Paula Bradley
Paula Bradley | |
|---|---|
 Bradley in 2021 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party | |
| Assumed office 28 May 2021 | |
| Leader | Edwin Poots Jeffrey Donaldson |
| Preceded by | The Lord Dodds of Duncairn |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast North | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Fred Cobain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1969 Carnmoney, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Bradley (div. 1996) |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Police officer, social worker |
Paula Bradley (born 23 June 1969) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland, who has served as Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since May 2021. She has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North since the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[1] She also served as Deputy Mayor of Newtownabbey Borough Council in 2009–10. She was elected Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party on 14 May 2021, and became the first woman to hold the office on 28 May 2021.
Bradley was first elected to Newtownabbey Council in the 2005 local election, representing the Antrim Line electoral area.[2] She served as deputy mayor in 2009–2010 and was elected mayor in June 2010.[3] Outside politics, she has worked as a social worker at Antrim Area Hospital.[4]
In July 2021 Bradley said that some of the things said about the LGBT community by her party colleagues had been “absolutely atrocious” and that she was sorry: “I can certainly say I apologise for what others have said and done in the past, because I do think there have been some very hurtful comments and some language that really should not have been used.”[5]
References[]
- ^ "Election results 2011: Northern Ireland assembly results in full". The Guardian. 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Newtownabbey local election results". ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Bradley is 'very honoured' to be new Mayor". newtownabbeytoday.co.uk. Newtownabbey Times. 9 June 2010.
- ^ "War widow's pledge for Army wives". Belfast Telegraph. 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Donaldson apologises for DUP members' past LGBT remarks".
External links[]
- Profile on BBC Democracy Live (archived)
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