Harold McKee is a
Traditional Unionist Voice
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(TUV) politician from
Northern Ireland
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. He served as an
Ulster Unionist Party
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(UUP)
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
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About
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(MLA) for
South Down from
2016
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to 2017, and currently is a councillor on
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
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representing the
Mournes
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ward since 2019. He was a member of the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. He tabled 297 questions in the 2016–2017 term.
In October 2021, McKee resigned from the UUP, citing disagreements with party leader
Doug Beattie
Douglas Ricardo Beattie (born 13 October 1965) is a Northern Irish politician and former member of the British Army, who has been leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) since 27 May 2021. He has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembl ...
over 'liberal values', saying it was "becoming very difficult to endorse a leader who is constantly to the fore promoting liberal issues".
McKee subsequently joined the Traditional Unionist Voice, and was the party's candidate for South Down in the
2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election
The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on 5 May 2022. It elected 90 members to the Northern Ireland Assembly. It was the seventh assembly election since the establishment of the assembly in 1998. The election was held three months ...
.
He was eliminated on the 5th count.
References
Profile bbc.co.uk; accessed 14 May 2016.
aims.niassembly.gov.uk accessed 7 February 2017
Place of birth missing (living people)
1957 births
Living people
Ulster Unionist Party MLAs
Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017
Traditional Unionist Voice politicians
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