Sinéad Bradley

Politician from Northern Ireland

Sinéad Bradley

Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down
In office 5 May 2016 – 28 March 2022
Preceded by	Karen McKevitt
Succeeded by	Patrick Brown

Personal details
Born	(1972-02-17) 17 February 1972 (age 52) Burren, County Down, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Relations	P. J. Bradley (father)

Sinéad Bradley (born 17 February 1972) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician from Northern Ireland. She was an MLA for South Down from the 2016 election, but did not contest the 2022 election.^[1]^[2] She was the SDLP spokesperson on Economy and Health.^[3]^[4]

Background

She was born in the Burren, County Down to former MLA P. J. Bradley and his wife Leontia. Sinéad was the campaign manager for her father's successful 1998 Assembly election campaign.^[5]

She attended Ballyholland Primary School and St. Mary's High School, Newry. She then went to Manchester Metropolitan University from which she obtained a BSc(Hons) in Business studies and IT. She qualified as a teacher in 1996.^[6]

Bradley married John Challinor in 2000. The couple have a son.^[7]

References

^ "South Down - Northern Ireland Assembly constituency - Election 2016". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^ Manley, John (25 May 2021). "SDLP's Sinéad Bradley announces that she won't contest the next assembly election". The Irish News. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
^ "Newry's Sinead Bradley takes on SDLP Health Spokesperson role | Latest Newry News, Newry Sport and Newry Business for Newry City". Latest Newry News | Newry Sport and Newry Business for Newry City. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "South Down MLA". Social Democratic and Labour Party. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "SDLP victor Sinead Bradley buries party veteran father". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ "MLA Sinead Bradley: My husband was diagnosed with MS at 30, it really knocked us off our tracks". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "SDLP victor Sinead Bradley buries party veteran father". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by Karen McKevitt	MLA for South Down 2016–2022	Next: Patrick Brown

Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)

Leadership
Leader	Gerry Fitt (1970–1979) John Hume (1979–2001) Mark Durkan (2001–2010) Margaret Ritchie (2010–2011) Alasdair McDonnell (2011–2015) Colum Eastwood (2015–present)
Deputy Leader	John Hume (1970–1979) Seamus Mallon (1979–2001) Bríd Rodgers (2001–2004) Alasdair McDonnell (2004–2010) Patsy McGlone (2010–2011) Dolores Kelly (2011–2015) Fearghal McKinney (2015–2016) Nichola Mallon (2017–2022)
Chair	Eddie McGrady (1971–1973) Denis Haughey (1973–1978) Bríd Rodgers (1978–1980) Sean Farren (1980–1984) Alban Maginness (1984–1990) Mark Durkan (1990–1995) Jonathan Stephenson (1995–1998) Jim Lennon (1998–2000) Alex Attwood (2000–2004) Patricia Lewsley (2004–2007) Eddie McGrady (2007–2009) Joe Byrne (2009–2012) John Dallat (2012–2013) John Clayton (2013–2015) Ronan McCay (2015–2017) Colin McGrath (2017–2023) Daniel McCrossan (2023–present)
General Secretary (until 2016) Party Manager (since 2016)	Paddy Wilson (1970–1972) John Duffy (1972–1975) Dan McAreavey (1975–1980) Don Canning (1980–1981) Bríd Rodgers (1981–1983) Eamon Hanna (1983–1986) Patsy McGlone (1986–1992) Gerry Cosgrove (1992–2016) Catherine Matthews (2016–present)

Elected representatives

Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly	Mark H. Durkan Cara Hunter Daniel McCrossan Patsy McGlone Colin McGrath Sinead McLaughlin Matthew O'Toole
Members of the UK Parliament	Colum Eastwood Claire Hanna Historical list