The 2023 election to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.
Voters returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. In the elections, Sinn Féin took control of the council from no overall control.
Election results
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:center;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em" | Total | style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 54,319 | <noinclude>
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
The electorate was 87,488 the turnout was 62.89% (55,021) and there were 702 spoiled votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|District Electoral Area (DEA) ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Totalcllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Independents and others |- |align="left"|Enniskillen |bgcolor="#008800"|34.52 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 1 |16.01 |2 |19.10 |1 |7.02 |0 1 |10.15 |1 1 |13.20 |0 1 |6 |- |align="left"|Erne East |bgcolor="#008800"|52.33 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 1 |13.15 |1 |16.63 |1 |5.87 |1 |2.61 |0 |9.42 |0 1 |6 |- |align="left"|Erne North |bgcolor="#008800"|33.99 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 1 |27.06 |2 |16.94 |1 |11.03 |0 1 |5.04 |0 |5.94 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Erne West |bgcolor="#008800"|54.19 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 1 |15.78 |1 |9.06 |0 |11.01 |1 |3.30 |0 |6.67 |0 1 |5 |- |align="left"|Mid Tyrone |bgcolor="#008800"|62.77 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |8.04 |0 1 |12.37 |1 1 |5.82 |1 1 |3.64 |0 |7.36 |0 1 |6 |- |align="left"|Omagh |bgcolor="#008800"|47.14 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 1 |7.37 |0 1 |17.15 |1 |5.80 |0 |13.14 |1 |9.41 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|West Tyrone |bgcolor="#008800"|56.02 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 1 |9.99 |1 |19.50 |1 |8.99 |0 1 |5.51 |0 |0.00 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |49.24 |21 6 |13.75 |7 2 |15.80 |6 1 |7.89 |3 2 |5.98 |2 1 |7.21 |1 4 |40
District results
Enniskillen
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Cross-Community Labour Alternative
2023: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP and Cross-Community Labour Alternative
Erne East
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent
Erne North
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Erne West
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent
Mid Tyrone
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
Omagh
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
West Tyrone
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
† Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason21 October 2024Erne North Diana ArmstrongRosemary BartonArmstrong was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.27 August 2025Mid Tyrone Ann-Marie FitzgeraldRuaídhrí LyttleFitzgerald resigned.12 September 2025Enniskillen Keith ElliotAaron ElliottElliot resigned.
‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance2 October 2025Erne EastGarbhán McPhillips Left the SDLP due to concerns over the party atmosphere.
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