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Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 28.6 | 31.6 | 7,011 | New | |
SDLP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 | 17.6 | 3,905 | 7.4 | |
DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 4,200 | 2.3 | |
UUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 16.8 | 3,724 | 2.7 | |
Irish Independence | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 932 | 18.0 | |
Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 779 | 3.5 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1,048 | 4.3 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 600 | 0.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | UUP | IIP | Others | ||||||||
Mid Tyrone | 45.1 | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 17.6 | 1 | 13.4 | 1 | 4.7 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
Omagh Town | 18.7 | 1 | 20.9 | 2 | 22.7 | 2 | 13.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 23.1 | 1 | 7 |
West Tyrone | 28.7 | 2 | 20.2 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 22.9 | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 31.6 | 6 | 17.6 | 5 | 18.9 | 4 | 16.8 | 4 | 4.2 | 1 | 10.9 | 1 | 21 |
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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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%) |
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Labour
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Francis Mackey | 18.74% | 1,213 | |||||||||||||
DUP | Oliver Gibson* | 13.10% | 848 | |||||||||||||
Independent Labour | Johnny McLaughlin | 12.03% | 779 | 949.04 | ||||||||||||
SDLP | Bernadette Grant* | 9.05% | 586 | 642.55 | 674.53 | 674.57 | 676.96 | 677.04 | 682.43 | 710.76 | 747.43 | 1,002.43 | ||||
UUP | Wilfred Breen | 7.15% | 463 | 465.73 | 466.12 | 467.92 | 468.92 | 474.48 | 479.48 | 482.48 | 484.65 | 485.69 | 485.69 | 839.69 | ||
SDLP | Stephen McKenna* | 6.50% | 421 | 448.69 | 459.22 | 459.22 | 469.22 | 469.22 | 469.22 | 503.95 | 541.06 | 624.05 | 793.34 | 796.12 | 796.39 | |
DUP | David Aiken | 7.99% | 517 | 517 | 517 | 534.16 | 534.16 | 633.48 | 636.52 | 637.91 | 637.91 | 639.95 | 640.76 | 686.92 | 710.68 | |
Alliance | Aidan Lagan* | 5.78% | 374 | 389.21 | 404.42 | 404.7 | 432.09 | 432.09 | 555.48 | 599.03 | 624.78 | 663.63 | 683.88 | 703.04 | 708.08 | |
UUP | Thomas Strain | 6.21% | 402 | 402 | 403.95 | 406.27 | 407.27 | 415.71 | 428.83 | 430.22 | 431.61 | 441.04 | 441.04 | |||
SDLP | Arthur Breen | 5.34% | 346 | 362.77 | 369.01 | 369.13 | 374.52 | 375.52 | 377.52 | 403.98 | 428.68 | |||||
Irish Independence | James Sweeney | 1.16% | 75 | 156.12 | 206.04 | 206.08 | 206.08 | 206.08 | 206.08 | 217.54 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Hugh Gormley | 2.21% | 143 | 166.01 | 185.51 | 185.55 | 189.33 | 189.41 | 189.8 | |||||||
Alliance | Richard Hinds | 1.99% | 129 | 129.78 | 130.17 | 130.33 | 151.33 | 154.33 | ||||||||
DUP | Raymond Farrell | 1.62% | 105 | 105 | 105 | 116.64 | 118.64 | |||||||||
Alliance | Dermot McCormick | 1.13% | 73 | 74.95 | 76.51 | 76.51 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 9,554 Valid: 6,474 (67.76%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 810 Turnout: 6,598 (69.06%) |
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
UUP | Arthur McFarland* | 14.98% | 1,186 | |||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Cathal Quinn | 14.03% | 1,111 | |||||||||||||
DUP | Harry Cairns | 11.85% | 938 | 952.24 | 952.24 | 952.24 | 1,029.24 | |||||||||
UUP | Robert Moses* | 7.96% | 630 | 790.8 | 790.91 | 790.91 | 809.79 | 815.19 | 848.51 | 856.78 | 1,107.78 | |||||
SDLP | Liam McQuaid* | 10.60% | 839 | 839.32 | 861.65 | 870.98 | 871.3 | 871.3 | 896.3 | 934.4 | 935.1 | 940.1 | 1,161.1 | |||
Sinn Féin | Gerry McMenamin | 9.32% | 738 | 738 | 799.16 | 799.16 | 800.16 | 800.16 | 803.16 | 830.93 | 831.93 | 831.93 | 840.26 | 842.96 | 980.41 | |
SDLP | Gregory McMullan | 4.98% | 394 | 394.32 | 394.54 | 397.54 | 399.54 | 399.54 | 435.54 | 502.98 | 503.46 | 504.46 | 578.68 | 727.18 | 879.22 | |
Sinn Féin | James McElhinney | 5.38% | 426 | 426 | 448.11 | 471.33 | 473.33 | 473.33 | 475.33 | 479.55 | 479.55 | 480.55 | 526.88 | 539.48 | 584.14 | |
Irish Independence | Patrick Donnelly* | 4.38% | 347 | 347 | 349.97 | 420.3 | 420.41 | 420.41 | 429.41 | 473.52 | 473.52 | 474.52 | 488.74 | 495.94 | ||
SDLP | John Skelton* | 4.67% | 370 | 370.16 | 372.58 | 395.85 | 395.85 | 395.85 | 402.85 | 417.85 | 418.39 | 421.39 | ||||
DUP | George Thompson | 3.39% | 268 | 273.76 | 273.76 | 273.76 | 322.52 | 356 | 362.32 | 364.48 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 2.58% | 204 | 204.32 | 207.62 | 209.62 | 209.62 | 209.62 | 244.62 | |||||||
Alliance | Eric Bullick | 2.21% | 175 | 175.8 | 175.8 | 175.8 | 175.8 | 175.8 | ||||||||
DUP | Hazel McKenzie | 1.91% | 151 | 156.6 | 156.71 | 157.71 | ||||||||||
Irish Independence | James Connolly | 1.77% | 140 | 140.16 | 141.15 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 9,690 Valid: 7,917 (81.70%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 990 Turnout: 8,091 (83.50%) |