Cllr Patsy McGlone MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party

Social Democratic and Labour Party

The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...

 (SDLP) 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...

 for Mid Ulster from Ballinderry

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....

, and Deputy Leader of the SDLP (since February 2010). He has been an MLA since 2003.

From 1993 to 2009, McGlone was also Councillor in Cookstown District Council

Cookstown District Council

Cookstown District Council is a district council covering an area largely in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry. Council headquarters are in Cookstown. Small towns in the council area include Pomeroy, Moneymore, Coagh and Stewartstown and in the east the area is bounded by Lough Neagh...

. He was chairman of the council in 2002-03 and 2005-06.

Patsy was a delegate at talks which led to Good Friday Agreement and was a delegate to Forum of Peace and Reconciliation in December 2002.

While canvassing for McGlone for the 2011 local and assembly elections election workers had their car attacked with a petrol bomb in Coagh

Coagh

Coagh is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, situated five miles east of Cookstown. Part of the village also extends into County Londonderry. It had a population of 545 people in the 2001 Census...

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Membership of organisations

• Board Member of Foras na Gaeilge
• 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 is a candidate for the leadership of the SDLP in 2011, after announcing in July that he would stand against party leader Margaret Ritchie.