2005 Omagh District Council election
# 2005 Omagh District Council election

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 5 May 2005 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 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 47.6 | 44.6 | 10,862 | 4.2 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14.3 | 19.3 | 4,707 | 2.7 |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 4,074 | 3.2 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 3,168 | 2.6 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 1,526 | 1.4 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 2005 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Mid Tyrone | 57.8 | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 11.2 | 1 | 12.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Omagh Town | 25.5 | 2 | 20.9 | 1 | 18.7 | 1 | 12.3 | 1 | 22.6 | 2 | 7 |
| West Tyrone | 46.0 | 4 | 18.5 | 1 | 21.0 | 1 | 14.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 44.6 | 10 | 19.3 | 3 | 16.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 3 | 6.4 | 2 | 21 |

## District results

### Mid Tyrone

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from SDLP

### Omagh Town

2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

### West Tyrone

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

