# 2014 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

The first election to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly-formed council via Single Transferable Vote.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with seventeen seats, eight ahead of the Ulster Unionist Party and four seats away from overall control. The council would act as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015, where Sinn Féin's Thomas O'Reilly would become Chairman and Paul Robinson of the DUP Vice Chairman.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% |
| | Sinn Féin | 17 | 18,930 | 38.97% |
| | UUP | 9 | 10,158 | 20.91% |
| | SDLP | 8 | 7,164 | 14.75% |
| | DUP | 5 | 7,075 | 14.57% |
| | Independent | 1 | 2,164 | 4.46% |
| | TUV | 0 | 1,091 | 2.25% |
| | Alliance | 0 | 819 | 1.69% |
| | UKIP | 0 | 296 | 0.61% |
| | Green (NI) | 0 | 269 | 0.55% |
| Totals | Totals | 40 | 48,572 | 100.00% |

## Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election, 2014 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Enniskillen | 21.7 | 2 | 24.2 | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 25.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Erne East | 51.3 | 3 | 16.2 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 15.9 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Erne North | 24.6 | 1 | 38.1 | 2 | 16.6 | 1 | 13.5 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Erne West | 39.3 | 2 | 23.4 | 1 | 13.9 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 17.3 | 1 | 5 |
| Mid Tyrone | 57.3 | 4 | 17.1 | 1 | 12.7 | 1 | 8.5 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Omagh | 37.5 | 2 | 11.5 | 1 | 23.2 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 6 |
| West Tyrone | 44.0 | 3 | 17.4 | 1 | 15.9 | 1 | 19.5 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 40.1 | 17 | 20.9 | 9 | 14.7 | 7 | 14.6 | 5 | 9.7 | 1 | 40 |

## District results
### Enniskillen

2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Enniskillen - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | UUP | Robert Irvine* | 11.55% | 778 | 792 | 982 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Keith Elliott | 11.55% | 778 | 779 | 794 | 796 | 1,225 | | | |
| | SDLP | Patricia Rodgers † | 9.51% | 641 | 710 | 717 | 803 | 809 | 814.11 | 1,019.11 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tommy Maguire* | 11.76% | 792 | 801 | 801 | 868 | 869 | 869.73 | 963.73 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Debbie Coyle* | 9.95% | 670 | 676 | 676 | 767 | 767 | 767.73 | 875.73 | 919.89 |
| | UUP | Howard Thornton | 8.10% | 546 | 555 | 635 | 638 | 666 | 819.3 | 855.76 | 872.66 |
| | TUV | Donald Crawford | 9.44% | 636 | 640 | 647 | 648 | 688 | 779.98 | 797.71 | 802.54 |
| | Independent | Donal O'Cofaigh | 8.24% | 555 | 610 | 613 | 655 | 660 | 668.76 | | |
| | DUP | Shirley Donaldson | 7.47% | 503 | 506 | 516 | 520 | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Cox | 4.65% | 313 | 320 | 322 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Basil Johnston* | 4.54% | 306 | 319 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Ann Gormley | 2.20% | 148 | | | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Laurence Speight | 1.05% | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,561 Valid: 6,737 (53.63%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 963 Turnout: 6,812 (54.23%) ||||||||||||

### Erne East

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Erne East - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Victor Warrington | 16.20% | 1,272 | | | |
| | DUP | Paul Robinson* | 15.87% | 1,246 | | | |
| | SDLP | Richie McPhillips † | 12.93% | 1,015 | 1,123 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom O'Reilly* | 13.69% | 1,075 | 1,081 | 1,097 | 1,115 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey* | 13.26% | 1,041 | 1,041 | 1,046 | 1,049 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sheamus Greene* | 12.80% | 1,005 | 1,008 | 1,026 | 1,049 |
| | Sinn Féin | Kate Mulligan | 11.49% | 902 | 905 | 916 | 931 |
| | UKIP | Fred Parkinson | 3.77% | 296 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,443 Valid: 7,852 (68.62%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,122 Turnout: 7,981 (69.75%) ||||||||

### Erne North

2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Erne North - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Rosemary Barton* † | 20.49% | 1,289 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Raymond Farrell* ‡‡ | 17.62% | 1,108 | | | | | |
| | DUP | David Mahon | 9.54% | 600 | 690.2 | 940 | 941.4 | 1,326.4 | |
| | SDLP | John Coyle | 9.98% | 628 | 630.4 | 633.4 | 972.2 | 1,011.4 | 1,102.4 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Feely | 14.20% | 893 | 894 | 896 | 931 | 933.6 | 933.6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Peter Jones | 10.40% | 654 | 655 | 659.2 | 674.2 | 676.8 | 677.8 |
| | TUV | Alex Elliott | 7.23% | 455 | 548.4 | 569.6 | 572.8 | | |
| | SDLP | Paul Blake | 6.58% | 414 | 419.4 | 420.4 | | | |
| | DUP | James Fleming | 3.96% | 249 | 294.6 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,501 Valid: 6,290 (59.89%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,049 Turnout: 6,394 (60.89%) ||||||||||

