	15.78%	1,197	1,198.35	1,250.35	1,250.95	1,273.95
	DUP	Aaron Elliott	9.06%	687	687.90	692.90	693.05	699.05
	Independent	Paul McColdrick	6.67%	506	517.85	555.15	580.65
	Alliance	Gerard McCusker	3.30%	250	251.95
Electorate: 11,196 Valid: 7,586 (67.76%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,265 Turnout: 7,652 (68.35%)

Mid Tyrone

2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent

Mid Tyrone - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Pádraigín Kelly*	18.98%	1,621
	Sinn Féin	Roisin Devine Gallagher	17.14%	1,464
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Fitzgerald*	14.10%	1,204	1,535.68
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Withers*	12.55%	1,072	1,097.20	1,359.52
	DUP	Shirley Hawkes	12.37%	1,057	1,057.48	1,057.48	1,061.44	1,071.44	1,071.44	1,667.44
	SDLP	Bernard McGrath	5.82%	497	505.88	517.40	619.92	786.60	825.00	891.24	1,087.24
	Independent	Emmet McAleer*	7.36%	629	646.28	656.84	739.12	812.76	843.00	867.92	946.92
	UUP	Rosemary Barton*	8.04%	687	687.00	687.24	689.00	735.24	737.88
	Alliance	Matthew Beaumont	3.64%	311	313.88	319.40	371.76
Electorate: 13,083 Valid: 8,542 (65.29%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,221 Turnout: 8,661 (66.20%)

Omagh

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Omagh - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Barry McElduff*	20.22%	1,342
	DUP	Errol Thompson*	17.15%	1,138
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Kelly	15.27%	1,013
	Sinn Féin	Marty McColgan	11.65%	773	1,073.44
	Alliance	Stephen Donnelly*	13.14%	872	899.84	903.92	958.92
	Independent	Josephine Deehan*	7.07%	469	492.20	494.58	545.49	582.01	601.81	940.60
	UUP	Matthew Bell*	7.37%	489	489.29	668.13	673.47	674.79	675.23	695.14
	SDLP	Brenda Mellon	5.80%	385	410.81	412.34	437.67	520.61	561.97
	Independent	Kathy Dunphy	1.21%	80	85.22	85.90
	Socialist Party	Amy Ferguson	1.13%	75	76.74	77.08
Electorate: 13,279 Valid: 6,636 (49.97%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 949 Turnout: 6,739 (50.75%)

West Tyrone

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

West Tyrone - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	Mark Buchanan*	19.50%	1,619
	Sinn Féin	Glenn Campbell*	15.41%	1,279
	UUP	Allan Rainey*	9.99%	829	1,232.38
	Sinn Féin	Ann-Marie Donnelly*	13.60%	1,129	1,129.81	1,174.81	1,209.74
	Sinn Féin	Colette McNulty	13.84%	1,149	1,151.43	1,163.43	1,171.20
	Sinn Féin	Stephen McCann*	13.17%	1,093	1,093.00	1,112.00	1,153.16
	SDLP	Mary Garrity*	8.99%	746	750.32	1,044.45	1,049.77
	Alliance	Joyce Donnelly	5.51%	457	465.91
Electorate: 12,652 Valid: 8,301 (65.61%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,186 Turnout: 8,413 (66.50%)

† Co-options

Date co-opted	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
21 October 2024	Erne North		UUP	Diana Armstrong	Rosemary Barton	Armstrong was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[8]

Notes

^ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.