Sian Mulholland (

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O'Neill) is a

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politician who has been an Alliance Party

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(MLA) for North Antrim since April 2023.

Political career

Belfast City Council (2015-22)

In September 2015, Mulholland was co-opted onto

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for the constituency of Ormiston following the resignation of Laura McNamee. Prior to being co-opted, Mulholland worked as a caseworker for Alliance Party leader

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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

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's election to the Assembly.

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. She contested North Antrim at the

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, coming fourth and outpolling the

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(UUP) candidate, winning 4,488 votes (10.9%).

Personal life

In November 2018, Mulholland married Kieran Mullholland, a

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councillor on the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. Mulholland and her husband have two sons and a daughter born five weeks before the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly.https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/christmas/christmas-arrives-early-for-alliance-mla-as-she-welcomes-baby/a502310561.html

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