# 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 | UUP |
| 2019 | 2020 | Siobhan Currie | Sinn Féin |
| 2020 | 2020 | Chris Smyth | UUP |
| 2020 | 2021 | Diana Armstrong | UUP |
| 2021 | 2022 | Errol Thompson | DUP |
| 2022 | 2023 | Barry McElduff | Sinn Féin |
| 2023 | 2024 | Thomas O’Reilly | Sinn Féin |
| 2024 | Present | John McClaughry | UUP |

### Vice Chairman

| From | To | Name | Party |
| 2015 | 2016 | Paul Robinson | DUP |
| 2016 | 2017 | Bert Wilson | UUP |
| 2017 | 2018 | Alex Baird | UUP |
| 2018 | 2019 | John Feely | Sinn Féin |
| 2019 | 2020 | Diana Armstrong | UUP |
| 2020 | 2021 | John Coyle | SDLP |
| 2021 | 2022 | Chris McCaffrey | Sinn Féin |
| 2022 | 2023 | Allan Rainey | UUP |
| 2023 | 2024 | Ann-Marie Donnelly | Sinn Féin |
| 2024 | Present | Elaine Brough | Sinn Féin |

## 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 | UUP |
| Enniskillen | Dermot Browne | Sinn Féin |
| Enniskillen | Robert Irvine | UUP |
| Erne East | Sheamus Greene | Sinn Féin |
| Erne East | Paul Robinson | DUP |
| Erne East | Tom O'Reilly | Sinn Féin |
| Erne East | Noeleen Hayes | Sinn Féin |
| Erne East | Victor Warrington | UUP |
| Erne East | Garbhan McPhillips | SDLP |
| Erne North | Debbie Coyle | Sinn Féin |
| Erne North | Rosemary Barton † | UUP |
| Erne North | David Mahon | DUP |
| Erne North | John Feely | Sinn Féin |
| Erne North | John McClaughtry | UUP |
| 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 | UUP |
| 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 | UUP |
| West Tyrone | Ann-Marie Donnelly | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Collette McNulty | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Stephen McCann | Sinn Féin |

## Population

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