Naomi Long

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Naomi Long MLA
Naomi Long

Incumbent
Assumed office 
2003
Constituency Belfast East

Born December 12, 1971 (1971-12-12) (age 36)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political party Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Website Alliance profile

Cllr Naomi Rachel Long MLA (born December 12, 1971) is a Northern Ireland politician.

She is Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast East and Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party.

She has taken over the mantle of John Alderdice by representing Alliance in the Westminster Belfast East elections. At the 2007 election, she more than doubled the party's vote in the constituency, placing second ahead of the Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, however the overall UUP vote was 22%. At 18.8%, her vote share was higher than that even for Alderdice in 1998.

She is a Queen's University of Belfast-certified civil engineer by vocation.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Eileen Bell
Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
2006 - present
Succeeded by
Incumbent