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Sinn Fein ask Anderson and Mullan to step down

written by cassoscoop April 29, 2021
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Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Martina Anderson

SINN Féin have asked two Foyle MLAs to consider their positions following a party restructure in Derry.

It is understood Martina Anderson and Karen Mullan were informed last week by party officials, the Irish Examiner has reported.

Previously, the party have said they “accepted recommendations from a review” and will begin to set up an electoral strategy group in Derry.

No details have been given about who will step aside and who will replace them.

It follows concerns by Sinn Féin around recent disastrous election results in the Foyle constituency.

In the 2019 UK General Election, then Sinn Féin MP Elisha McCallion lost her Foyle seat to SDLP leader Colum Eastwood by more than 17,000 votes.

Months earlier, the party lost five seats on Derry City and Strabane District Council, losing its position as the largest party at council level.

Sinn Féin has said the strategy group will now be established in the Foyle constituency ahead of next year’s Assembly elections.

Both Ms Anderson and Ms Mullan were co-opted into the Stormont Assembly in 2017.

Ms Anderson, who stepped down from her MEP role in 2017, replaced Raymond McCartney in March that year.

Sinn Fein Foyle MLA
Karen Mullan

Previously, Ms Anderson served as an MLA for Foyle from 2007 to 2012.

Karen Mullan replaced Elisha McCallion as a Foyle MLA in June 2017 following Mrs McCallion’s election as an MP for Foyle.

Sinn Fein ask Anderson and Mullan to step down was last modified: April 30th, 2021 by cassoscoop

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