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2005 Omagh District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 Omagh District Council election parliamentary no 2001 Omagh District Council election 2001 2005 05 5 y 2011 Omagh District Council election 2011 All 21 seats to Omagh District Council 11 Sinn Féin 10 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 3 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 Ulster Unionist Party 3 0 Independent (politician) 2 0 File:Omagh 2005 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
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 2005https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgomagh.htm Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Sinn Féin
10
2
0
2
47.6
44.6
10,862
4.2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
0
3
3
14.3
19.3
4,707
2.7
Democratic Unionist Party
3
1
0
1
14.3
16.7
4,074
3.2
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
14.3
13.0
3,168
2.6
Independent (politician)
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, 2005by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Mid Tyrone
|bgcolor="#008800"|57.8
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|19.0
|1
|11.2
|1
|12.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Omagh Town
|bgcolor="#008800"|25.5
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|20.9
|1
|18.7
|1
|12.3
|1
|22.6
|2
|7
|-
|align="left"|West Tyrone
|bgcolor="#008800"|46.0
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|18.5
|1
|21.0
|1
|14.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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
Mid Tyrone - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 2005 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/9b9d7e45-e0c5-4495-a284-5900bfd8e88f/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005 EONI 9 August 2021
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Sinn Féin
Sean Clarke*
1,480
16.51%
Sinn Féin
Michael McAnespie*
1,203
13.42%
Sinn Féin
Declan McAleer
855
9.54%
1,130.75
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Shields*
1,008
11.25%
1,017.5
1,023.38
1,578.38
Ulster Unionist Party
Bert Wilson*
1,084
12.09%
1,084
1,084
1,094.57
1,155.57
Sinn Féin
Sharon O'Brien
900
10.04%
925.75
938.49
964.23
1,039.23
Democratic Unionist Party
Charles Chittick
1,000
11.16%
1,000.25
1,000.39
1,000.64
1,008.64
Sinn Féin
Cathal McCrory
741
8.27%
763.5
820.48
856.18
935.18
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry O'Doherty*
692
7.72%
710.75
712.99
5
11,549
8,963 (77.61%)
187
1,121
9,150 (79.23%)
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
Omagh Town - 7 seats
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Clive McFarland
1,264
18.71%
Sinn Féin
Sean Begley*
1,153
17.07%
Independent (politician)
Patrick McGowan*
885
13.10%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Josephine Deehan*
862
12.76%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ross Hussey
831
12.30%
1,213.68
Independent (politician)
Johnny McLaughlin*
641
9.49%
671.96
858.08
Sinn Féin
Martin McColgan
568
8.41%
568.72
569.08
832.11
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joe Byrne*
551
8.16%
553.16
596.72
641.67
4
10,577
6,755 (63.86%)
177
845
6,932 (65.54%)
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
West Tyrone - 7 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Buchanan*
1,810
21.00%
Sinn Féin
Barry McElduff*
1,471
17.07%
Ulster Unionist Party
Allan Rainey*
735
8.53%
1,141.08
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McDonnell*
1,060
12.30%
1,063.29
1,109.19
Sinn Féin
Cecilia Quinn
983
11.41%
983.47
1,027.75
1,146.75
Sinn Féin
Frankie Donnelly
790
9.17%
790
990.61
1,060.93
1,072.93
1,072.93
1,084.18
Sinn Féin
Peter Kelly*
718
8.33%
718
791.44
862.92
912.92
913.08
932.58
Ulster Unionist Party
William Bleakley
518
6.01%
824.91
824.91
856.18
856.18
918.74
918.74
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Liam McQuaid*
534
6.20%
536.35
557.41
7
11,153
8,619 (77.28%)
173
1,078
8,792 (78.83%)
References
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