Erne East (District Electoral Area)

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{{Infobox constituency|name=Erne East|type=Fermanagh and Omagh District Council DEA|image=|caption=|year=1985|seats=6 (1985-)|members_label=Councillors|members={{unbulleted list

| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Sheamus Greene (SF)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Noeleen Hayes (SF)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|border=darkgray}} Garbhan McPhillips (SDLP)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Tom O'Reilly (SF)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} Paul Robinson (DUP)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} Victor Warrington (UUP)

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File:Fermanagh 1993 Erne East highlight.svg

Erne East is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland.[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-25357751 Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations], BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects six members to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and contains the wards of Brookeborough, Donagh, Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge, Newtownbutler and Rosslea.{{Cite web |title=Fermanagh and Omagh District Council |url= https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/nlgfo.htm |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=www.ark.ac.uk}} Erne East forms part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Fermanagh Area A and Fermanagh Area B which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained six wards (Brookeborough, Donagh, Lisnaskea, Maguires Bridge, Newtownbutler and Rosslea).

Councillors

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2023

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! rowspan = "6" | Sheamus Greene
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "8" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "8" | Tom O'Reilly
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Noeleen Hayes
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

! rowspan = "4" | Garbhan McPhillips
(SDLP)

! rowspan = "12" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "5" | Victor Warrington
(UUP)

! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "7" | Paul Robinson
(DUP)

March 2020 Co-Option

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Eamon Keenan
(Independent)

2019

! rowspan = "1" | John McCluskey
(Independent)

May 2016 Co-Option

! rowspan = "9" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "6" | Brian McCaffrey
(Sinn Féin)

2014

! rowspan = "1" | Richie McPhillips
(SDLP)

2011

! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "4" | Ruth Lynch
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "4" | Harold Andrews
(UUP)

2005

! rowspan = "6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

! rowspan = "6" | Fergus McQuillan
(SDLP)

2001

! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "5" | Cecil Noble
(UUP)

1997

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | Tony McPhillips
(Independent Nationalist)

1993

! rowspan = "1" | Gerry McHugh
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | Jean McVitty
(UUP)

! rowspan = "3" | Albert Liddle
(UUP)

1989

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Brian McCaffrey
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "2" | Plunkett O'Neill
(Sinn Féin)

1985

! rowspan = "1" | Vincent McCaffrey
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Thomas Murray
(Sinn Féin)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

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|candidate=Sheamus Greene*

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|party=Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate=Paul Robinson*

|percentage=16.63%

|count1=1,410

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|party=Sinn Féin

|candidate=Thomas O'Reilly*

|percentage=16.36%

|count1=1,387

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|party=Sinn Féin

|candidate=Noeleen Hayes

|percentage=15.29%

|count1=1,296

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|party=Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate=Victor Warrington*

|percentage=13.15%

|count1=1,115

|count2 = 1,118.08

|count3 = 1,309.46

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|party=Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate=Garbhan McPhillips*

|percentage=5.87%

|count1=498

|count2 = 747.48

|count3 = 748.46

|count4 = 824.36

|count5 = 855.02

|count6 = 893.94

|count7 = 1,145.86

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|party=Independent (politician)

|candidate=Eamon Keenan*

|percentage=6.61%

|count1=560

|count2 = 719.39

|count3 = 719.81

|count4 = 760.61

|count5 = 764.81

|count6 = 794.35

|count7 = 1,068.17

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|party=Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate=Richard Bullick

|percentage=2.61%

|count1=221

|count2 = 277.98

|count3 = 278.98

|count4 = 298.78

|count5 = 352.68

|count6 = 363.18

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|party=Independent

|candidate=Tina McDermott

|percentage=2.81%

|count1=238

|count2 = 307.30

|count3 = 307.44

|count4 = 345.24

|count5 = 348.88

|count6 = 351.82

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|numcounts =7

|electorate =12,127

|valid =8,478 (69.91%)

|spoilt =110

|quota =1,212

|turnout =8,588 (70.82%)

