Nuala McAllister


Nuala McAllister
62nd Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2017 – 4 June 2018
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byBrian Kingston
Succeeded byDeirdre Hargey
Personal details
Political partyAlliance
Children1 son
ResidenceBelfast
Alma materUniversity of Ulster
WebsiteOfficial website

Nuala McAllister is a Northern Ireland politician, who served as the Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2017-2018. She describes herself as "the first young mother to be sworn in as Lord Mayor of Belfast". [1]

Early life

McAllister was raised in a working class, nationalist home in North Belfast. Having studied politics as an A-level at Dominican College, she proceeded to study politics and law at the University of Ulster. While at university, she participated in the Washington-Ireland Programme. Following her graduation in 2011, she secured a job with the Alliance Party.[2]

Political career

She was first elected to Belfast City Council in May 2014 to serve as an Alliance councillor for the Castle district electoral area. She contested the 2016 and 2017 Assembly elections in North Belfast, finishing as the runner-up on both occasions.

On 1 June 2017, McAllister was appointed Lord Mayor of Belfast. She announced the theme of her Mayorship as 'Global Belfast' stating, “My aim is to promote Belfast as an open, inclusive and welcoming place to live and do business." McAllister garnered controversy for being outspoken in support of liberalising Northern Ireland's abortion laws and campaigning for marriage equality during her term as Lord Mayor.[3]

In the 2019 local election, she topped the poll in Castle and was re-elected with 1,787 (15.8%) first-preference votes.[4]

References

  1. ^ Alliance's Nuala McAllister – Retrieved from Belfast Telegraph
  2. ^ "Alliance's Nuala McAllister: 'It's a very important step for Belfast to have a young mother as Lord Mayor.'". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ McCormack, Jayne (4 June 2018). "Lord Mayor: 'I don't stay silent' on views". Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. ^ Editor, Gerry Moriarty Northern. "DUP remains North's largest party but Alliance makes big gains". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Brian Kingston
Lord Mayor of Belfast
2017–2018
Succeeded by
Deirdre Hargey



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