Alderman An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular, denotin ...

Sydney Alexander Anderson (born 23 April 1949) is a former

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(DUP) politician who was an Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Councillor for the

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DEA from

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. He previously served as a

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(MLA) for Upper Bann from 2010 to

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Career

Anderson was elected to

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as an

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(UUP) representative for the

DEA in the 2001 Council election. Anderson resigned from the UUP ahead of the

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, and stood as an independent candidate in Upper Bann, polling 581 votes (1.34%). Before the 2005 local elections, he joined the

(DUP). He retained his council seat in that election. Anderson has also served as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of

. In July 2010, he was co-opted to the

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, replacing David Simpson in Upper Bann."Anderson replaces Simpson as DUP MLA"
''Portadown Times'', 25 June 2010. Regarding the choice, Anderson said "I want first of all to pay tribute to both Robert and Philip who were both very able candidates. It would have been a pleasure to have had either of them at the Assembly and to have worked on their behalf." Anderson was subsequently re-elected to Craigavon Borough Council election at the 2011 local elections, topping the poll in the Portadown District. He was a member of the All Party Group on Neurology, Public Accounts Committee and Committee for Justice in the Assembly. He had been a member of the Committee for Social Development, Committee for Employment and Learning and Committee on Standards and Privileges. Anderson did not seek re-election at the 2017 assembly election. He was later elected onto

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in the 2019 local elections, representing Portadown again. He retired as a councillor at the 2023 local elections.

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External links

Profile
, bbc.co.uk; accessed 14 May 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Sydney 1949 births Living people Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 People from Portadown Presbyterians from Northern Ireland Mayors of Craigavon Members of Craigavon Borough Council