Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
# Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí; Ulster-Scots: Districk Cooncil o Fermanagh an Omey) is a local authority in Northern Ireland and was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council and covers most of the southwest of Northern Ireland. Its first election was on 22 May 2014, and it acted as a shadow authority prior to the creation of the Fermanagh and Omagh district in April 2015.

## Chairmanship

### Chairman

| From | To | Name | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 2016 | Thomas O'Reilly | Sinn Féin |
| 2016 | 2017 | Mary Garrity | SDLP |
| 2017 | 2018 | Stephen McCann | Sinn Féin |
| 2018 | 2019 | Howard Thornton | Ulster Unionist |
| 2019 | 2020 | Siobhan Currie | Sinn Féin |
| 2020 | 2020 | Chris Smyth | Ulster Unionist |
| 2020 | 2021 | Diana Armstrong | Ulster Unionist |
| 2021 | 2022 | Errol Thompson | DUP |
| 2022 | Present | Barry McElduff | Sinn Féin |

### Vice Chairman

| From | To | Name | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 2016 | Paul Robinson | DUP |
| 2016 | 2017 | Bert Wilson | Ulster Unionist |
| 2017 | 2018 | Alex Baird | Ulster Unionist |
| 2018 | 2019 | John Feely | Sinn Féin |
| 2019 | 2020 | Diana Armstrong | Ulster Unionist |
| 2020 | 2021 | John Coyle | SDLP |
| 2021 | 2022 | Chris McCaffrey | Sinn Féin |
| 2022 | Present | Allan Rainey | Ulster Unionist |

## Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):

| Area | Seats |
| - | - |
| Enniskillen | 6 |
| Erne East | 6 |
| Erne North | 5 |
| Erne West | 5 |
| Mid Tyrone | 6 |
| Omagh | 6 |
| West Tyrone | 6 |

### Seat summary

| Party | Elected 2014 | Elected 2019 | Elected 2023 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 17 | 15 | 21 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cross-Community Labour Alternative | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Independents | 1 | 4 | 1 |

### Councillors by electoral area

Current council members :

| District electoral area | Name | Party |
| - | - | - |
| Enniskillen | Keith Elliot | DUP |
| Enniskillen | Eddie Roofe | Alliance |
| Enniskillen | Tommy Maguire | Sinn Féin |
| Enniskillen | Roy Crawford | Ulster Unionist |
| Enniskillen | Dermot Browne | Sinn Féin |
| Enniskillen | Robert Irvine | Ulster Unionist |
| Erne East | Sheamus Greene | Sinn Féin |
| Erne East | Paul Robinson | DUP |
| Erne East | Thomas O'Reilly | Sinn Féin |
| Erne East | Noeleen Hayes | Sinn Féin |
| Erne East | Victor Warrington | Ulster Unionist |
| Erne East | Garbhan McPhillips | SDLP |
| Erne North | Debbie Coyle | Sinn Féin |
| Erne North | Diana Armstrong | Ulster Unionist |
| Erne North | David Mahon | DUP |
| Erne North | John Feely | Sinn Féin |
| Erne North | John McClaughtry | Ulster Unionist |
| Erne West | Anthony Feely | Sinn Féin |
| Erne West | Elaine Brough | Sinn Féin |
| Erne West | Declan McArdle | Sinn Féin |
| Erne West | Adam Gannon | SDLP |
| Erne West | Mark Ovens | Ulster Unionist |
| Mid Tyrone | Pádraigín Kelly | Sinn Féin |
| Mid Tyrone | Roisin Devine Gallagher | Sinn Féin |
| Mid Tyrone | Anne Marie Fitzgerald | Sinn Féin |
| Mid Tyrone | Patrick Withers | Sinn Féin |
| Mid Tyrone | Shirley Hawkes | DUP |
| Mid Tyrone | Bernard McGrath | SDLP |
| Omagh | Barry McElduff | Sinn Féin |
| Omagh | Errol Thompson | DUP |
| Omagh | Catherine Kelly | Sinn Féin |
| Omagh | Marty McColgan | Sinn Féin |
| Omagh | Stephen Donnelly | Alliance |
| Omagh | Josephine Deehan | Independent |
| West Tyrone | Mark Buchanan | DUP |
| West Tyrone | Glenn Campbell | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Allan Rainey | Ulster Unionist |
| West Tyrone | Ann-Marie Donnelly | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Collette McNulty | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Stephen McCann | Sinn Féin |

For further details see 2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

## Population

The area covered by the new council has a population of 113,161 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.

