Declan O'Loan | |
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Member of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | |
In office 22 May 2014 – 2 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Council created |
Succeeded by | Eugene Reid |
Constituency | Ballymena |
Member of Ballymena Borough Council | |
In office 19 May 1993 – 22 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | Council abolished |
Constituency | Ballymena South |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim North | |
In office 7 March 2007 – 5 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Sean Farren |
Succeeded by | Jim Allister |
Personal details | |
Born | Carnlough, Northern Ireland | 5 August 1951
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | SDLP |
Spouse | Nuala O'Loan |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Imperial College London |
Declan O'Loan (born 5 August 1951) is a former Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim from 2007 to 2011. O’Loan was also a Member of Ballymena Borough Council from 1993 to 2014.[1] Following comments about merging with Sinn Fein, he had the SDLP whip suspended, sitting as an Independent in 2010.[2] He would later serve as a Mid and East Antrim Councillor for the Ballymena DEA from 2014 to 2019