Kathy Stanton

Kathy Stanton is a former Member of the

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, on which she represented Belfast North for

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. Stanton was co-opted to Belfast City Council in 2000, before losing her seat in the 2001 local government elections. She was then elected to the Assembly in the

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. In 2006 she announced that she would not be contesting the next Assembly election, but denied reports that this was owing to Sinn Féin endorsing the

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She is a full-time party official in north

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, and is her party's spokesperson on Equality. She lives in the New Lodge area with her five children. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Sinn Féin MLAs Members of Belfast City Council Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Sinn Féin councillors in Northern Ireland Women councillors in Northern Ireland {{SinnFéin-politician-stub