Maurice Devenney

Alderman Maurice Devenney (born 1 January 1959) is a British politician formerly of the Democratic Unionist Party who previously represented Foyle in the Northern Ireland Assembly. He took office on 20 October 2014 after succeeding retiring party member William Hay.[2] He resigned in April 2015 to concentrate on his council work.

Maurice Devenney
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Foyle
In office
20 October 2014 – 25 March 2015
Preceded byWilliam Hay
Succeeded byGary Middleton
Mayor of Derry
In office
2011–2012
Preceded byColum Eastwood
Succeeded byKevin Campbell
Personal details
Born (1959-01-01) 1 January 1959[1]
Donegal, Republic of Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyIndependent Unionist (from 2016)
DUP (till 2016)

From 2005 to 2014 he was a member of Derry City Council and between 2011 and 2012 he served as Mayor of the city.[3] He was elected to the successor council of Derry and Strabane in 2014.

In February 2016 he resigned from the DUP. He had a few weeks beforehand, been suspended from the party. The suspension was linked to an allegation that Devenney had encouraged DUP voters to instead vote for the SDLP candidate Mark Durkan outside a polling station. Devenney later denied these allegations and claimed were part of an underlying scheme by the Democratic Unionist Party to withdraw him from the organisation for having opposing political views.[4]

References
  1. "MLA Details: Mr Maurice Devenney". Aims.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. "Londonderry DUP councillor Maurice Devenney to replace Hay as MLA - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. John Mulgrew (20 October 2014). "DUP appoints Maurice Devenney as MLA for Foyle: Replacement for ex-Assembly Speaker Willie Hay". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. "DUP: Former MLA Maurice Devenney resigns from party" BBC News 17 February 2016
Civic offices
Preceded by
Colum Eastwood		 Mayor of Derry
2011 to 2012		 Succeeded by
Kevin Campbell
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
William Hay		 MLA for Foyle
2014 – 2015		 Succeeded by
Gary Middleton
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