Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
{{Short description|Local authority in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
| native_name = Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí
Districk Cooncil o Fermanagh an Omey
| transcription_name =
| legislature =
| logo_pic = Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.svg
| logo_res = 220px
| foundation = 1 April 2015
| house_type = District council
| jurisdiction = Fermanagh and Omagh
| body =
| preceded_by = Fermanagh District Council
Omagh District Council
| leader1_type = Chair
| leader1 = John McClaughry
| party1 = UUP
| election1 =
| leader2_type = Deputy Chair
| leader2 = Elaine Brough
| party2 = Sinn Féin
| election2 =
| members = 40
| structure1 = File:Fermanagh & Omagh District Council (May 2023).svg
| structure1_res = 260px
| political_groups1 = {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Sinn Féin (21)
{{Color box|{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} UUP (7)
{{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} DUP (6)
{{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|border=darkgray}} SDLP (3)
{{Color box|{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|border=darkgray}} Alliance (2)
{{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} Independents (1)
| last_election1 = 18 May 2023
| session_room =
| session_res =
| meeting_place =
| website = http://www.fermanaghomagh.com/
| footnotes =
}}
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council ({{langx|ga|Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí}}; Ulster-Scots: Districk Cooncil o Fermanagh an Omey{{cite web|title=Master Identity Guidelines for Fermanagh & Omagh District Council|url=https://www.fermanaghomagh.com/?downloads=file&file=6710|publisher=Fermanagh & Omagh District Council|access-date=26 January 2017}}) 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=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| From
!To !scope="col" width="200" | Name !scope="col" width="150" colspan=2| Party |
|---|
| 2015
|2016 |Thomas O'Reilly | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| 2016
|2017 |Mary Garrity | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| 2017
|2018 |Stephen McCann | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| 2018
|2019 |Howard Thornton | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2019
|2020 |Siobhan Currie | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| 2020
|2020 |Chris Smyth | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2020
|2021 |Diana Armstrong | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2021
|2022 |Errol Thompson | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 2022
|2023 | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| 2023
|2024 |Thomas O’Reilly | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| 2024
|Present |John McClaughry | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
=Vice Chairman=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| From
!To !scope="col" width="200" | Name !scope="col" width="150" colspan=2| Party |
|---|
| 2015
|2016 |Paul Robinson | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |
| 2016
|2017 |Bert Wilson | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2017
|2018 |Alex Baird | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2018
|2019 |John Feely | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| 2019
|2020 |Diana Armstrong | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2020
|2021 |John Coyle | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |
| 2021
|2022 |Chris McCaffrey | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| 2022
|2023 |Allan Rainey | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} |
| 2023
|2024 |Ann-Marie Donnelly | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
| 2024
|Present |Elaine Brough | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/270/schedule/made|title=The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 2014|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=8 April 2024}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Area
!Seats |
|---|
| Enniskillen
|6 |
| Erne East
|6 |
| Erne North
|5 |
| Erne West
|5 |
| Mid Tyrone
|6 |
| Omagh
|6 |
| West Tyrone
|6 |
=Seat summary=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan=2|Party
!Elected 2014 !Elected 2019 !Elected 2023 |
|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|align="right"|17 |align="right"|15 |align="right"|21 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|align="right"|9 |align="right"|9 |align="right"|7 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|Social Democratic and Labour Party |align="right"|8 |align="right"|5 |align="right"|3 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|align="right"|5 |align="right"|5 |align="right"|6 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |align="right"|0 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|2 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Cross-Community Labour Alternative}}" |
|Cross-Community Labour Alternative |align="right"|0 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|0 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|align="right"|1 |align="right"|4 |align="right"|1 |
=Councillors by electoral area=
{{see also|2023 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election}}
File:Fermanagh and Omagh blank.svg
{{Multi seat members begin
|constituency = District electoral area
|title = Current council members
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Enniskillen
|seats = 6
|member1 = {{sortname|Keith|Elliot|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member2 = {{sortname|Eddie|Roofe|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member3 = {{sortname|Tommy|Maguire|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Sinn Féin
|member4 = {{sortname|Roy|Crawford|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Ulster Unionist Party
|member5 = {{sortname|Dermot|Browne|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Sinn Féin
|member6 = {{sortname|Robert|Irvine|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Ulster Unionist Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Erne East
|seats = 6
|member1 = {{sortname|Sheamus|Greene|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Paul|Robinson|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member3 = {{sortname|Tom|O'Reilly|dab=Fermanagh politician}}
|party3 = Sinn Féin
|member4 = {{sortname|Noeleen|Hayes|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Sinn Féin
|member5 = {{sortname|Victor|Warrington|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
|member6 = {{sortname|Garbhan|McPhillips|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Erne North
|seats = 5
|member1 = {{sortname|Debbie|Coyle|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Rosemary|Barton|dab=politician}} †
|party2 = Ulster Unionist Party
|member3 = {{sortname|David|Mahon|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member4 = {{sortname|John|Feely|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Sinn Féin
|member5 = {{sortname|John|McClaughtry|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Erne West
|seats = 5
|member1 = {{sortname|Anthony|Feely|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Elaine|Brough|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|Declan|McArdle|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Sinn Féin
|member4 = {{sortname|Adam|Gannon|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|member5 = {{sortname|Mark|Ovens|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Ulster Unionist Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Mid Tyrone
|seats = 6
|member1 = {{sortname|Pádraigín|Kelly|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Roisin|Devine Gallagher|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|Anne Marie|Fitzgerald|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Sinn Féin
|member4 = {{sortname|Patrick|Withers|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Sinn Féin
|member5 = {{sortname|Shirley|Hawkes|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member6 = {{sortname|Bernard|McGrath|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Social Democratic and Labour Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = Omagh
|seats = 6
|member1 = {{sortname|Barry|McElduff}}
|party1 = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Errol|Thompson|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member3 = {{sortname|Catherine|Kelly}}
|party3 = Sinn Féin
|member4 = {{sortname|Marty|McColgan|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Sinn Féin
|member5 = {{sortname|Stephen|Donnelly|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|member6 = {{sortname|Josephine|Deehan|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Independent politician
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name = West Tyrone
|seats = 6
|member1 = {{sortname|Mark|Buchanan|nolink=1}}
|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party
|member2 = {{sortname|Glenn|Campbell|nolink=1}}
|party2 = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|Allan|Rainey|nolink=1}}
|party3 = Ulster Unionist Party
|member4 = {{sortname|Ann-Marie|Donnelly|nolink=1}}
|party4 = Sinn Féin
|member5 = {{sortname|Collette|McNulty|nolink=1}}
|party5 = Sinn Féin
|member6 = {{sortname|Stephen|McCann|nolink=1}}
|party6 = Sinn Féin
}}
{{end}}
Population
The area covered by the new council has a population of 113,161 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.{{cite web|title=NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2011/results/key-statistics/summary-report.pdf|website=NI Statistics and Research Agency|access-date=28 September 2014}}
See also
References
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Category:District councils of Northern Ireland
Category:2015 establishments in Northern Ireland
Category:Politics of County Fermanagh