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2019 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Paul Robinson*

|count1 = 1,382

|percentage = 16.34%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Victor Warrington*

|count1 = 1,352

|percentage = 15.99%

|count2 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = John McCluskey

|count1 = 1,286

|percentage = 15.21%

|count2 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom O'Reilly*

|count1 = 829

|percentage = 9.80%

|count2 = 830.06

|count3 = 830.64

|count4 = 854.64

|count5 = 876.96

|count6 = 1,248.96

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Sheamus Greene*

|count1 = 1,032

|percentage = 12.20%

|count2 = 1,032

|count3 = 1,032.56

|count4 = 1,057.56

|count5 = 1,064.34

|count6 = 1,211.34

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Garbhan McPhillips*

|count1 = 839

|percentage = 9.92%

|count2 = 879.68

|count3 = 928.54

|count4 = 983.68

|count5 = 1,175.68

|count6 = 1,205.86

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Noeleen Hayes

|count1 = 738

|percentage = 8.73%

|count2 = 738.18

|count3 = 738.18

|count4 = 754.18

|count5 = 766.32

|count6 = 834.5

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McCaffrey*

|count1 = 620

|percentage = 7.33%

|count2 = 620.54

|count3 = 620.54

|count4 = 632.54

|count5 = 639.72

|count6 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Caroline Wheeler

|count1 = 204

|percentage = 2.41%

|count2 = 326.76

|count3 = 415.66

|count4 = 439.2

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Aontú

|candidate = Gerry McHugh

|count1 = 174

|percentage = 2.06%

|count2 = 175.8

|count3 = 176.36

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 11,963

|valid = 8,456 (70.68%)

|spoilt = 112

|quota = 1,209

|turnout = 8,568 (71.62%)

}}

2014 Election

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 4

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Victor Warrington

|count1 = 1,272

|percentage = 16.20%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Paul Robinson*

|count1 = 1,246

|percentage = 15.87%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Richie McPhillips

|count1 = 1,015

|percentage = 12.93%

|count2 = 1,123

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom O'Reilly*

|count1 = 1,075

|percentage = 13.69%

|count2 = 1,081

|count3 = 1,097

|count4 = 1,115

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McCaffrey*

|count1 = 1,041

|percentage = 13.26%

|count2 = 1,041

|count3 = 1,046

|count4 = 1,049

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Sheamus Greene*

|count1 = 1,005

|percentage = 12.80%

|count2 = 1,008

|count3 = 1,026

|count4 = 1,049

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Kate Mulligan

|count1 = 902

|percentage = 11.49%

|count2 = 905

|count3 = 916

|count4 = 931

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Fred Parkinson

|count1 = 296

|percentage = 3.77%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 4

|electorate = 11,443

|valid = 7,852 (68.62%)

|spoilt = 129

|quota = 1,122

|turnout = 7,981 (69.75%)

}}

2011 Election

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 5

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Ruth Lynch*

|count1 = 1,564

|percentage = 17.88%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Paul Robinson*

|count1 = 1,370

|percentage = 15.66%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McCaffrey*

|count1 = 1,076

|percentage = 12.30%

|count2 = 1,238.2

|count3 = 1,331.2

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom O'Reilly*

|count1 = 1,115

|percentage = 12.75%

|count2 = 1,167.8

|count3 = 1,275.8

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Sheamus Greene

|count1 = 1,074

|percentage = 12.28%

|count2 = 1,127.6

|count3 = 1,184.8

|count4 = 1,184.8

|count5 = 1,230.8

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Harold Andrews*

|count1 = 1,127

|percentage = 12.89%

|count2 = 1,127.2

|count3 = 1,130.2

|count4 = 1,198.24

|count5 = 1,198.24

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Rosemary Flanagan

|count1 = 530

|percentage = 6.06%

|count2 = 550.8

|count3 = 603.4

|count4 = 604.3

|count5 = 613.3

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Victor Warrington

|count1 = 513

|percentage = 5.87%

|count2 = 513.2

|count3 = 517.2

|count4 = 558.51

|count5 = 559.51

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Gerry McHugh*

|count1 = 377

|percentage = 4.31%

|count2 = 391.2

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 5

|electorate = 11,720

|valid = 8,746 (74.62%)

|spoilt = 181

|quota = 1,250

|turnout = 8,927 (76.17%)

