# 2001 Omagh District Council election

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 7 June 2001 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 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38.1 | 40.4 | 10,771 | 9.0 |
| SDLP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 22.0 | 5,848 | 1.2 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 4,158 | 3.3 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 13.5 | 3,592 | 1.1 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 2,054 | 7.7 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 211 | 1.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Mid Tyrone | 56.5 | 4 | 20.7 | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Omagh Town | 23.6 | 1 | 15.8 | 2 | 23.2 | 1 | 22.8 | 1 | 14.6 | 2 | 7 |
| West Tyrone | 38.3 | 3 | 22.6 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 14.8 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 40.4 | 8 | 22.0 | 6 | 15.6 | 3 | 13.5 | 2 | 8.5 | 2 | 21 |

## District results
### Mid Tyrone

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Mid Tyrone - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke* | 15.14% | 1,446 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Damien Curran | 13.02% | 1,244 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael McAnespie* | 10.42% | 995 | 1,007.78 | 1,626.78 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barney McAleer | 9.60% | 917 | 1,128.68 | 1,214.68 | | |
| | UUP | Bert Wilson | 12.47% | 1,191 | 1,191 | 1,191 | 1,191 | 1,191.44 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Shields* | 10.35% | 989 | 993.14 | 1,029.32 | 1,128.32 | 1,158.24 |
| | SDLP | Gerry O'Doherty | 10.41% | 994 | 1,002.46 | 1,015.36 | 1,045.36 | 1,063.4 |
| | DUP | Samuel McFarland | 10.30% | 984 | 984 | 985 | 987 | 987.66 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal McCrory | 8.28% | 791 | 795.86 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,421 Valid: 9,551 (83.63%) Spoilt: 198 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 9,749 (85.36%) |||||||||

### Omagh Town

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour Coalition 2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1997-2001 Change: Independents (two seats) leave SDLP and Labour Coalition, SDLP gain from Alliance
Omagh Town - 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 | Sean Begley | 14.08% | 1,123 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Oliver Gibson* | 13.63% | 1,087 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick McGowan* | 13.47% | 1,074 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Joe Byrne* | 12.63% | 1,007 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Reuben McKelvey* | 7.70% | 614 | 614 | 688 | 733.18 | 1,223.18 | | | |
| | Independent | Johnny McLaughlin* | 9.52% | 759 | 764.17 | 813.39 | 817.44 | 875.04 | 1,021.74 | | |
| | SDLP | Josephine Deehan | 7.89% | 629 | 632.19 | 758.84 | 759.29 | 767.64 | 844.14 | 898.64 | 921.39 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy Gallagher | 9.57% | 763 | 867.61 | 886.16 | 886.25 | 886.34 | 887.24 | 906.54 | 906.89 |
| | UUP | John Anderson | 6.92% | 552 | 552 | 611 | 645.65 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Vincent Campbell* | 2.23% | 178 | 181.74 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas McCordick | 2.14% | 171 | 171 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Kevin Taylor | 0.24% | 19 | 19.22 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,036 Valid: 7,976 (72.27%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 998 Turnout: 8,198 (74.28%) ||||||||||||

### West Tyrone

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
West 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 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McDonnell* | 15.07% | 1,372 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff | 14.01% | 1,276 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Allan Rainey* | 12.46% | 1,135 | 1,136.19 | 1,136.41 | 1,140.41 | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Buchanan* | 12.00% | 1,093 | 1,093.34 | 1,093.34 | 1,099.34 | 1,334.34 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Peter Kelly | 9.21% | 839 | 856.85 | 884.13 | 894.58 | 925.47 | 925.47 | 1,331.47 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Watters | 8.38% | 763 | 771.16 | 780.18 | 788.23 | 796.62 | 796.62 | 961.65 | 1,132.75 |
| | SDLP | Liam McQuaid* | 7.46% | 679 | 843.05 | 851.08 | 889.77 | 985.68 | 986.68 | 1,057.61 | 1,074.72 |
| | UUP | David Sterritt | 7.31% | 666 | 666.17 | 666.17 | 668.17 | 689.51 | 861.51 | 861.51 | 862.69 |
| | Sinn Féin | Damien McCrossan | 6.74% | 614 | 622.67 | 696.37 | 728.91 | 750.41 | 751.41 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 2.32% | 211 | 222.05 | 227.44 | 280.79 | | | | |
| | DUP | Stephen Harpur | 2.82% | 257 | 257.34 | 257.34 | 258.34 | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry McMenamin | 2.22% | 202 | 210.67 | 219.8 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,005 Valid: 9,107 (82.75%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,139 Turnout: 9,286 (84.38%) ||||||||||||