Mid Tyrone is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects six members to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and contains the wards of Beragh, Drumnakilly, Gortin, Owenkillew, Sixmilecross and Termon. Omagh forms part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Omagh Area B, Omagh Area C and Omagh Area D which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained seven wards (Beragh, Drumnakilly, Gortin, Killyclogher, Owenkillew, Sixmilecross and Termon). For the 2014 local elections it was reduced to six wards, losing Killyclogher to the Omagh DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)August 2025 Co-Option Ruaídhrí Lyttle (Sinn Féin) Patrick Withers (Sinn Féin) Pádraigín Kelly (Sinn Féin) Roisin Devine Gallagher (Sinn Féin) Bernard McGrath (SDLP) Shirley Hawkes (DUP) 6 seats2014–present2023 Ann-Marie Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin)November 2022 Co-Option Séan Clarke (Sinn Féin) Catherine Kelly (Sinn Féin) Emmet McAleer (Independent) Rosemary Barton (UUP)December 2021 Co-Option Bert Wilson (UUP)2019 Séan Donnelly (Sinn Féin)January 2019 Defection Ann Marie Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin) Barry McNally (Sinn Féin) Rosemarie Shields (Aontú)/ (SDLP)2014 2011 Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin) Seamus Shields (SDLP) Charles Chittick (DUP) 2005 Michael McAnespie (Sinn Féin) Sharon O'Brien (Sinn Féin) 2001 Damien Curran (Sinn Féin) Barney McAteer (Sinn Féin) Gerry O'Doherty (SDLP) 1997 Patrick McMahon (Sinn Féin) Joe Byrne (SDLP) Desmond Anderson (UUP) Drew Baxter (DUP) 1993 Barney McAleer (Sinn Féin) Brian McGrath (IIP)/ (Independent Nationalist) 1989 William Thompson (UUP) 1985 Seamus Kerr (Sinn Féin) James McElduff (Sinn Féin) Cormac McAleer (Sinn Féin) Patrick McGowan (SDLP) Willis Cooke (DUP)
2023 Election
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
2019 Election
2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from SDLP
2014 Election
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: DUP loss due to the reduction of one seat
2011 Election
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 Change: No change
2005 Election
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from SDLP
2001 Election
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
1997 Election
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
1993 Election
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1989 Election
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
1985 Election
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
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