Thomas Burns MLA (born 29 August 1960) 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 Ireland ...

(SDLP) politician who was a

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

(MLA) for South Antrim from 2003 to 2011. Burns was first elected to Antrim Borough Councillor in 1997. He is currently the Chairman of his local branch of the SDLP. He lost his seat in the

2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election The 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election took place on Thursday, 5 May, following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly at midnight on 24 March 2011. It was the fourth election to take place since the devolved assembly was establis ...

, but was easily returned to the Borough Council.In the first round, and with the most first-preference votes in the South East district
Election results
, Antrim Borough Council, retrieved 13 May 2011.

Membership

* Vice Chairman of the Council's planning committee * Crumlin Development Association * Chairman of Camlin

Credit Union A credit union, a type of financial institution similar to a commercial bank, is a member-owned nonprofit organization, nonprofit financial cooperative. Credit unions generally provide services to members similar to retail banks, including depo ...

in Crumlin * Member of

Citizens Advice Bureau Citizens AdviceCitizens Advice is the operating name of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux which is the umbrella charity for a wider network of local advice centres. The abbreviation CitA is sometimes used to refer to this nation ...

* Board of Governors of two local schools, St Josephs Primary School and

Crumlin High School Crumlin Integrated College is an Integrated Education, integrated, Secondary education, secondary school founded in 2006, located in Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies within the North Eastern Education and Library Board area. It ...

. A keen supporter of the

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

, Burns is a former player for Aldergrove GAC.

References

External links

NI Assembly webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Thomas Living people 1960 births Members of Antrim Borough Council Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Politicians from County Antrim