1981 Omagh District Council election
20 May 1981 (1981-05-20)
All 20 seats to Omagh District Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Irish Independence Ulster Unionist
Seats won 5 5 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 5 Decrease 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Alliance Independent Nationalist
Seats won 4 2 0
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 1 Decrease 2
  Seventh party
 
Party Republican Clubs
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

Election results

Omagh District Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 0 1 Decrease1 25.0 25.0 5,413 Decrease4.6
  Irish Independence 5 5 0 Increase5 25.0 22.2 4,809 New
  Ulster Unionist 4 0 4 Decrease4 20.0 19.5 4,216 Decrease16.4
  DUP 4 0 0 Steady0 20.0 16.6 3,596 New
  Alliance 2 0 1 Decrease1 10.0 9.0 1,951 Decrease7.0
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.8 604 Increase2.8
  Republican Clubs 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 1.9 407 Increase2.3
  Independent Republican 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.7 375 Increase1.7
  Ind. Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.2 270 Increase1.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 1981
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP IIP UUP DUP Alliance Others
Area A 32.2 2 23.3 1 24.5 1 14.8 1 1.6 0 3.6 0 5
Area B 8.7 0 13.8 1 25.4 1 17.0 1 12.6 1 22.5 0 4
Area C 30.3 2 17.9 1 17.4 2 19.3 1 14.1 1 1.0 0 7
Area D 23.6 1 37.7 2 10.2 0 13.8 1 5.6 0 9.1 0 4
Total 25.0 5 22.2 5 19.5 4 16.6 4 9.0 2 7.7 0 20

Districts results

Area A

1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Omagh Area A - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Ulster Unionist Arthur McFarland* 15.54% 846 935          
SDLP Liam McQuaid* 15.43% 840 858 859 1,148      
Irish Independence Charles McElholm 14.16% 771 778 780 788 799.05 1,151.05  
SDLP John Skelton* 9.88% 538 550 550 625 841.75 943.75  
DUP Ivan Foster 8.71% 474 518 800 800 800 807 810
Ulster Unionist William Montgomery 9.00% 490 538 577 577 577 577 580
Irish Independence John Fahy 9.11% 496 510 512 520 530.2    
SDLP Vincent O'Brien 6.91% 376 391 392        
DUP George Thompson 6.06% 330 345          
Ind. Unionist Cecil Anderson* 3.60% 196            
Alliance Dermot McCormick 1.60% 87            
Electorate: 6,459   Valid: 5,444 (84.29%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 908   Turnout: 5,610 (86.86%)  

    Area B

    1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
    1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP
    1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist joins IIP

    Omagh Area B - 4 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Irish Independence Patrick Donnelly* 13.81% 623 623 715 1,014      
    Ulster Unionist Robert Moses 13.23% 597 616 618 619 619 1,101  
    DUP James McConnell 11.35% 512 709 710 710 710 802.5 966.02
    Alliance Patrick Bogan* 12.64% 570 570 674 768 825 833 866.6
    Independent John Mullin 13.39% 604 605 643 742 793.75 794.75 794.75
    Ulster Unionist John Hutchinson 12.21% 551 586 587 587 588.5    
    Republican Clubs Tommy Owens 9.02% 407 407 539        
    SDLP Eugene Donnelly 8.71% 393 394          
    DUP William McFarland 5.63% 254            
    Electorate: 5,332   Valid: 4,511 (84.60%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 903   Turnout: 4,631 (86.85%)  

      Area C

      1977: 3 x SDLP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
      1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP
      1977-1981 Change: DUP and IIP gain from SDLP and UUP

      Omagh Area C - 7 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Irish Independence Patrick Fahy 15.77% 1,185            
      DUP Oliver Gibson 13.65% 1,026            
      SDLP Bernadette Grant* 10.88% 818 839.84 840.08 843.08 847.18 849.39 ????
      Alliance Aidan Lagan* 9.62% 723 744 744.8 753.8 766.53 769.53 ????
      Ulster Unionist John Ashenhurst 8.70% 654 654 658.16 668.24 668.24 750.2 ????
      Ulster Unionist William Thompson 6.08% 457 457 461.72 468.8 468.8 548.2 ????
      SDLP Stephen McKenna* 6.83% 513 526.23 526.39 526.39 536.75 536.75 ????
      SDLP Patrick McGowan 6.60% 496 503.98 503.98 504.98 512.87 512.87 ????
      SDLP Arthur Breen 6.03% 453 464.13 464.13 464.13 471.39 473.39 ????
      Alliance Richard Hinds 4.47% 336 336.42 336.74 337.74 337.74 339.74 ????
      DUP William Caldwell 4.45% 251 251.21 281.77 292.25 292.25 305.81 ????
      Irish Independence Michael Kelly 1.05% 79 179.38 179.38 181.38 273.99 273.99 ????
      DUP James Mitchell 2.30% 173 173 209.8 224.2 224.2 238.92 ????
      Ulster Unionist Alfred Barnett* 2.58% 194 194.21 196.93 203.93 203.93    
      Irish Independence Francis Loughran 1.10% 83 146.21 146.21 147.21      
      Ind. Unionist Edward Sayers 0.98% 74 74 75.04        
      Electorate: 10,778   Valid: 7,515 (69.73%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 940   Turnout: 7,681 (71.27%)  
        • Data missing from stage 7 onwards

        Area D

        1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
        1981: 2 x IIP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
        1977-1981 Change: IIP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP, Alliance and Republican Clubs

        Omagh Area D - 7 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Irish Independence Francis Conway 23.59% 984                
        SDLP Brendan Martin* 15.42% 643 654.1 691.3 760.4 906.4        
        DUP Willis Cooke 13.81% 576 576.9 576.9 582.9 584.9 584.9 983.9    
        Irish Independence Brian McGrath 7.26% 303 371.4 375.85 382.95 457.5 636.85 642 652 684
        Independent Republican Francis McElroy* 8.99% 375 386.1 395.55 448.05 489.85 575.95 583.1 594.1 626.1
        Ulster Unionist John Johnston* 10.24% 427 427.6 427.6 466.6 467.6 467.75      
        Irish Independence Patrick Walsh 6.83% 285 312.75 315.2 324.95 325.85        
        SDLP Patrick McCrory 5.39% 225 232.8 282.7 323.2          
        Alliance John Hadden* 5.63% 235 243.7 257.15            
        SDLP John McSherry 2.83% 118 122.05              
        Electorate: 5,408   Valid: 4,171 (77.13%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 835   Turnout: 4,331 (80.09%)  

          References

          1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Omagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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