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2001 Omagh District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Omagh District Council election parliamentary no 1997 Omagh District Council election 1997 2001 06 7 y 2005 Omagh District Council election 2005 All 21 seats to Omagh District Council 11 Sinn Féin 8 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 6 0 Ulster Unionist Party 3 1 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 Independent (politician) 2 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 Labour Coalition 0 1 File:Omagh 2001 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
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 2001https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgomagh.htm Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Sinn Féin
8
2
0
2
38.1
40.4
10,771
9.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
6
0
0
0
28.6
22.0
5,848
1.2
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
1
1
14.3
15.6
4,158
3.3
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
9.5
13.5
3,592
1.1
Independent (politician)
2
2
0
2
9.5
7.7
2,054
7.7
Workers' Party (Ireland)
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, 2001by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Mid Tyrone
|bgcolor="#008800"|56.5
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|20.7
|2
|12.5
|1
|10.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Omagh Town
|bgcolor="#008800"|23.6
|bgcolor="#008800"|1
|15.8
|2
|23.2
|1
|22.8
|1
|14.6
|2
|7
|-
|align="left"|West Tyrone
|bgcolor="#008800"|38.3
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|22.6
|2
|19.8
|1
|14.8
|1
|4.5
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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
Mid Tyrone - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 2001 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/46b84d90-302a-4615-8a4f-f16d5137e7fa/local_government_election_results_2001 EONI 14 August 2021
5
Sinn Féin
Sean Clarke*
1,446
15.14%
Sinn Féin
Damien Curran
1,244
13.02%
Sinn Féin
Michael McAnespie*
995
10.42%
1,007.78
1,626.78
Sinn Féin
Barney McAleer
917
9.60%
1,128.68
1,214.68
Ulster Unionist Party
Bert Wilson
1,191
12.47%
1,191
1,191
1,191
1,191.44
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Shields*
989
10.35%
993.14
1,029.32
1,128.32
1,158.24
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry O'Doherty
994
10.41%
1,002.46
1,015.36
1,045.36
1,063.4
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel McFarland
984
10.30%
984
985
987
987.66
Sinn Féin
Cathal McCrory
791
8.28%
795.86
5
11,421
9,551 (83.63%)
198
1,194
9,749 (85.36%)
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
Omagh Town - 7 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Sean Begley
1,123
14.08%
Democratic Unionist Party
Oliver Gibson*
1,087
13.63%
Independent (politician)
Patrick McGowan*
1,074
13.47%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joe Byrne*
1,007
12.63%
Ulster Unionist Party
Reuben McKelvey*
614
7.70%
614
688
733.18
1,223.18
Independent (politician)
Johnny McLaughlin*
759
9.52%
764.17
813.39
817.44
875.04
1,021.74
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Josephine Deehan
629
7.89%
632.19
758.84
759.29
767.64
844.14
898.64
921.39
Sinn Féin
Paddy Gallagher
763
9.57%
867.61
886.16
886.25
886.34
887.24
906.54
906.89
Ulster Unionist Party
John Anderson
552
6.92%
552
611
645.65
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Vincent Campbell*
178
2.23%
181.74
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas McCordick
171
2.14%
171
Independent (politician)
Kevin Taylor
19
0.24%
19.22
8
11,036
7,976 (72.27%)
222
998
8,198 (74.28%)
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
West Tyrone - 7 seats
8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McDonnell*
1,372
15.07%
Sinn Féin
Barry McElduff
1,276
14.01%
Ulster Unionist Party
Allan Rainey*
1,135
12.46%
1,136.19
1,136.41
1,140.41
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Buchanan*
1,093
12.00%
1,093.34
1,093.34
1,099.34
1,334.34
Sinn Féin
Peter Kelly
839
9.21%
856.85
884.13
894.58
925.47
925.47
1,331.47
Sinn Féin
Patrick Watters
763
8.38%
771.16
780.18
788.23
796.62
796.62
961.65
1,132.75
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Liam McQuaid*
679
7.46%
843.05
851.08
889.77
985.68
986.68
1,057.61
1,074.72
Ulster Unionist Party
David Sterritt
666
7.31%
666.17
666.17
668.17
689.51
861.51
861.51
862.69
Sinn Féin
Damien McCrossan
614
6.74%
622.67
696.37
728.91
750.41
751.41
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tommy Owens
211
2.32%
222.05
227.44
280.79
Democratic Unionist Party
Stephen Harpur
257
2.82%
257.34
257.34
258.34
Independent (politician)
Gerry McMenamin
202
2.22%
210.67
219.8
8
11,005
9,107 (82.75%)
179
1,139
9,286 (84.38%)
References
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