Alderman Maurice Devenney (born 1 January 1959) is a

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years. Currently led by J ...

(DUP) politician who served as a

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(MLA) for Foyle from 2014 to 2015. Devenney succeeded retiring party member William Hay. He resigned in April 2015 to concentrate on his council work. From 2005 to 2014 he was a member of

Derry City Council Derry City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: ''Derry Cittie Cooncil'') was the local government authority for the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. It merged with Strabane District Council in April 2015 under local govern ...

and between 2011 and 2012 he served as Mayor of the city. He was elected to the successor council of

Derry and Strabane Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ''Derrie an Stràbane'' , settlement_type = District , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Sovereign state , subdivision_type1 = Countries of the United Kingdom, Constituent co ...

in 2014. In February 2016 he resigned from the DUP. A few weeks beforehand, he had been suspended from the party. The suspension was linked to an allegation that Devenney had encouraged DUP voters to instead vote for the

SDLP The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ( ga, Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Irelan ...

candidate

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outside a polling station. Devenney later denied these allegations and claimed they were part of an underlying scheme by the Democratic Unionist Party to withdraw him from the organisation for having opposing political views."DUP: Former MLA Maurice Devenney resigns from party"
BBC News 17 February 2016 In 2019 he announced that he would return to the DUP and was elected to Derry and Strabane.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Devenney, Maurice Living people Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Democratic Unionist Party politicians 1958 births People from County Donegal Mayors of Derry Members of Derry City and Strabane District Council