Local Councillors

Omagh District Council was established in 1973 following the publication of the McCrory Report on the administration of local government in Northern Ireland. The plethora of Urban, Rural and County councils which had hitherto administered local government in Northern Ireland were replaced by 26 City, Borough and District Councils of which Omagh is one.

The first council in 1973 comprised 20 Councillors. This was subsequentially increased to 21 following a review of local government boundaries in 1981. Omagh District Council consists of three electoral areas, Omagh Town, Mid Tyrone and West Tyrone each one returning 7 Councillors to serve for a four year period. The election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman takes place annually in June.

Local government administration in Northern Ireland is currently under review and a new system of delivery is scheduled to be in place by 2015 with the 26 Councils being reduced to 11.

OMAGH TOWN

• , Cllr Sean Begley - (Sinn Féin)
• , Cllr Josephine Deehan - (SDLP)
• , Cllr Patrick McGowan MBE - (INDEPENDENT)
• , Cllr Johnny McLaughlin - (INDEPENDENT)
• , Cllr Errol Thompson - (DUP)
• , Cllr Lesley Vennard - (Ulster Unionist Party)
• Vice Chair of the Council, Cllr Sorcha McAnespy - (Sinn Féin)

MID TYRONE

• , Cllr Sean Clarke - (Sinn Féin)
• , Cllr Charles Chittick - (DUP)
• , Cllr Sean Donnelly - (Sinn Féin)
• , Cllr Marty Mc Colgan - (Sinn Féin)
• , Cllr Bert Wilson - (UUP)
• , Cllr Rosemarie Shields - (SDLP)
• Chair of the Council, Cllr Anne Marie Fitzgerald - (Sinn Féin)

WEST TYRONE

• , Cllr Thomas Buchanan MLA - (DUP)
• , Cllr Peter Kelly - (Sinn Féin)
• , Cllr Patrick McDonnell - (SDLP)
• , Cllr Allan Rainey MBE - (UUP)
• , Cllr Ann Quinn - (Sinn Féin)
• , Cllr Frankie Donnelly - (Sinn Féin)
• , Cllr Glenn Campbell - (Sinn Féin)