Kathy Stanton

Kathy Stanton is a former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, on which she represented Belfast North for Sinn Féin.

Kathy Stanton
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast North
In office
26 November 2003  7 March 2007
Preceded byBilly Hutchinson
Succeeded byCarál Ní Chuilín
Personal details
Political partySinn Féin

Stanton was co-opted to Belfast City Council in 2000, before losing her seat in the 2001 local government elections. She was then elected to the Assembly in the 2003 election. 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.

She is a full-time party official in north Belfast, and is her party's spokesperson on Equality. She lives in the New Lodge area with her five children.

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
Billy Hutchinson
MLA for Belfast North
2003–2007
Succeeded by
Carál Ní Chuilín


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