Sian Mulholland

Sian Mulholland (née O'Neill) is a Northern Irish politician who has been an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since April 2023.

Political career Belfast City Council (2015-22) In September 2015, Mulholland was co-opted onto Belfast City Council for the constituency of Ormiston following the resignation of Laura McNamee. Prior to being co-opted, Mulholland worked as a caseworker for Alliance Party leader Naomi Long.

Lisburn & Castlereagh Council (2022-23) Mulholland, already a member of Belfast City Council, was co-opted onto Lisburn & Castlereagh Council to fill the vacancy left by David Honeyford's election to the Assembly.

Member of the Legislative Assembly (2023-present) On 6 April 2023, Mulholland was sworn in as MLA for North Antrim following the resignation of Patricia O'Lynn.

She contested North Antrim at the 2024 general election, coming fourth and outpolling the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) candidate, winning 4,488 votes (10.9%).

Personal life In November 2018, Mulholland married Kieran Mulholland, a Sinn Féin councillor on the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. and a daughter born five weeks before the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly.