Kathy Stanton
Encyclopedia
Kathy Stanton was a Sinn Féin
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
from 2003 to 2007 in North Belfast.
Stanton is a full-time party official in North Belfast
, and is her party's spokesperson on Equality. She was elected to the Assembly in November 2003 election
, and was co-opted to Belfast City Council
in 2000, before losing her seat in the 2001 local government elections
. In 2006 she announced that she would not be contesting the next Assembly election but denied reports that this was due to Sinn Féin endorsing policing. http://sluggerotoole.com/index.php/weblog/comments/sfs-kathy-stanton-not-contesting-next-assembly-election/
She lives in the New Lodge area with her five children.
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
from 2003 to 2007 in North Belfast.
Stanton is a full-time party official in North Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, and is her party's spokesperson on Equality. She was elected to the Assembly in November 2003 election
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003
The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on Wednesday 26 November 2003. Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary...
, and was co-opted to Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council is the local authority with responsibility for the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of , the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland, while also being the fourth smallest by area...
in 2000, before losing her seat in the 2001 local government elections
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 7 June 2001 along with the 2001 general election across the entire United Kingdom.-Overall:-Belfast:-References:...
. In 2006 she announced that she would not be contesting the next Assembly election but denied reports that this was due to Sinn Féin endorsing policing. http://sluggerotoole.com/index.php/weblog/comments/sfs-kathy-stanton-not-contesting-next-assembly-election/
She lives in the New Lodge area with her five children.