Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart | |
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Member of Parliament for Upper Bann | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | David Simpson |
Majority | 8,210 (16.4%) |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Upper Bann | |
In office 5 May 2016 – 13 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Moutray |
Succeeded by | Diane Dodds |
Personal details | |
Born | Aughnacloy, Northern Ireland[1] | 28 February 1985
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Spouse | Rodney Condell |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Ulster University |
Carla Rebecca Lockhart (born 28 February 1985) is a
Early life and career
Lockhart was born to Kenneth and Valerie Lockhart in
Political career
Lockhart was elected to Craigavon Borough Council in 2007, representing the Lurgan area. She was Mayor of Craigavon from 2012 to 2013, and stepped down in 2016 to run for the Assembly elections. Lockhart was President of the Local Government Association of Northern Ireland from 2015 to 2016.[3]
She worked full-time in the Lurgan DUP Advice Centre under Stephen Moutray, whilst working as a councillor.[6] Lockhart was elected as an MLA for Upper Bann in 2016.[3]
On 8 November 2019, Lockhart announced her candidacy for the Upper Bann Westminster constituency at the 2019 general election.[7] On 13 December, Lockhart won the seat in Westminster, succeeding the retiring MP David Simpson, and stepped down from her seat as MLA for Upper Bann.[2][8][9][10]
Lockhart is a governor at
Despite previously stating during a 2017 interview that having no functioning Northern Ireland Executive was one of the biggest problems facing the citizens of Northern Ireland,[6]in November 2022 Lockhart defended the DUP's collapse of the same institutions by claiming the party had a democratic mandate to do so.[11]
In December 2022, Lockhart, Miriam Cates and Rosie Duffield signed a cross-party letter asking the British Government to block the Scottish Government's Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.[12]
Personal life
Lockhart is a member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.[6] She is married to Rodney Condell, a quantity surveyor.[13]
References
- ^ "The borough's youngest-ever Mayor going up political ladder". Portadown Times. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Upper Bann parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Carla Lockhart MP". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Upper Bann: DUP's Carla Lockhart tops the poll". Belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ a b c McNeilly, Claire (29 May 2017). "I've miscarried twice, the pain was horrendous and never leaves you... If it's God's plan, I'd still like to have children". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Carla Lockhart selected for Upper Bann". Facebook. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Upper Bann: Carla Lockhart will 'lean on' predecessor MP David Simpson". The Irish News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ McClements, Freya. "Upper Bann: Carla Lockhart increases DUP lead in her first Westminster win". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Focus should be on replacing Protocol says Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart". Farming Life. 9 November 2022.
- ^ Elliards, Xander (28 December 2022). "Unionist politicians divided on Scottish gender reform amid independence concerns". The National. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Profile". mydup.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.