2001 Omagh District Council election
# 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.

## Election results

Omagh District Council Election Result 2001 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 2001 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| 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

### 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

### 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

