Connie Egan | |
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| Member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly forNorth Down | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rachel Woods |
| Member of Ards and North Down Borough Council | |
| In office 2 May 2019 – 7 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Graham |
| Succeeded by | Hannah Irwin |
| Constituency | Bangor West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (age 30) |
| Political party | Alliance |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Assembly profile |
Connie Egan is aNorthern Irish politician who is anAlliance PartyMember of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). She was elected as an MLA in the2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election forNorth Down.[1]
Egan was elected as an Alliance Party Councillor for Bangor West DEA inArds and North Down Borough Council in the2019 local elections. She topped the poll with 20.16% of the vote and gained a seat at the expense of theDUP.[2] She was the youngest woman elected ever to the council.[citation needed]
Previously, she was employed as Constituency and Research Officer to Chair of the Assembly Education Committee, Alliance MLAChris Lyttle.
Connie Egan ran alongsideAndrew Muir, who had been co-opted into the Assembly in December 2019 to replaceStephen Farry, as an Alliance candidate for the2022 Assembly election in North Down. She polled 5,224 FPVs as Alliance increased their vote in the constituency by 10.3%. She was elected on the 9th stage, taking a seat from theGreen Party'sRachel Woods. This, combined with the loss ofClare Bailey inBelfast South, left the Greens with no representation in the Assembly.[3]
She is a member of Amnesty International and is a Governor of Trinity Nursery School Bangor.
