Patsy McGlone (born 8 July 1959) is an Irish politician from

Ballinderry Ballinderry () is a small civil and ecclesiastical parish on both sides of the County Londonderry / County Tyrone border in Northern Ireland. It is a rural parish of about 350 houses and lies on the western shores of Lough Neagh. The parish ...

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. He is a

Social Democratic and Labour Party 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 ...

(SDLP) Member of the

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for Mid Ulster, and former Deputy Leader of the SDLP (2010–2011). He has been an MLA since 2003. On 12 May 2016, McGlone was elected Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. From 1993 to 2009, McGlone was also Councillor in

Cookstown District Council Cookstown District Council ( ga, Comhairle Cheantar na Coirre Críochaí; Ulster Scots: ''Districk Cooncil o Cookestoun'') was a district council covering an area largely in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry. It merged with Dunga ...

. He was chairman of the council in 2002–2003 and 2005–2006. In 1996 he was elected to the

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from Mid-Ulster. While canvassing for McGlone for the 2011 local and assembly elections, election workers had their car attacked with a petrol bomb by

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Coagh Coagh ( ; ) is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, five miles (8 km) east of Cookstown. Part of the village also extends into County Londonderry. It had a population of 545 people in the 2001 Census. It owes its existence t ...

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Membership of organisations

* Board Member of

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* A member of the EU Structural Funds Monitoring Committee for Northern Ireland * Board Member of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive * Member of the Northern Ireland Housing Council * Member of the Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN) * Vice Chairman of Loughshore Foot and Mouth Support Group. He was a candidate for the leadership of the SDLP in 2011, after announcing in July that he would stand against party leader Margaret Ritchie.

References

External links

Official website
1959 births Living people Members of Cookstown District Council Members of the Northern Ireland Forum Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs People from County Londonderry Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Northern Ireland MLAs 2022–2027 {{Northern-Ireland-MLA-stub