}}

2005 Election

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

{{STV Election box begin2|

|title=Erne East - 6 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 2005|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/9b9d7e45-e0c5-4495-a284-5900bfd8e88f/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005|website=EONI|access-date=8 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183828/https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/9b9d7e45-e0c5-4495-a284-5900bfd8e88f/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005|url-status=dead}}

|numcounts= 4

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Paul Robinson

|count1 = 1,277

|percentage = 14.52%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Harold Andrews*

|count1 = 1,022

|percentage = 11.62%

|count2 = 1,705

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Fergus McQuillan*

|count1 = 1,157

|percentage = 13.16%

|count2 = 1,169

|count3 = 1,555

|count4 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Ruth Lynch*

|count1 = 1,197

|percentage = 13.61%

|count2 = 1,198

|count3 = 1,198

|count4 = 1,203

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom O'Reilly*

|count1 = 1,179

|percentage = 13.41%

|count2 = 1,179

|count3 = 1,179

|count4 = 1,191

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McCaffrey*

|count1 = 1,132

|percentage = 12.87%

|count2 = 1,133

|count3 = 1,137

|count4 = 1,141

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Seán Lynch

|count1 = 1,110

|percentage = 12.62%

|count2 = 1,110

|count3 = 1,110

|count4 = 1,111

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Jean McVitty

|count1 = 719

|percentage = 8.18%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 4

|electorate = 11,003

|valid = 8,793 (79.91%)

|spoilt = 140

|quota = 1,257

|turnout = 8,933 (81.19%)

}}

2001 Election

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 5

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Ruth Lynch*

|count1 = 1,428

|percentage = 16.46%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Harold Andrews*

|count1 = 1,348

|percentage = 15.53%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Fergus McQuillan*

|count1 = 1,293

|percentage = 14.90%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McCaffrey*

|count1 = 1,191

|percentage = 13.72%

|count2 = 1,334.39

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom O'Reilly

|count1 = 1,050

|percentage = 12.10%

|count2 = 1,075.61

|count3 = 1,075.61

|count4 = 1,402.61

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Cecil Noble*

|count1 = 998

|percentage = 11.50%

|count2 = 998.13

|count3 = 1,091.89

|count4 = 1,105.67

|count5 = 1,141.67

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Paul Robinson

|count1 = 811

|percentage = 9.35%

|count2 = 811.13

|count3 = 822.01

|count4 = 827.51

|count5 = 837.51

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Michael McPhillips

|count1 = 559

|percentage = 6.44%

|count2 = 570.05

|count3 = 570.45

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 5

|electorate = 10,700

|valid = 8,678 (81.10%)

|spoilt = 165

|quota = 1,240

|turnout = 8,843 (82.64%)

}}

1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 7

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Harold Andrews

|count1 = 1,149

|percentage = 14.04%

|count2 = 1,150

|count3 = 1,281

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McCaffrey

|count1 = 918

|percentage = 11.22%

|count2 = 944

|count3 = 946

|count4 = 1,385

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Ruth Lynch

|count1 = 1,073

|percentage = 13.11%

|count2 = 1,078

|count3 = 1,078

|count4 = 1,246

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Fergus McQuillan*

|count1 = 897

|percentage = 10.96%

|count2 = 1,149

|count3 = 1,150

|count4 = 1,193

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Nationalist

|candidate = Tony McPhillips*

|count1 = 909

|percentage = 11.11%

|count2 = 961

|count3 = 963

|count4 = 1,000

|count5 = 1,137

|count6 = 1,137

|count7 = 1,194

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Cecil Noble*

|count1 = 932

|percentage = 11.39%

|count2 = 932

|count3 = 1,071

|count4 = 1,071

|count5 = 1,071

|count6 = 1,104.3

|count7 = 1,104.3

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Jean McVitty*

|count1 = 886

|percentage = 10.83%

|count2 = 888

|count3 = 962

|count4 = 963

|count5 = 964

|count6 = 1,042.3

|count7 = 1,043.3

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Hugh O'Reilly

|count1 = 694

|percentage = 8.48%

|count2 = 699

|count3 = 699

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Paul Robinson

|count1 = 369

|percentage = 4.51%

|count2 = 371

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Marie O'Neill

|count1 = 355

|percentage = 4.34%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 7

|electorate = 10,446

|valid = 8,182 (78.33%)

|spoilt = 141

|quota = 1,169

|turnout = 8,323 (79.68%)

