Erne East (District Electoral Area)

Erne East
Erne East
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	6 (1985-)
Councillors	Sheamus Greene (SF); Noeleen Hayes (SF); Garbhan McPhillips (IND); Tom O'Reilly (SF); Paul Robinson (DUP); Victor Warrington (UUP);

Created1985

Seats6 (1985-)

Councillors

Sheamus Greene (SF)
Noeleen Hayes (SF)
Garbhan McPhillips (IND)
Tom O'Reilly (SF)
Paul Robinson (DUP)
Victor Warrington (UUP)

Erne East is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and contains the wards of Brookeborough, Donagh, Lisnaskea, Maguiresbridge, Newtownbutler and Rosslea.^[2] 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).

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Election
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)
2023			Noeleen Hayes (Sinn Féin)
March 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		Tony McPhillips (Independent Nationalist)	Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin)	Jean McVitty (UUP)	Albert Liddle (UUP)
1989		Brian McCaffrey (Sinn Féin)	Plunkett O'Neill (Sinn Féin)	Jean McVitty (UUP)
1985		Vincent McCaffrey (Sinn Féin)	Plunkett O'Neill (Sinn Féin)	Thomas Murray (Sinn Féin)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Sheamus Greene*	20.68%	1,753
	DUP	Paul Robinson*	16.63%	1,410
	Sinn Féin	Thomas O'Reilly*	16.36%	1,387
	Sinn Féin	Noeleen Hayes	15.29%	1,296
	UUP	Victor Warrington*	13.15%	1,115	1,118.08	1,309.46
	SDLP	Garbhan McPhillips* ‡	5.87%	498	747.48	748.46	824.36	855.02	893.94	1,145.86
	Independent	Eamon Keenan*	6.61%	560	719.39	719.81	760.61	764.81	794.35	1,068.17
	Alliance	Richard Bullick	2.61%	221	277.98	278.98	298.78	352.68	363.18
	Independent	Tina McDermott	2.81%	238	307.30	307.44	345.24	348.88	351.82
Electorate: 12,127 Valid: 8,478 (69.91%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,212 Turnout: 8,588 (70.82%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Paul Robinson*	16.34%	1,382
	UUP	Victor Warrington*	15.99%	1,352
	Independent	John McCluskey †	15.21%	1,286
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly*	9.80%	829	830.06	830.64	854.64	876.96	1,248.96
	Sinn Féin	Sheamus Greene*	12.20%	1,032	1,032	1,032.56	1,057.56	1,064.34	1,211.34
	SDLP	Garbhan McPhillips*	9.92%	839	879.68	928.54	983.68	1,175.68	1,205.86
	Sinn Féin	Noeleen Hayes	8.73%	738	738.18	738.18	754.18	766.32	834.5
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	7.33%	620	620.54	620.54	632.54	639.72
	Independent	Caroline Wheeler	2.41%	204	326.76	415.66	439.2
	Aontú	Gerry McHugh	2.06%	174	175.8	176.36
Electorate: 11,963 Valid: 8,456 (70.68%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 8,568 (71.62%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	UUP	Victor Warrington	16.20%	1,272
	DUP	Paul Robinson*	15.87%	1,246
	SDLP	Richie McPhillips †	12.93%	1,015	1,123
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly*	13.69%	1,075	1,081	1,097	1,115
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	13.26%	1,041	1,041	1,046	1,049
	Sinn Féin	Sheamus Greene*	12.80%	1,005	1,008	1,026	1,049
	Sinn Féin	Kate Mulligan	11.49%	902	905	916	931
	UKIP	Fred Parkinson	3.77%	296
Electorate: 11,443 Valid: 7,852 (68.62%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,122 Turnout: 7,981 (69.75%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Ruth Lynch*	17.88%	1,564
	DUP	Paul Robinson*	15.66%	1,370
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	12.30%	1,076	1,238.2	1,331.2
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly*	12.75%	1,115	1,167.8	1,275.8
	Sinn Féin	Sheamus Greene	12.28%	1,074	1,127.6	1,184.8	1,184.8	1,230.8
	UUP	Harold Andrews*	12.89%	1,127	1,127.2	1,130.2	1,198.24	1,198.24
	SDLP	Rosemary Flanagan	6.06%	530	550.8	603.4	604.3	613.3
	UUP	Victor Warrington	5.87%	513	513.2	517.2	558.51	559.51
	Independent	Gerry McHugh*	4.31%	377	391.2
Electorate: 11,720 Valid: 8,746 (74.62%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,250 Turnout: 8,927 (76.17%)

