Mid Tyrone (District Electoral Area)

Mid Tyrone
Mid Tyrone
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-2014) ; 6 (2014-)
Councillors	Ann-Marie Fitzgerald (SF); Roisin Devine Gallagher (SF); Shirley Hawkes (DUP); Pádraigín Kelly (SF); Bernard McGrath (SDLP); Patrick Withers (SF);

Mid Tyrone is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and contains the wards of Beragh, Drumnakilly, Gortin, Owenkillew, Sixmilecross and Termon.^[2] Omagh forms part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Omagh Area B, Omagh Area C and Omagh Area D which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained seven wards (Beragh, Drumnakilly, Gortin, Killyclogher, Owenkillew, Sixmilecross and Termon). For the 2014 local elections it was reduced to six wards, losing Killyclogher to the Omagh DEA.

Councillors

Election							Councillor (Party)
2023	Ann-Marie Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin)	Patrick Withers (Sinn Féin)	Pádraigín Kelly (Sinn Féin)	Roisin Devine Gallagher (Sinn Féin)	Bernard McGrath (SDLP)	Shirley Hawkes (DUP)	6 seats 2014–present
November 2022 Co-Option	Séan Clarke (Sinn Féin)			Catherine Kelly (Sinn Féin)	Emmet McAleer (Independent)	Rosemary Barton (UUP)
December 2021 Co-Option						Bert Wilson (UUP)
2019		Séan Donnelly (Sinn Féin)
January 2019 Defection			Ann Marie Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin)	Barry McNally (Sinn Féin)	Rosemarie Shields (Aontú)/ (SDLP)
2014				Barry McNally (Sinn Féin)	Rosemarie Shields (Aontú)/ (SDLP)
2011				Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin)	Seamus Shields (SDLP)			Charles Chittick (DUP)
2005		Michael McAnespie (Sinn Féin)	Sharon O'Brien (Sinn Féin)	Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin)				Charles Chittick (DUP)
2001			Damien Curran (Sinn Féin)	Barney McAteer (Sinn Féin)				Gerry O'Doherty (SDLP)
1997			Patrick McMahon (Sinn Féin)	Joe Byrne (SDLP)		Desmond Anderson (UUP)		Drew Baxter (DUP)
1993		Barney McAleer (Sinn Féin)		Brian McGrath (IIP)/ (Independent Nationalist)				Drew Baxter (DUP)
1989		Barney McAleer (Sinn Féin)						William Thompson (UUP)
1985	Seamus Kerr (Sinn Féin)	James McElduff (Sinn Féin)	Cormac McAleer (Sinn Féin)		Patrick McGowan (SDLP)	Willis Cooke (DUP)		William Thompson (UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent

Mid Tyrone - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Pádraigín Kelly*	18.98%	1,621
	Sinn Féin	Roisin Devine Gallagher	17.14%	1,464
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Fitzgerald*	14.10%	1,204	1,535.68
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Withers*	12.55%	1,072	1,097.20	1,359.52
	DUP	Shirley Hawkes	12.37%	1,057	1,057.48	1,057.48	1,061.44	1,071.44	1,071.44	1,667.44
	SDLP	Bernard McGrath	5.82%	497	505.88	517.40	619.92	786.60	825.00	891.24	1,087.24
	Independent	Emmet McAleer*	7.36%	629	646.28	656.84	739.12	812.76	843.00	867.92	946.92
	UUP	Rosemary Barton*	8.04%	687	687.00	687.24	689.00	735.24	737.88
	Alliance	Matthew Beaumont	3.64%	311	313.88	319.40	371.76
Electorate: 13,083 Valid: 8,542 (65.29%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,221 Turnout: 8,661 (66.20%)

2019 Election

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

Mid Tyrone - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Emmet McAleer	11.09%	897	903	986	1,134	1,326
	Sinn Féin	Pádraigín Kelly	12.30%	995	1,045	1,056	1,081	1,145	1,168
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Kelly	11.92%	964	1,002	1,014	1,035	1,109	1,122
	UUP	Bert Wilson* †	12.10%	979	979	1,007	1,016	1,080	1,093
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	10.99%	889	931	941	964	1,066	1,084
	Sinn Féin	Sean Donnelly* †	9.62%	778	896	902	988	1,060	1,071
	DUP	James Managh	11.51%	931	931	939	943	951	951
	SDLP	Bernard McGrath	7.39%	598	619	725	825
	Aontú	Rosemarie Shields*	5.74%	464	469	491
	Alliance	Richard Bullick	3.78%	306	311
	Sinn Féin	Kevin McColgan	3.55%	287
Electorate: 12,556 Valid: 8,088 (64.42%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,156 Turnout: 8,202 (65.32%)

2014 Election

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 Change: DUP loss due to the reduction of one seat

Mid Tyrone - 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Bert Wilson*	17.13%	1,262
	Sinn Féin	Seán Clarke*	16.58%	1,222
	Sinn Féin	Ann Marie Fitzgerald*	15.13%	1,115
	Sinn Féin	Seán Donnelly*	13.42%	989	989	1,067.26
	Sinn Féin	Barry McNally	12.12%	893	893	965.66	1,011.92	1,043.56	1,069.56
	SDLP	Rosemarie Shields* ‡	7.31%	539	542.91	545.43	548.55	642.98	1,030.06
	DUP	Charlie Chittick*	8.54%	629	811.75	811.75	811.75	862.91	867.25
	SDLP	Bernard McGrath	5.43%	400	402.21	411.31	416.47	493.05
	Green (NI)	Ciaran McClean	2.69%	198	204.12	206.36	209.06
	Alliance	Andrew Bullick	1.66%	122	130.16	131.98	132.46
Electorate: 11,786 Valid: 7,369 (62.52%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,053 Turnout: 7,499 (63.63%)

