Preceded by Sean Farren Political party SDLP Religion Roman Catholicism | Nationality Irish Children 5 Succeeded by Jim Allister | |
Born 5 August 1951 (age 65)
Carnlough, Northern Ireland ( 1951-08-05 ) Alma mater Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Imperial College London Spouse Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan Party Social Democratic and Labour Party Education Imperial College London, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Similar Nuala O'Loan - Baroness, John Hume, Gerry Fitt, Paddy Devlin | ||
Declan O'Loan is a former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly in the North Antrim constituency, and a serving member of Ballymena Borough Council. He is a member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), but the party whip was withdrawn on 25 May 2010.
O'Loan was elected for the SDLP in the 2007 Assembly Elections. He was suspended by the SDLP after advocating a merger between the SDLP and Sinn Féin to form a single nationalist party. The SDLP had refused to make an electoral pact with Sinn Féin in the 2010 Westminster election. In the May 2011 election, O'Loan ran as an SDLP candidate for re-election to the Assembly from North Antrim, but was eliminated in the last round of ballot-counting.
Declan O'Loan is married to Nuala O'Loan, a former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. He is also the Honorary Consul of Romania in Northern Ireland. O'Loan studied at Imperial College London and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge