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1997 Omagh District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Omagh District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Omagh District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Omagh District Council election 2001 All 21 seats to Omagh District Council 11 Sinn Féin 6 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 6 1 Ulster Unionist Party 4 0 Democratic Unionist Party 3 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 Labour Coalition 1 1 Independent Labour 0 1 Independent Nationalist 0 1 File:Omagh 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
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 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgomagh.htm Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Sinn Féin
6
0
0
0
28.6
31.4
7,024
7.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
6
1
0
1
28.6
23.2
5,183
1.3
Ulster Unionist Party
4
0
0
0
19.0
18.9
4,223
1.1
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
14.3
14.6
3,259
0.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
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 (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.0
457
0.1
Democratic Left (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.7
148
0.8
Ulster Independence Movement
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, 1997by district yes
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!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
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|- 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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Labour Coalition" | Labour
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Mid Tyrone
|bgcolor="#008800"|47.1
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|18.9
|2
|14.6
|1
|10.1
|1
|0.7
|0
|0.0
|0
|8.6
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Omagh Town
|20.0
|1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|26.9
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|16.2
|1
|20.3
|1
|7.2
|1
|8.8
|1
|0.6
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|West Tyrone
|24.3
|2
|24.7
|2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|14.6
|1
|2.8
|0
|1.8
|0
|6.0
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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
Mid Tyrone - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 15 August 2021
8
Sinn Féin
Patrick McMahon*
1,375
16.77%
Sinn Féin
Sean Clarke*
1,129
13.77%
Ulster Unionist Party
Desmond Anderson*
1,026
12.51%
Sinn Féin
Michael McAnespie
980
11.95%
1,148.48
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joe Byrne*
807
9.84%
811.68
813.77
817.01
835.01
857.46
868.46
1,092.46
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Shields*
741
9.04%
761.02
764.63
765.89
772.89
838.67
843.67
994.57
Democratic Unionist Party
Drew Baxter*
543
6.62%
543
543
543
545
548
960
962.09
Sinn Féin
Barney McAleer*
382
4.66%
525.52
629.07
713.76
714.03
724.53
726.05
874.16
Independent Nationalist
Brian McGrath*
554
6.76%
561.54
568.19
575.21
578.3
599.82
605.82
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Patterson
284
3.46%
284.26
284.26
284.26
284.26
285.26
Ulster Unionist Party
John Anderson
174
2.12%
174.52
174.52
174.52
191.52
197.52
Democratic Left (Ireland)
Patrick McClean
148
1.80%
150.86
151.81
152.08
158.08
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Paul Gallagher
57
0.70%
57.26
57.26
57.62
8
10,661
8,200 (76.92%)
187
1,026
8,387 (78.67%)
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
Omagh Town - 7 seats
10
Sinn Féin
Francis Mackey*
1,096
16.85%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McGowan*
1,080
16.60%
Democratic Unionist Party
Oliver Gibson*
747
11.48%
747
747
889
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Vincent Campbell
362
5.56%
365.64
450.64
450.64
450.64
729.92
846.38
Labour Coalition
Johnny McLaughlin*
570
8.76%
583
606
611.25
611.25
676.3
805.92
825.6
Ulster Unionist Party
Reuben McKelvey
567
8.72%
567
567.75
577.75
584.35
584.35
585.87
585.87
806.22
806.46
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Ann Gormley*
471
7.24%
474.64
498.14
499.14
500.24
545.24
584.11
595.87
606.12
616.44
Ulster Unionist Party
William Oldcroft
486
7.47%
486
486
498
506.25
507.25
508.25
508.97
609.82
610.3
Democratic Unionist Party
Harry Cairns
375
5.76%
375
375.25
434.25
492.55
492.8
493.8
493.8
Sinn Féin
Patrick O'Hagan
204
3.14%
456.46
464.71
464.96
464.96
492.06
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Stephen McKenna
309
4.75%
315.24
436.74
437.74
437.74
Democratic Unionist Party
Keith Mosgrove
196
3.01%
196
196
Ulster Independence Movement
Sandra Jones
42
0.65%
42
42.5
10
11,051
6,505 (58.86%)
180
814
6,685 (60.49%)
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
West Tyrone - 7 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur McFarland*
1,243
16.27%
Sinn Féin
Kevin McGrade
1,105
14.46%
Ulster Unionist Party
Allan Rainey*
727
9.52%
963.67
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Buchanan*
820
10.73%
843
843
843
849
891.84
1,144.84
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Liam McQuaid*
803
10.51%
804.15
811.56
825.56
849.47
888.7
892.62
904.62
989.62
Sinn Féin
Cathal Quinn
753
9.86%
753.46
875.27
883.27
899.66
913.66
913.66
914.66
978.66
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McDonnell
655
8.57%
656.15
660.31
671.44
684.7
701.16
702.85
703.85
828.11
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Connolly
426
5.58%
426
428.08
429.08
460.08
510.83
513.42
519.42
555.01
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tommy Owens
387
5.07%
387.23
389.18
417.18
433.31
448.54
452
459
Democratic Unionist Party
Walter McFarland
294
3.85%
309.87
310
310
314.23
324.46
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
George Kerr
216
2.83%
219.68
220.07
221.2
231.43
Labour Coalition
Amanda McLaughlin
141
1.85%
141.46
143.41
148.41
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tony Winters
70
0.92%
70
70.26
9
10,521
7,640 (72.62%)
208
956
7,848 (74.59%)
References
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