1997 Omagh District Council election
# 1997 Omagh District Council election

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.

## Election results

Omagh District Council Election Result 1997 :

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

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 1997 by district :

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

### Mid Tyrone

1993: 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

### Omagh Town

1993: 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

### West Tyrone

1993: 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

