2005 Omagh District Council election
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Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 5 May 2005 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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 10 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 47.6 | 44.6 | 10,862 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 3 | ![]() | 14.3 | 19.3 | 4,707 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 14.3 | 16.7 | 4,074 | ![]() | |
UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 14.3 | 13.0 | 3,168 | ![]() | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 9.5 | 6.3 | 1,526 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | UUP | Others | |||||||
Mid Tyrone | 57.8 | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 11.2 | 1 | 12.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Omagh Town | 25.5 | 2 | 20.9 | 1 | 18.7 | 1 | 12.3 | 1 | 22.6 | 2 | 7 |
West Tyrone | 46.0 | 4 | 18.5 | 1 | 21.0 | 1 | 14.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 44.6 | 10 | 19.3 | 3 | 16.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 3 | 6.4 | 2 | 21 |
District results
[edit]Mid Tyrone
[edit]2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke* | 16.51% | 1,480 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Michael McAnespie* | 13.42% | 1,203 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Declan McAleer | 9.54% | 855 | 1,130.75 | ||||
SDLP | Seamus Shields* | 11.25% | 1,008 | 1,017.5 | 1,023.38 | 1,578.38 | ||
UUP | Bert Wilson* | 12.09% | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,094.57 | 1,155.57 | |
Sinn Féin | Sharon O'Brien | 10.04% | 900 | 925.75 | 938.49 | 964.23 | 1,039.23 | |
DUP | Charles Chittick | 11.16% | 1,000 | 1,000.25 | 1,000.39 | 1,000.64 | 1,008.64 | |
Sinn Féin | Cathal McCrory | 8.27% | 741 | 763.5 | 820.48 | 856.18 | 935.18 | |
SDLP | Gerry O'Doherty* | 7.72% | 692 | 710.75 | 712.99 | |||
Electorate: 11,549 Valid: 8,963 (77.61%) Spoilt: 187 Quota: 1,121 Turnout: 9,150 (79.23%) |
Omagh Town
[edit]2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Clive McFarland | 18.71% | 1,264 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Begley* | 17.07% | 1,153 | ||||
Independent | Patrick McGowan* | 13.10% | 885 | ||||
SDLP | Josephine Deehan* | 12.76% | 862 | ||||
UUP | Ross Hussey | 12.30% | 831 | 1,213.68 | |||
Independent | Johnny McLaughlin* | 9.49% | 641 | 671.96 | 858.08 | ||
Sinn Féin | Martin McColgan | 8.41% | 568 | 568.72 | 569.08 | 832.11 | |
SDLP | Joe Byrne* | 8.16% | 551 | 553.16 | 596.72 | 641.67 | |
Electorate: 10,577 Valid: 6,755 (63.86%) Spoilt: 177 Quota: 845 Turnout: 6,932 (65.54%) |
West Tyrone
[edit]2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Buchanan* | 21.00% | 1,810 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff* | 17.07% | 1,471 | |||||||
UUP | Allan Rainey* | 8.53% | 735 | 1,141.08 | ||||||
SDLP | Patrick McDonnell* | 12.30% | 1,060 | 1,063.29 | 1,109.19 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Cecilia Quinn | 11.41% | 983 | 983.47 | 1,027.75 | 1,146.75 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Frankie Donnelly | 9.17% | 790 | 790 | 990.61 | 1,060.93 | 1,072.93 | 1,072.93 | 1,084.18 | |
Sinn Féin | Peter Kelly* | 8.33% | 718 | 718 | 791.44 | 862.92 | 912.92 | 913.08 | 932.58 | |
UUP | William Bleakley | 6.01% | 518 | 824.91 | 824.91 | 856.18 | 856.18 | 918.74 | 918.74 | |
SDLP | Liam McQuaid* | 6.20% | 534 | 536.35 | 557.41 | |||||
Electorate: 11,153 Valid: 8,619 (77.28%) Spoilt: 173 Quota: 1,078 Turnout: 8,792 (78.83%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.