# 1989 Omagh District Council election

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 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 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.6 | 26.1 | 5,587 | 8.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 0 | 0 | | 28.6 | 24.9 | 5,331 | 6.7 |
| UUP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 4,679 | 5.1 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 3,217 | 3.8 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 872 | 4.1 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 4.2 | 895 | 1.5 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.7 | 800 | 1.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Mid Tyrone | 17.4 | 1 | 34.8 | 3 | 20.7 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 16.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Omagh Town | 36.6 | 3 | 13.8 | 1 | 15.5 | 1 | 21.7 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | 7 |
| West Tyrone | 26.6 | 2 | 23.9 | 2 | 28.2 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 26.1 | 6 | 24.9 | 6 | 21.9 | 5 | 15.1 | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 |

## District results
### Mid Tyrone

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP 1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
Mid Tyrone - 7 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McMahon | 15.41% | 1,186 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barney McAleer* | 10.24% | 788 | 962.04 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Desmond Anderson | 11.78% | 906 | 906 | 923 | 933 | 975 | | | |
| | SDLP | Seamus Shields | 9.55% | 735 | 750.58 | 769.96 | 859.53 | 859.53 | 1,320.53 | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Brian McGrath* | 11.33% | 872 | 877.89 | 892.89 | 939.89 | 940.89 | 1,017.89 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke | 9.10% | 700 | 715.01 | 715.01 | 727.58 | 728.58 | 748.77 | 817.77 | 830.77 |
| | UUP | William Thompson* | 8.90% | 685 | 685 | 727 | 739 | 752 | 765.57 | 773.57 | 774.57 |
| | DUP | Willis Cooke* | 6.32% | 486 | 486 | 489 | 489 | 750 | 751 | 756 | 756 |
| | SDLP | Nuala McSherry | 7.81% | 601 | 603.47 | 635.47 | 679.47 | 681.66 | | | |
| | DUP | Tommy Armstrong | 4.21% | 324 | 324.19 | 325.19 | 325.19 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Patrick McClean | 3.17% | 244 | 246.47 | 269.47 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Ethne McClelland | 2.17% | 167 | 167.38 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,300 Valid: 7,694 (74.70%) Spoilt: 273 Quota: 962 Turnout: 7,967 (77.35%) ||||||||||||

### Omagh Town

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Labour 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: Independent Labour joins SDLP
Omagh Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Oliver Gibson* | 17.39% | 1,058 | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Johnny McLaughlin* | 13.48% | 820 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Wilfred Breen* | 12.10% | 736 | 792.84 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick McGowan* | 12.39% | 754 | 754.84 | 771.57 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Francis Mackey* | 11.44% | 696 | 696.28 | 702.3 | 702.3 | 702.3 | 823.3 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Stephen McKenna* | 5.42% | 330 | 330 | 348.48 | 348.64 | 354.71 | 358.99 | 358.99 | 372.99 | 613.23 | 771.23 |
| | DUP | Stanley Johnston | 4.28% | 260 | 464.4 | 464.47 | 481.27 | 481.43 | 481.43 | 679.13 | 679.13 | 690.25 | 700.09 |
| | Alliance | Patrick Bogan | 5.01% | 305 | 305.56 | 306.47 | 306.95 | 398.25 | 398.32 | 418.76 | 419.76 | 447.04 | 519.86 |
| | Workers' Party | James Doody | 5.51% | 335 | 336.12 | 341.23 | 341.23 | 344.65 | 348.72 | 358.16 | 369.16 | 394.79 | |
| | SDLP | Arthur Breen | 5.34% | 325 | 325.84 | 329.48 | 329.8 | 332.8 | 334.94 | 340.5 | 341.5 | | |
| | UUP | Rachel Hussey | 3.42% | 208 | 234.32 | 234.6 | 247.4 | 252.4 | 252.4 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Colm Grimes | 2.35% | 143 | 143 | 144.05 | 144.05 | 144.05 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Eric Bullick | 1.89% | 115 | 116.12 | 116.54 | 117.02 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,451 Valid: 6,085 (64.38%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 761 Turnout: 6,264 (66.28%) ||||||||||||||

### West Tyrone

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
West Tyrone - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | UUP | Arthur McFarland* | 17.28% | 1,314 | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Liam McQuaid* | 14.63% | 1,112 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Allan Rainey | 10.92% | 830 | 1,135.1 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Harry Cairns* | 10.94% | 832 | 856.03 | 961.6 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry McMenamin* | 11.02% | 838 | 838.27 | 838.27 | 841.42 | 841.42 | 841.42 | 923.42 | 927.57 | 927.74 | 979.19 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cecilia Quinn* | 10.02% | 762 | 762.27 | 762.44 | 777.74 | 777.74 | 778.01 | 860.31 | 865.76 | 866.76 | 890.08 |
| | SDLP | Gregory McMullan* | 5.54% | 421 | 421.27 | 421.61 | 512.51 | 512.51 | 512.51 | 517.66 | 560.11 | 567.32 | 748.7 |
| | SDLP | James Connolly | 6.43% | 489 | 489 | 489.17 | 520.07 | 520.08 | 521.25 | 540.4 | 574.64 | 587.63 | 636.42 |
| | Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 4.16% | 316 | 316.81 | 317.83 | 328.33 | 328.33 | 329.03 | 333.03 | 398.72 | 417.27 | |
| | DUP | Raymond Farrell | 1.79% | 136 | 145.18 | 173.4 | 173.55 | 177.63 | 313.27 | 314.27 | 332.98 | | |
| | Alliance | Ann Gormley | 2.80% | 213 | 215.97 | 225.32 | 228.17 | 228.22 | 231.49 | 235.64 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | William McLaughlin | 2.87% | 218 | 218 | 218 | 218.9 | 218.9 | 218.9 | | | | |
| | DUP | Raymond Little | 1.59% | 121 | 129.91 | 165.61 | 165.61 | 167.22 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,836 Valid: 7,602 (77.29%) Spoilt: 243 Quota: 951 Turnout: 7,845 (79.76%) ||||||||||||||