Steve McBride (politician)

Career

McBride is active in the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI). He became the Chairman of APNI in the 1990s, and in 1996 was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing Belfast South. At the 1997 general election, McBride took 12.9% of the vote and fourth place in the Westminster seat of Belfast South. At the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election he narrowly missed out on a seat, despite coming third on first preference votes in the six seat constituency.