}}

1993 Election

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989-1993 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from Sinn Féin

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 8

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Fergus McQuillan*

|count1 = 1,398

|percentage = 17.01%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Jean McVitty*

|count1 = 1,127

|percentage = 13.71%

|count2 = 1,132.94

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Nationalist

|candidate = Tony McPhillips

|count1 = 722

|percentage = 8.78%

|count2 = 806.78

|count3 = 829.4

|count4 = 829.4

|count5 = 1,235.9

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Gerry McHugh

|count1 = 784

|percentage = 9.54%

|count2 = 794.08

|count3 = 1,085.6

|count4 = 1,085.78

|count5 = 1,188.78

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Cecil Noble*

|count1 = 976

|percentage = 11.87%

|count2 = 976.36

|count3 = 976.36

|count4 = 1,171.36

|count5 = 1,173.44

|count6 = 1,225.12

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Albert Liddle*

|count1 = 905

|percentage = 11.01%

|count2 = 906.44

|count3 = 906.44

|count4 = 1,038.44

|count5 = 1,043.16

|count6 = 1,081.24

|count7 = 1,083.22

|count8 = 1,128.78

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McCaffrey*

|count1 = 834

|percentage = 10.15%

|count2 = 844.44

|count3 = 922.34

|count4 = 923.34

|count5 = 1,009.5

|count6 = 1,009.5

|count7 = 1,039.38

|count8 = 1,039.38

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Republican (Ireland)

|candidate = John McCusker

|count1 = 563

|percentage = 6.85%

|count2 = 659.48

|count3 = 701.54

|count4 = 702.72

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Paul Robinson

|count1 = 480

|percentage = 5.84%

|count2 = 480.36

|count3 = 480.36

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Philip McDonald

|count1 = 431

|percentage = 5.24%

|count2 = 439.46

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 8

|electorate = 10,129

|valid = 8,220 (81.15%)

|spoilt = 158

|quota = 1,175

|turnout = 8,378 (82.71%)

}}

1989 Election

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin

{{STV Election box begin2|

|title=Erne East - 6 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1989|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989|website=EONI|access-date=17 August 2021}}

|numcounts= 9

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Fergus McQuillan*

|count1 = 1,547

|percentage = 19.28%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Cecil Noble*

|count1 = 1,268

|percentage = 15.81%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Albert Liddle*

|count1 = 1,059

|percentage = 13.20%

|count2 = 1,061.38

|count3 = 1,135.36

|count4 = 1,159.36

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McCaffrey

|count1 = 745

|percentage = 9.29%

|count2 = 776.28

|count3 = 776.28

|count4 = 776.28

|count5 = 783

|count6 = 783

|count7 = 920.5

|count8 = 1,423.5

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Plunket O'Neill*

|count1 = 611

|percentage = 7.62%

|count2 = 625.62

|count3 = 625.62

|count4 = 625.62

|count5 = 646.7

|count6 = 647.79

|count7 = 846.99

|count8 = 987.59

|count9 = 1,249.79

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Jean McVitty

|count1 = 667

|percentage = 8.31%

|count2 = 672.78

|count3 = 702.03

|count4 = 716.81

|count5 = 723.67

|count6 = 1,034.24

|count7 = 1,038.33

|count8 = 1,040.33

|count9 = 1,040.33

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Republican (Ireland)

|candidate = John McCusker

|count1 = 473

|percentage = 5.90%

|count2 = 669.52

|count3 = 669.52

|count4 = 669.52

|count5 = 786.28

|count6 = 786.28

|count7 = 859.2

|count8 = 901.62

|count9 = 914.82

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Vincent McCaffrey*

|count1 = 659

|percentage = 8.21%

|count2 = 685.52

|count3 = 685.52

|count4 = 685.52

|count5 = 695.54

|count6 = 695.54

|count7 = 739.32

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Ciaran Leonard

|count1 = 431

|percentage = 5.37%

|count2 = 473.16

|count3 = 473.34

|count4 = 474.34

|count5 = 484.72

|count6 = 485.72

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Paul Robinson

|count1 = 264

|percentage = 3.29%

|count2 = 264

|count3 = 271.11

|count4 = 357.74

|count5 = 358.74

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Socialist

|candidate = Seamus Mullan

|count1 = 170

|percentage = 2.12%

|count2 = 244.12

|count3 = 244.3

|count4 = 245.64

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Caroline Madill

|count1 = 128

|percentage = 1.60%

|count2 = 128.68

|count3 = 130.93

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 9

|electorate = 9,489

|valid = 8,022 (84.54%)

