Erne East 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 Brookeborough, Donagh, Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge, Newtownbutler and Rosslea. Erne East forms part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Fermanagh Area A and Fermanagh Area B which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained six wards (Brookeborough, Donagh, Lisnaskea, Maguires Bridge, Newtownbutler and Rosslea).
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)October 2025 Defection Sheamus Greene (Sinn Féin) Tom O'Reilly (Sinn Féin) Noeleen Hayes (Sinn Féin) Garbhan McPhillips (SDLP)/ (Independent) Victor Warrington (UUP) Paul Robinson (DUP)2023March 2020 Co-Option Eamon Keenan (Independent)2019 John McCluskey (Independent)May 2016 Co-Option Brian McCaffrey (Sinn Féin)2014 Richie McPhillips (SDLP) 2011 Ruth Lynch (Sinn Féin) Harold Andrews (UUP) 2005 Fergus McQuillan (SDLP) 2001 Cecil Noble (UUP) 1997 Tony McPhillips (Independent Nationalist) 1993 Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin) Jean McVitty (UUP) Albert Liddle (UUP) 1989 Brian McCaffrey (Sinn Féin) Plunkett O'Neill (Sinn Féin) 1985 Vincent McCaffrey (Sinn Féin) Thomas Murray (Sinn Féin)
2023 Election
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
2019 Election
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin
2014 Election
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
2011 Election
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2005 Election
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2001 Election
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist
1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
1993 Election
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from Sinn Féin
1989 Election
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin
1985 Election
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
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