Carla Rebecca Lockhart (born 28 February 1985) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, who has been the

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(MP) for Upper Bann since the 2019 general election. She was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann, elected at the 2016 election, until 2019.

Early life and career

Lockhart was born to Kenneth and Valerie Lockhart in Aughnacloy,

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, as part of a working-class family. She attended Aughnacloy High School, before attending Armagh Tech (now part of Southern Regional College) and then obtaining a business degree from the

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. Interested in politics from a young age, she was a member of the DUP's Young Democrats in her youth.

Political career

Lockhart was elected to

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in 2007, representing the

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area. She was Mayor of Craigavon from 2012 to 2013, and stepped down in 2016 to run for the Assembly elections. Lockhart was President of the Local Government Association of Northern Ireland from 2015 to 2016. She worked full-time in the Lurgan DUP Advice Centre under Stephen Moutray, whilst working as a councillor. Lockhart was elected as an MLA for Upper Bann in

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. On 8 November 2019, Lockhart announced her candidacy for the Upper Bann Westminster constituency at the 2019 general election. On 13 December, Lockhart won the seat in Westminster, succeeding the retiring MP David Simpson, and stepped down from her seat as MLA for Upper Bann. Lockhart is a governor at Lurgan Junior High School and Magheralin Primary School. In December 2022, Lockhart,

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and

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signed a cross-party letter asking the British Government to block the Scottish Government's Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Personal life

Lockhart is a member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. She is married to Rodney Condell, a

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