Erne West (District Electoral Area)

Erne West is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland.

[1] 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.

[2] 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).

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