|spoilt = 155

|quota = 1,147

|turnout = 8,177 (86.17%)

}}

1985 Election

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

{{STV Election box begin2|

|title=Erne East - 6 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1985|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985|website=EONI|access-date=15 August 2021}}

|numcounts= 12

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Cecil Noble*

|count1 = 1,279

|percentage = 15.51%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Fergus McQuillan*

|count1 = 669

|percentage = 8.11%

|count2 = 669.14

|count3 = 682.14

|count4 = 683.14

|count5 = 733.14

|count6 = 885.14

|count7 = 1,374.14

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Albert Liddle

|count1 = 680

|percentage = 8.24%

|count2 = 732.57

|count3 = 733.64

|count4 = 744.06

|count5 = 744.06

|count6 = 746.06

|count7 = 747.06

|count8 = 748.06

|count9 = 1,374.06

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Plunket O'Neill

|count1 = 999

|percentage = 12.11%

|count2 = 999

|count3 = 1,014

|count4 = 1,014

|count5 = 1,060

|count6 = 1,070

|count7 = 1,079

|count8 = 1,103

|count9 = 1,106

|count10= 1,106.37

|count11= 1,554.37

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Thomas Murray

|count1 = 744

|percentage = 9.02%

|count2 = 744

|count3 = 745

|count4 = 745

|count5 = 760

|count6 = 760

|count7 = 817

|count8 = 887

|count9 = 888

|count10= 888.37

|count11= 1,013.74

|count12= 1,168.54

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Vincent McCaffrey

|count1 = 679

|percentage = 8.23%

|count2 = 679

|count3 = 683

|count4 = 683

|count5 = 721

|count6 = 725

|count7 = 765

|count8 = 810

|count9 = 813

|count10= 813.74

|count11= 832.88

|count12= 1,151.58

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = William Mitchell

|count1 = 581

|percentage = 7.04%

|count2 = 588.21

|count3 = 588.21

|count4 = 756.42

|count5 = 756.42

|count6 = 756.42

|count7 = 756.42

|count8 = 758.42

|count9 = 808.57

|count10= 1,000.6

|count11= 1,001.97

|count12= 1,001.97

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = John McCusker*

|count1 = 664

|percentage = 8.05%

|count2 = 664.14

|count3 = 671.14

|count4 = 671.14

|count5 = 697.14

|count6 = 703.14

|count7 = 717.14

|count8 = 755.14

|count9 = 756.14

|count10= 757.25

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Thomas Johnston

|count1 = 645

|percentage = 7.82%

|count2 = 672.51

|count3 = 673.58

|count4 = 689.07

|count5 = 689.07

|count6 = 691.07

|count7 = 696.07

|count8 = 705.07

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = James Goodwin

|count1 = 492

|percentage = 5.97%

|count2 = 492

|count3 = 503

|count4 = 504

|count5 = 519

|count6 = 651

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = John Reihill

|count1 = 264

|percentage = 3.20%

|count2 = 264.07

|count3 = 294.07

|count4 = 294.07

|count5 = 329.07

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Irish Independence Party

|candidate = John McMahon*

|count1 = 241

|percentage = 2.92%

|count2 = 241

|count3 = 264

|count4 = 264

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Caroline Madill

|count1 = 198

|percentage = 2.40%

|count2 = 199.12

|count3 = 199.12

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Socialist

|candidate = Seamus Mullan

|count1 = 113

|percentage = 1.37%

|count2 = 113.14

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 12

|electorate = 9,572

|valid = 8,248 (86.17%)

|spoilt = 130

|quota = 1,179

|turnout = 8,378 (87.53%)

}}

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