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All 21 seats toOmagh District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toOmagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28.6 | 26.1 | 5,587 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 24.9 | 5,331 | |||
| UUP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 4,679 | |||
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 3,217 | |||
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 872 | |||
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 895 | |||
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 800 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
| Mid Tyrone | 17.4 | 1 | 34.8 | 3 | 20.7 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 16.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Omagh Town | 36.6 | 3 | 13.8 | 1 | 15.5 | 1 | 21.7 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | 7 |
| West Tyrone | 26.6 | 2 | 23.9 | 2 | 28.2 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 26.1 | 6 | 24.9 | 6 | 21.9 | 5 | 15.1 | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 |
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Labour
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: Independent Labour joins SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | Oliver Gibson* | 17.39% | 1,058 | ||||||||||
| SDLP | Johnny McLaughlin* | 13.48% | 820 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Wilfred Breen* | 12.10% | 736 | 792.84 | |||||||||
| SDLP | Patrick McGowan* | 12.39% | 754 | 754.84 | 771.57 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Francis Mackey* | 11.44% | 696 | 696.28 | 702.3 | 702.3 | 702.3 | 823.3 | |||||
| SDLP | Stephen McKenna* | 5.42% | 330 | 330 | 348.48 | 348.64 | 354.71 | 358.99 | 358.99 | 372.99 | 613.23 | 771.23 | |
| DUP | Stanley Johnston | 4.28% | 260 | 464.4 | 464.47 | 481.27 | 481.43 | 481.43 | 679.13 | 679.13 | 690.25 | 700.09 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Bogan | 5.01% | 305 | 305.56 | 306.47 | 306.95 | 398.25 | 398.32 | 418.76 | 419.76 | 447.04 | 519.86 | |
| Workers' Party | James Doody | 5.51% | 335 | 336.12 | 341.23 | 341.23 | 344.65 | 348.72 | 358.16 | 369.16 | 394.79 | ||
| SDLP | Arthur Breen | 5.34% | 325 | 325.84 | 329.48 | 329.8 | 332.8 | 334.94 | 340.5 | 341.5 | |||
| UUP | Rachel Hussey | 3.42% | 208 | 234.32 | 234.6 | 247.4 | 252.4 | 252.4 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Colm Grimes | 2.35% | 143 | 143 | 144.05 | 144.05 | 144.05 | ||||||
| Alliance | Eric Bullick | 1.89% | 115 | 116.12 | 116.54 | 117.02 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,451 Valid: 6,085 (64.38%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 761 Turnout: 6,264 (66.28%) | |||||||||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| UUP | Arthur McFarland* | 17.28% | 1,314 | ||||||||||
| SDLP | Liam McQuaid* | 14.63% | 1,112 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Allan Rainey | 10.92% | 830 | 1,135.1 | |||||||||
| DUP | Harry Cairns* | 10.94% | 832 | 856.03 | 961.6 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Gerry McMenamin* | 11.02% | 838 | 838.27 | 838.27 | 841.42 | 841.42 | 841.42 | 923.42 | 927.57 | 927.74 | 979.19 | |
| Sinn Féin | Cecilia Quinn* | 10.02% | 762 | 762.27 | 762.44 | 777.74 | 777.74 | 778.01 | 860.31 | 865.76 | 866.76 | 890.08 | |
| SDLP | Gregory McMullan* | 5.54% | 421 | 421.27 | 421.61 | 512.51 | 512.51 | 512.51 | 517.66 | 560.11 | 567.32 | 748.7 | |
| SDLP | James Connolly | 6.43% | 489 | 489 | 489.17 | 520.07 | 520.08 | 521.25 | 540.4 | 574.64 | 587.63 | 636.42 | |
| Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 4.16% | 316 | 316.81 | 317.83 | 328.33 | 328.33 | 329.03 | 333.03 | 398.72 | 417.27 | ||
| DUP | Raymond Farrell | 1.79% | 136 | 145.18 | 173.4 | 173.55 | 177.63 | 313.27 | 314.27 | 332.98 | |||
| Alliance | Ann Gormley | 2.80% | 213 | 215.97 | 225.32 | 228.17 | 228.22 | 231.49 | 235.64 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | William McLaughlin | 2.87% | 218 | 218 | 218 | 218.9 | 218.9 | 218.9 | |||||
| DUP | Raymond Little | 1.59% | 121 | 129.91 | 165.61 | 165.61 | 167.22 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,836 Valid: 7,602 (77.29%) Spoilt: 243 Quota: 951 Turnout: 7,845 (79.76%) | |||||||||||||