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Conor Coyle

NI election results for Fermanagh and Omagh as Sinn Féin take majority

Sinn Féin continued its dominance over the Fermanagh and District Council area after 21 of its councillors were elected during the NI Council Elections 2023.

After a two day count at the Omagh Leisure Complex which spanned across Friday and Saturday, Michelle O'Neill's party emerged as the largest in the district with 6 seats more than the 15 they held previously.

Sinn Féin will now hold a majority in the council chamber for the next term.

The Alliance Party made history in the district by electing its first councillor in Fermanagh, with Eddie Roofe contributing to another Alliance surge by picking up a seat in Enniskillen. He joins party colleague Stephen Donnelly who retained his seat in Omagh.

The DUP managed to claw back ground from the UUP as they now hold six seats (up from five) in the council area, with the UUP holding seven (down from nine.)

It was an election to forget for the SDLP in Fermanagh and Omagh as they lost two of their five councillors, with Mary Garrity, Paul Blake and John Coyle all losing their seats. However the party did make a gain in Mid Tyrone where Bernard McGrath edged out outgoing independent Emmet McAleer.

It was a tough election for independent candidates all around as Cross Community Labour Alternative and Save Our Acute Services campaigner Donal O'Cofaigh lost his Enniskillen seat, with Sinn Féin's Dermot Browne getting in at his expense.

Paul McGoldrick also lost an independent seat in Erne West to Sinn Féin.

In the Omagh DEA, Independent Josephine Deehan picked up the last seat at the final count after a transfer boost from her former party, the SDLP.

Eamon Keenan also lost his seat in Erne East as Sinn Féin made a gain there with Noeleen Hayes picking up a third seat for the party in that DEA.

The total numbers of councillors elected by party in Fermanagh and Omagh was:

Sinn Féin - 21 (+6)

UUP - 7 (-2)

DUP - 6 (+1)

SDLP - 3 (-2)

Alliance - 2 (+1)

Cross Community Labour Alternative - 0 (-1)

Independents - 1 (-3)

Here is a rundown of all of the councillors elected to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council's new term:

Enniskillen

Keith Elliott DUP

Tommy Maguire SF

Eddie Roofe Alliance

Roy Crawford UUP

Dermot Browne SF

Robert Irvine UUP

Erne East

Sheamus Greene SF

Victor Warrington UUP

Paul Robinson DUP

Thomas O'Reilly SF

Noeleen Hayes SF

Garbhan McPhillips SDLP

Erne North

Diana Armstrong UUP

Debbie Coyle SF

David Mahon DUP

John Feely SF

John McClaughry UUP

Erne West

Mark Ovens UUP

Declan McArdle SF

Adam Gannon SDLP

Anthony Feely SF

Elaine Brough SF

Omagh

Marty McColgan SF

Errol Thompson DUP

Barry McElduff SF

Stephen Donnelly Alliance

Catherine Kelly SF

Josephine Deehan IND

West Tyrone

Mark Buchanan DUP

Glenn Campbell SF

Ann-Marie Donnelly SF

Collette McNulty SDLP

Stephen McCann SF

Allan Rainey UUP

Mid Tyrone

Shirley Hawkes DUP

Anne Marie Fitzgerald SF

Padraigin Kelly SF

Patrick Withers SF

Bernard McGrath SDLP

Roisin Devine Gallagher SF

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