Declan O'Loan
Declan O'Loan | |
|---|---|
| Member ofMid and East Antrim Borough Council | |
| In office 22 May 2014 – 2 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Council created |
| Succeeded by | Eugene Reid |
| Constituency | Ballymena |
| Member ofBallymena Borough Council | |
| In office 19 May 1993 – 22 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Council abolished |
| Constituency | Ballymena South |
| Member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly forAntrim North | |
| In office 7 March 2007 – 5 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sean Farren |
| Succeeded by | Jim Allister |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1951 Carnlough,Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | SDLP |
| Spouse | Nuala O'Loan |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Imperial College London |
Declan O'Loan(born 5 August 1951) is a former IrishSocial Democratic and Labour Party(SDLP) politician who served as aMember of the Northern Ireland Assembly(MLA) forNorth Antrimfrom 2007 to 2011. O’Loan was also a Member ofBallymena Borough Councilfrom1993to 2014..[1]Following comments about merging withSinn Fein,he had the SDLP whip suspended, sitting as an Independent in 2010.[2] He would later serve as aMid and East Antrim Councillorfor theBallymenaDEA from2014to2019
Career[edit]
O'Loan first stood as an SDLP candidate inBallymena Borough Council,in theBallymenaDistrict in the1989 local elections,but was unsuccessful. He was elected to the Council at the1993 local electionsfor theBallymena SouthDistrict.
He was the running mate to the incumbent SDLP MLA,Sean Farren,at the2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election,but was not elected, polling 2,361 first preference votes.
O'Loan was later elected to theNorthern Ireland Assemblyin the2007 election,succeeding Farren. In May 2010, He was suspended by the SDLP after advocating a merger between the SDLP andSinn Féinto form a singlenationalistparty.[2]The SDLP had refused to make an electoral pact with Sinn Féin in the2010 Westminster election.[2][3]
In theMay 2011 election,O'Loan ran as an SDLP candidate for re-election to the Assembly from North Antrim, but was eliminated in the last round of ballot-counting. He was, however, re-elected onto Ballymena Borough Council in thelocal elections held the same day.
O'Loan was later elected onto the newly-createdMid and East Antrim Borough Councilin the2014 local electionsfor the Ballymena District. He retired at the2019 local elections.
Personal life[edit]
Declan O'Loan is married toNuala O'Loan,a formerPolice Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.He is also theHonorary ConsulofRomaniain Northern Ireland. O'Loan studied atImperial College LondonandFitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[4]
Organisational membership[edit]
- Secretary of the Association of SDLP Councillors
- Chair of Ballymena District Policing Partnership
- Chair of Ballymena Community Safety Partnership
- Member of the Board of Ballymena Citizens Advice Bureau
- Member of the Board of Ballymena Community Forum
- Member of the Ballymena Local Strategy Partnership
- Member of theNorthern Ireland Community Relations Council
References[edit]
- ^"Ballymena Borough Council - Councillors".Archived fromthe originalon 15 October 2013.Retrieved12 October2013.
- ^abc"SDLP suspends O'Loan after merger call".BreakingNews.ie.25 May 2010.Retrieved25 May2010.
- ^"BBC News – Party whip removed from SDLP's Declan O'Loan".BBC News.BBC News. 25 May 2010.Retrieved29 August2012.
- ^"Declan O'Loan Profile".SDLP. 2010.Retrieved5 September2010.
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- Members of Ballymena Borough Council
- Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011
- People from Ballymena
- Politicians from County Antrim
- Spouses of life peers
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