Kathy Stanton | |
Constituency Am: | Belfast North |
Assembly: | Northern Ireland |
Term Start: | 26 November 2003 |
Term End: | 7 March 2007 |
Predecessor: | Billy Hutchinson |
Successor: | Carál Ní Chuilín |
Office1: | Member of Belfast City Council |
Constituency1: | Oldpark |
Term Start1: | 2000 |
Term End1: | 7 June 2001 |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Sinn Féin |
Kathy Stanton is a former Sinn Fein politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Belfast from 2003 until 2007
Stanton was co-opted to Belfast City Council in 2000, for the Oldpark District, before losing her seat in the 2001 local government elections. She was then elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, representing North Belfast, in the 2003 election. As a Sinn Fein representative, Stanton served as a party official in North Belfast, as well as equality spokesperson. 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 Police Service of Northern Ireland. 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.