Elections to
Omagh District Council were held on 21 May 1997 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.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[
, - class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left", Ward
! % ]
!Cllrs
! %
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!rowspan=2, Total
Cllrs
, - class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Labour
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white", Others
, -
, align="left", Mid Tyrone
, bgcolor="#008800", 47.1
, bgcolor="#008800", 3
, 18.9
, 2
, 14.6
, 1
, 10.1
, 1
, 0.7
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 8.6
, 0
, 7
, -
, align="left", Omagh Town
, 20.0
, 1
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 26.9
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 2
, 16.2
, 1
, 20.3
, 1
, 7.2
, 1
, 8.8
, 1
, 0.6
, 0
, 7
, -
, align="left", West Tyrone
, 24.3
, 2
, 24.7
, 2
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 25.8
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 14.6
, 1
, 2.8
, 0
, 1.8
, 0
, 6.0
, 0
, 7
, -
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 31.4
, 6
, 23.2
, 6
, 18.9
, 4
, 14.6
, 3
, 3.3
, 1
, 3.2
, 1
, 5.4
, 0
, 21
, -
District results
Mid Tyrone
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
Omagh Town
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour Coalition
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Labour
1993-1997 Change: Independent Labour joins Labour Coalition
West Tyrone
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
References
{{1997 United Kingdom local elections
Omagh District Council elections
Omagh