Preceded by Michael Copeland Children Carter & Chloe Party Ulster Unionist Party Nationality British Residence Belfast Unit Royal Irish Regiment | Name Andy (politician) Service/branch British Army Spouse(s) Natalie Role Politician Allegiance United Kingdom | |
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Born 2 November 1988 (age 35)
Belfast, Northern Ireland ( 1988-11-02 ) | ||
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Andy allen mla
Andy Allen MLA (born 2 November 1988) is an Ulster Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland and a former soldier in the British Army. He served in the War in Afghanistan in 2008.
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Biography
Since September 215, Allen has sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East. He was co-opted to replace Michael Copeland, who had resigned his seat due to health reasons.
He is a veteran of the War in Afghanistan, and was left a double above knee amputee and partially blind as a result of a Taliban Improvised Explosive Device (I.E.D) attack in Helmand.
He featured in the BAFTA winning documentary, "Wounded." The documentary followed his journey from being injured in Afghanistan, which was caught on camera by one of his colleagues to his admission to Sellyoak Hospital in Birmingham, and his overall recovery. He is the founder of AA Veterans Support a charity setup to provide support to service personnel,veterans and their families in Northern Ireland.
