Enniskillen 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 Castlecoole, Erne, Lisbellaw, Lisnarrick, Portora and Rossory. Enniskillen 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, Fermanagh Area B and Fermanagh Area E which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained seven wards (Castlecoole, Devenish, Erne, Island, Lisbellaw, Rossorry and Tempo). For the 2014 local elections it was reduced to six wards, losing Tempo to the Erne North DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)September 2025 Co-Option Tommy Maguire (Sinn Féin) Dermot Browne (Sinn Féin) Eddie Roofe (Alliance) Roy Crawford (UUP) Robert Irvine (UUP) Aaron Elliott (DUP) 6 seats2014–present2023 Keith Elliott (DUP)September 2022 Co-Option Donal O'Cofaigh (Labour Alternative) Paul Blake (SDLP)2019 Howard Thornton (UUP)March 2018 Co-Option Debbie Coyle (Sinn Féin)2014 Patricia Rodgers (SDLP) 2011 Séan Lynch (Sinn Féin) Frank Britton (SDLP) Basil Johnston (UUP) Alison Brimstone (DUP) Cyril Brownlee (DUP) 2005 Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin) Pat Cox (Sinn Féin) Patricia Rodgers (SDLP) Arlene Foster (DUP) Joseph Dodds (DUP) 2001 Paddy Gilgunn (Sinn Féin) Davy Kettyles (Workers' Party)/ (Independent Socialist) Raymond Ferguson (UUP) 1997 Basil Johnston (UUP) Eamon Flanagan (SDLP) Sam Foster (UUP) 1993 John McManus (Sinn Féin) William Hetherington (UUP) James Lunny (SDLP) 1989 Pat Cox (Sinn Féin) Roy Coulter (DUP) 1985 Tommy Maguire (Sinn Féin)
2023 Election
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Cross-Community Labour Alternative
2023: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP and Cross-Community Labour Alternative
2019 Election
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Cross-Community Labour Alternative
2014-2019 Change: Cross-Community Labour Alternative gain from Sinn Féin
2014 Election
2011: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: DUP loss due to the reduction of one seat
2011 Election
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from SDLP
2005 Election
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent
2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Independent Socialist becomes Independent
1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1993-1997 Change: No change
1993 Election
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1989-1993 Change: Independent Socialist leaves Workers' Party
1989 Election
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin
1985 Election
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
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