2014 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

The first election to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly-formed council via Single Transferable Vote.

2014 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
22 May 2014
All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Martin McGuinness Mike Nesbitt Alasdair McDonnell
Party Sinn Féin Ulster Unionist SDLP
Seats won 17 9 8
Seat change New council New council New council
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Peter Robinson
Party DUP Independent
Seats won 5 1
Seat change New council New council
Fermanagh and Omagh 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with seventeen seats, eight ahead of the Ulster Unionist Party and four seats away from overall control. The council would act as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015, where Sinn Féin's Thomas O'Reilly would become Chairman and Paul Robinson of the DUP Vice Chairman.

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