Daniel McCrossan

Daniel McCrossan MLA

Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Tyrone
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 January 2016
Preceded by	Joe Byrne (politician)
Personal details
Born	(1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 Strabane, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	SDLP
Residence	Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Alma mater	Liverpool John Moores University
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website	SDLP profile

Daniel McCrossan LLB(Hons) (born 20 October 1988) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly for West Tyrone.

McCrossan attended Liverpool John Moores University where he undertook a Law Degree. He has an LLB(Hons) in Law and is currently writing his PHD in Law.

From 2011 to 2016 he served as the SDLP's Constituency Representative for West Tyrone. He was also a member of the SDLP's National Executive from 2012 to 2015. In May 2015 he was stood for the United Kingdom general election, 2015 for the constituency of West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency). He obtained 6,444 votes but was unsuccessful in toppling the incumbent.^[1]

In January 2016 he was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly to replace retiring MLA Joe Byrne (politician) who stepped aside due to health reasons.^[2]

References

↑ "Election Results". Retrieved 8 May 2015.
↑ "Election Co-Option". Retrieved 29 December 2015.

Political offices
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by Joe Byrne (politician)	MLA for West Tyrone 2016-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)

Leadership

Leaders	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 Leaders	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–present)

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) Rosemary Flanagan (acting, 2015) Roisin Lynch (acting, 2015) Ronan McCay (2015–present)

General Secretary	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–present)

Elected representatives

Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly	Alex Attwood Dominic Bradley Daniel McCrossan John Dallat Mark H. Durkan Colum Eastwood Claire Hanna Dolores Kelly Alban Maginness Patsy McGlone Karen McKevitt Fearghal McKinney Gerard Diver Seán Rogers

Members of the UK Parliament	Mark Durkan (Foyle) Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South) Margaret Ritchie (South Down)

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