Erne East (District Electoral Area)

2023 Election

2019 Election

2014 Election

2011 Election

2005 Election

2001 Election

1997 Election

1993 Election

1989 Election

1985 Election

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Erne East - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	Paul Robinson	14.52%	1,277
	UUP	Harold Andrews*	11.62%	1,022	1,705
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan*	13.16%	1,157	1,169	1,555
	Sinn Féin	Ruth Lynch*	13.61%	1,197	1,198	1,198	1,203
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly*	13.41%	1,179	1,179	1,179	1,191
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	12.87%	1,132	1,133	1,137	1,141
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	12.62%	1,110	1,110	1,110	1,111
	UUP	Jean McVitty	8.18%	719
Electorate: 11,003 Valid: 8,793 (79.91%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,257 Turnout: 8,933 (81.19%)

Erne East - 6 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Ruth Lynch*	16.46%	1,428
	UUP	Harold Andrews*	15.53%	1,348
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan*	14.90%	1,293
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	13.72%	1,191	1,334.39
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly	12.10%	1,050	1,075.61	1,075.61	1,402.61
	UUP	Cecil Noble*	11.50%	998	998.13	1,091.89	1,105.67	1,141.67
	DUP	Paul Robinson	9.35%	811	811.13	822.01	827.51	837.51
	Independent	Michael McPhillips	6.44%	559	570.05	570.45
Electorate: 10,700 Valid: 8,678 (81.10%) Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,240 Turnout: 8,843 (82.64%)

Erne East - 6 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Harold Andrews	14.04%	1,149	1,150	1,281
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey	11.22%	918	944	946	1,385
	Sinn Féin	Ruth Lynch	13.11%	1,073	1,078	1,078	1,246
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan*	10.96%	897	1,149	1,150	1,193
	Ind. Nationalist	Tony McPhillips*	11.11%	909	961	963	1,000	1,137	1,137	1,194
	UUP	Cecil Noble*	11.39%	932	932	1,071	1,071	1,071	1,104.3	1,104.3
	UUP	Jean McVitty*	10.83%	886	888	962	963	964	1,042.3	1,043.3
	Sinn Féin	Hugh O'Reilly	8.48%	694	699	699
	DUP	Paul Robinson	4.51%	369	371
	SDLP	Marie O'Neill	4.34%	355
Electorate: 10,446 Valid: 8,182 (78.33%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,169 Turnout: 8,323 (79.68%)

Erne East - 6 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan*	17.01%	1,398
	UUP	Jean McVitty*	13.71%	1,127	1,132.94
	Ind. Nationalist	Tony McPhillips	8.78%	722	806.78	829.4	829.4	1,235.9
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh	9.54%	784	794.08	1,085.6	1,085.78	1,188.78
	UUP	Cecil Noble*	11.87%	976	976.36	976.36	1,171.36	1,173.44	1,225.12
	UUP	Albert Liddle*	11.01%	905	906.44	906.44	1,038.44	1,043.16	1,081.24	1,083.22	1,128.78
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	10.15%	834	844.44	922.34	923.34	1,009.5	1,009.5	1,039.38	1,039.38
	Ind. Republican	John McCusker	6.85%	563	659.48	701.54	702.72
	DUP	Paul Robinson	5.84%	480	480.36	480.36
	Sinn Féin	Philip McDonald	5.24%	431	439.46
Electorate: 10,129 Valid: 8,220 (81.15%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 1,175 Turnout: 8,378 (82.71%)