Sian Mulholland Explained

Sian Mulholland
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Constituency Am:North Antrim
Assembly:Northern Ireland
Term Start:6 April 2023
Predecessor:Patricia O'Lynn
Office2:Member of
Lisburn & Castlereagh Council
Constituency2:Killutagh
Term Start2:26 May 2022
Term End2:6 April 2023
Predecessor2:David Honeyford
Successor2:Claire Kemp
Office3:Member of
Belfast City Council
Constituency3:Ormiston
Term Start3:1 September 2015
Term End3:26 May 2022
Predecessor3:Laura McNamee
Successor3:Christine Bower
Birth Name:Sian O'Neill
Nationality:Northern Irish
Party:Alliance
Children:3
Occupation:Politician

Sian Mulholland (née O'Neill) is a Northern Irish politician who has been an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since April 2023.

Political career

Belfast City Council (2015-22)

In September 2015, Mulholland was co-opted onto Belfast City Council for the constituency of Ormiston following the resignation of Laura McNamee.[1] Prior to being co-opted, Mulholland worked as a caseworker for Alliance Party leader Naomi Long.[2]

Lisburn & Castlereagh Council (2022-23)

Mulholland, already a member of Belfast City Council, was co-opted onto Lisburn & Castlereagh Council to fill the vacancy left by David Honeyford's election to the Assembly.[3]

Member of the Legislative Assembly (2023-present)

On 6 April 2023, Mulholland was sworn in as MLA for North Antrim following the resignation of Patricia O'Lynn.[4] [5]

She contested North Antrim at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[6]

Personal life

In November 2018, Mulholland married Kieran Mullholland, a Sinn Féin councillor on the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.[2] Mulholland and her husband have two sons [7] and a daughter born five weeks before the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Councillor Sian Mulholland . Belfast City Council . 7 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Hughes . Brendan . 22 November 2018 . Alliance councillor and Sinn Féin councillor get married . The Irish News . 7 April 2023.
  3. Web site: McGonagle . Suzanne . 4 April 2023 . Sian Mulholland confirmed as new Alliance MLA for North Antrim . The Irish News . en-IE . 7 April 2023.
  4. Alliance Party . allianceparty . 6 April 2023 . It's official! Today we welcome North Antrim's newest MLA @sianalliance to the team. It's time to get Stormont back up and running so Sian and other Alliance MLAs can legislate on behalf of all people in NI. . 1643939676091305986 . Twitter . 7 April 2023.
  5. Web site: Reid . Kurtis . 4 April 2023 . Alliance councillor 'honoured' to replace outgoing Patricia O'Lynn in North Antrim . Belfast Telegraph . en-GB . 7 April 2023.
  6. 1791362984909873455 . allianceparty . Congratulations to @sianalliance on being selected as Alliance's General Election candidate for North Antrim. .
  7. Web site: McGovern . Eimear . 3 September 2021 . Survey labelling Belfast parents unfriendly on school run is false, says councillor mum of P1 pupil . Belfast Telegraph . en-GB . 7 April 2023.
  8. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/christmas/christmas-arrives-early-for-alliance-mla-as-she-welcomes-baby/a502310561.html