### Erne West

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
Erne West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Alex Baird* | 23.39% | 1,619 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bernice Swift* | 17.26% | 1,195 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry Doherty* | 14.23% | 985 | 987.48 | 993.09 | 1,567.09 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anthony Feely | 13.66% | 946 | 946.93 | 956.47 | 1,083.41 | 1,465.61 | |
| | SDLP | Brendan Gallagher | 13.90% | 962 | 1,014.39 | 1,024.83 | 1,090.67 | 1,120.07 | 1,199.87 |
| | DUP | Jeremy Campbell | 6.14% | 425 | 831.1 | 831.37 | 831.37 | 832.21 | 834.73 |
| | Sinn Féin | Leanne Maguire | 11.43% | 791 | 791.43 | 798.47 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,279 Valid: 6,923 (67.35%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,154 Turnout: 7,011 (68.21%) ||||||||||

### Mid Tyrone

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Mid Tyrone - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Bert Wilson* | 17.13% | 1,262 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Clarke* | 16.58% | 1,222 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ann Marie Fitzgerald* | 15.13% | 1,115 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Donnelly* | 13.42% | 989 | 989 | 1,067.26 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry McNally | 12.12% | 893 | 893 | 965.66 | 1,011.92 | 1,043.56 | 1,069.56 |
| | SDLP | Rosemarie Shields* ‡ | 7.31% | 539 | 542.91 | 545.43 | 548.55 | 642.98 | 1,030.06 |
| | DUP | Charlie Chittick* | 8.54% | 629 | 811.75 | 811.75 | 811.75 | 862.91 | 867.25 |
| | SDLP | Bernard McGrath | 5.43% | 400 | 402.21 | 411.31 | 416.47 | 493.05 | |
| | Green (NI) | Ciaran McClean | 2.69% | 198 | 204.12 | 206.36 | 209.06 | | |
| | Alliance | Andrew Bullick | 1.66% | 122 | 130.16 | 131.98 | 132.46 | | |
| Electorate: 11,786 Valid: 7,369 (62.52%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,053 Turnout: 7,499 (63.63%) ||||||||||

### Omagh

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Omagh - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SDLP | Josephine Deehan* ‡ | 15.04% | 946 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sorcha McAnespy* ‡ | 14.82% | 932 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Errol Thompson* | 10.24% | 644 | 644 | 644.6 | 664.6 | 664.78 | 1,094.78 | |
| | UUP | Chris Smyth* | 10.83% | 681 | 685 | 686.4 | 752.5 | 752.5 | 851.5 | |
| | SDLP | Joanne Donnelly ‡ | 6.92% | 435 | 453 | 519.6 | 701.9 | 708.92 | 731.51 | 835.51 |
| | Sinn Féin | Marty McColgan* | 11.80% | 742 | 758 | 764 | 776.8 | 819.01 | 819.01 | 819.01 |
| | Sinn Féin | Catherine Kelly | 8.84% | 556 | 565 | 571.9 | 592.1 | 623.15 | 625.25 | 625.25 |
| | DUP | Adele Crawford | 8.66% | 545 | 545 | 545.7 | 576 | 576.36 | | |
| | Alliance | Eric Bullick | 5.98% | 376 | 396 | 403.6 | | | | |
| | Independent | Gabrielle McAleer | 1.34% | 84 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,373 Valid: 5,941 (48.02%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 849 Turnout: 6,094 (49.25%) |||||||||||

### West Tyrone

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
West Tyrone - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Glenn Campbell* | 21.38% | 1,595 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Allan Rainey* | 17.39% | 1,297 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Frankie Donnelly* | 13.91% | 1,038 | 1,447.53 | | | | |
| | DUP | Mark Buchanan | 12.28% | 916 | 916 | 916.62 | 1,034.16 | 1,071.16 | |
| | SDLP | Mary Garrity | 10.51% | 784 | 808.09 | 838.78 | 840.76 | 917.34 | 1,216.34 |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen McCann | 8.71% | 650 | 715.34 | 1,036.81 | 1,037.35 | 1,051.54 | 1,068.54 |
| | DUP | Elaine Thompson* | 7.24% | 540 | 540.33 | 540.33 | 626.37 | 661.59 | 662.59 |
| | SDLP | Cathal Lynch | 5.36% | 400 | 407.92 | 419.39 | 421.91 | 461.65 | |
| | Alliance | Stephen Donnelly | 2.32% | 173 | 180.92 | 189.6 | 196.08 | | |
| | Independent | Susan-Anne White | 0.90% | 67 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,815 Valid: 7,460 (63.14%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,066 Turnout: 7,600 (64.33%) ||||||||||
* Incumbent

## Changes during the term
### † Co-options

| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
| 31 May 2016 | Erne East | SDLP | Richie McPhillips | Garbhan McPhillips | R McPhillips was elected to the Assembly. |
| 2 Jun 2016 | Erne North | UUP | Rosemary Barton | Diana Armstrong | Barton was elected to the Assembly. |
| 23 Mar 2018 | Enniskillen | SDLP | Patricia Rogers | Paul Blake | Rogers resigned. |

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 31 Oct 2015 | Erne North | Raymond Farrell | UUP | Independent | Resigned. |
| 31 Mar 2016 | Omagh | Sorcha McAnespy | Sinn Féin | Independent | Resigned. |
| 5 Apr 2016 | Omagh | Josephine Deehan | SDLP | Independent | Resigned. |
| 11 Apr 2016 | Omagh | Joanne Donnelly | SDLP | Independent | Resigned. |
| 31 May 2016 | Erne North | Raymond Farrell | Independent | DUP | Affiliated. |
| 7 Jan 2019 | Mid Tyrone | Rosemarie Shields | SDLP | Aontú | Defected. |
Last updated 25 March 2019.
Current composition: see Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.