Erne West (District Electoral Area)

Erne West is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and contains the wards of Belcoo and Garrison, Boho, Cleenish and Letterbreen, Derrygonnelly, Derrylin and Florence Court and Kinawley. Erne West 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 C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Belcoo and Garrison, Boho, Cleenish and Letterbreen, Derrygonnelly, Derrylin and Florence Court and Kinawley).

Councillors

2023 Election

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

2019 Election

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: No change

2014 Election

2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2011-2014 Change: No change

2011 Election

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: Independent leaves Sinn Féin

2005 Election

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: No change

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: No change

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989-1993 Change: No change

1989 Election

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP

1985 Election

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x SDLP

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