2011 Election

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	15.02%	1,211
	UUP	Bert Wilson*	14.29%	1,152
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer*	14.06%	1,134
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Fitzgerald	11.47%	925	943.54	951.9	951.9	978.52	1,113.52
	SDLP	Seamus Shields*	11.29%	910	918.46	987.9	996.48	1,007.48	1,100.48
	Sinn Féin	Sean Donnelly	9.36%	755	813.86	822.94	823.07	851.78	918.85	966.85
	DUP	Charles Chittick*	9.87%	796	796.36	812.36	936.64	936.86	943.49	943.49
	Sinn Féin	Sharon O'Brien*	6.54%	527	635.18	641.36	641.36	689.21	743.68	773.68
	Independent	Paul Grogan	5.89%	475	478.6	523.6	524.9	527.98
	Independent	Ciaran McClean	2.21%	178	182.32
Electorate: 12,395 Valid: 8,063 (65.05%) Spoilt: 170 Quota: 1,008 Turnout: 8,233 (66.42%)

2005 Election

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

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

2001 Election

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^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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%)

1997 Election

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

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Nationalist

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McMahon*	16.77%	1,375
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	13.77%	1,129
	UUP	Desmond Anderson*	12.51%	1,026
	Sinn Féin	Michael McAnespie	11.95%	980	1,148.48
	SDLP	Joe Byrne*	9.84%	807	811.68	813.77	817.01	835.01	857.46	868.46	1,092.46
	SDLP	Seamus Shields*	9.04%	741	761.02	764.63	765.89	772.89	838.67	843.67	994.57
	DUP	Drew Baxter*	6.62%	543	543	543	543	545	548	960	962.09
	Sinn Féin	Barney McAleer*	4.66%	382	525.52	629.07	713.76	714.03	724.53	726.05	874.16
	Ind. Nationalist	Brian McGrath*	6.76%	554	561.54	568.19	575.21	578.3	599.82	605.82
	DUP	Jim Patterson	3.46%	284	284.26	284.26	284.26	284.26	285.26
	UUP	John Anderson	2.12%	174	174.52	174.52	174.52	191.52	197.52
	Democratic Left	Patrick McClean	1.80%	148	150.86	151.81	152.08	158.08
	Alliance	Paul Gallagher	0.70%	57	57.26	57.26	57.62
Electorate: 10,661 Valid: 8,200 (76.92%) Spoilt: 187 Quota: 1,026 Turnout: 8,387 (78.67%)

1993 Election

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

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

1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McMahon*	15.90%	1,216
	UUP	Desmond Anderson*	13.18%	1,008
	Sinn Féin	Barney McAleer*	11.52%	881	1,007.5
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	10.94%	837	936	936	936.15	983.31
	DUP	Drew Baxter	6.55%	501	501	505	515.3	515.3	515.3	784.65	788.65	1,004.65
	SDLP	Seamus Shields*	8.03%	614	630.94	644.16	644.91	646.71	650.85	651.9	747.56	753.21	934.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Brian McGrath*	9.15%	700	705.06	728.06	728.21	728.48	733.07	733.07	789.38	794.68	863.92
	SDLP	Nuala McSherry	6.20%	474	474.88	491.88	492.13	492.22	492.58	492.58	631.07	633.07	668.32
	Democratic Left	Patrick McClean	4.45%	340	346.16	369.6	370.15	370.69	371.14	375.14	391.36	409.71
	UUP	William Oldcroft	3.77%	288	288	309	343.2	343.2	343.2	379.55	380.6
	SDLP	Patrick McLaughlin	4.43%	339	340.76	356.76	356.86	357.4	357.76	357.76
	DUP	Jim Patterson	4.09%	313	313	314	317.05	317.05	317.05
	Alliance	James Lagan	1.80%	138	138.88
Electorate: 9,970 Valid: 7,649 (76.72%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 957 Turnout: 7,877 (79.01%)

1989 Election

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^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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%)

1985 Election

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Kerr	20.93%	1,634
	Sinn Féin	James McElduff	12.49%	975	1,325.55
	Sinn Féin	Cormac McAleer	11.71%	914	1,141.55
	UUP	William Thompson*	10.55%	824	824	824	824	982
	SDLP	Patrick McGowan	7.29%	569	577.2	589.09	603.85	604.85	683.18	993.18
	DUP	Willis Cooke*	11.05%	863	863	863	863	908	928.41	930.41	937.82
	Irish Independence	Brian McGrath*	4.74%	370	378.2	487.26	530.31	530.31	545.36	580.69	696.29
	DUP	Tommy Armstrong	6.53%	510	510	510	510	520	528	528	530.82
	Workers' Party	Patrick McClean	3.24%	253	291.54	311.63	334.18	334.59	443.48	476.22
	SDLP	Nuala McSherry	4.87%	380	388.61	397.63	405.83	405.83	438.24
	Alliance	Patrick Bogan*	3.80%	297	310.53	315.04	323.24	326.24
	UUP	Cecil Beattie	2.80%	219	219.41	219.41	219.41
Electorate: 9,722 Valid: 7,808 (80.31%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 977 Turnout: 7,948 (81.75%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ "Fermanagh and Omagh District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Mid Tyrone Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] "Fermanagh and Omagh District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[Omagh-4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[6] "Mid Tyrone Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[8] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[9] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[10] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[11] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[12] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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