US EditionFormer Senior PSNI Officer Jon Borrows Selected as New UUP North Antrim MLA
NORTH ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND, JUL 29 – Jon Burrows, a retired Police Service of Northern Ireland superintendent, was chosen through a rigorous process to replace Colin Crawford as North Antrim MLA for the Ulster Unionist Party.
- On Tuesday, retired cop Jon Burrows was selected after an internal UUP process to fill the North Antrim Assembly seat, said the UUP.
- Earlier this year, former MLA Colin Crawford resigned after less than a year amid soul searching and a dispute over the Ulster Unionist Party statement on June’s racist rioting in Ballymena.
- Three candidates, including Jon Burrows, are vying for the North Antrim Assembly seat, with interviews on Tuesday overseen by Lord Tom Elliott.
- In a statement, the UUP said, 'Brian Thompson welcomed Burrows’s selection as an ‘exceptional individual,’' and the party thanked Colin Crawford for his efforts, ensuring continuity until Jon Burrows’s appointment.
- Looking ahead, the UUP said Burrows’s law enforcement background will be leveraged, but one source warned none of the candidates have ties to the local community.
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Former senior police officer selected to fill UUP Assembly seat in North Antrim
The vacancy was created by the resignation of Colin Crawford earlier this year.
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Former senior police officer selected to fill UUP Assembly seat in North Antrim - Jersey Evening Post
A former senior police officer has been selected to fill an Ulster Unionist Party Assembly seat in North Antrim. Jon Burrows was selected after an internal party process on Tuesday. Former North Antrim MLA Colin Crawford resigned earlier this year after less than a year in the role. The seat was previously occupied by former health minister Robin Swann, who left Stormont last year following his election as MP for South Antrim. It is understood t…
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