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==External links== |
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*[http://www.stevenagnew.net/ Steven Agnew website] - Official website for Steven Agnew |
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*[http://twitter.com/StevenAgnew Steven Agnew on twitter] |
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*[http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Steven-Agnew/672339178 Stephen Agnew on facebook] |
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*[http://www.greenpartyni.org/ Green Party NI] - Official website of the Green Party in Northern Ireland. |
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*[http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs_11/agnew_s.htm Stephen Agnew MLA profile] |
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Revision as of 13:56, 17 May 2011
Steven Agnew | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland | |
| Assumed office January 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1979 Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Occupation | Politician |
Steven Agnew (born 12 October 1979) is the leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland. He was elected as an MLA to the Northern Ireland Assembly in May 2011.
Agnew was born in Dundonald and studied at Grosvenor Grammar School and Queen's University Belfast.[1] He sang with a band named "The Killing Spree", worked with homeless people. He joined the Green Party in 2003, during its campaign against the invasion of Iraq.[2]
At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007, Agnew stood in Belfast East, where he took 2.2% of the vote and was not elected. Brian Wilson was successful for the party at the election, and Agnew became his full-time research officer.[2] He was the party's candidate for the European Parliament election, 2009, where he increased the party's share to 3.3%, although he still came bottom of the poll.[3] At the UK general election, 2010, he stood in North Down, taking 3.1% of the votes cast.[4]
In January 2011, Agnew was elected as the first leader of the Green Party, beating Cadogan Enright in a postal ballot. He successfully contested the North Down seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011.[5]
References
- ^ Mark McCormick, "STEVEN AGNEW, GREEN PARTY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CANDIDATE", South Down Greens
- ^ a b Profile: Steven Agnew", BBC News, 12 May 2009
- ^ "European election result", BBC News, 8 June 2009
- ^ "Election 2010: Constituency: North Down", BBC News
- ^ "First Northern Ireland leader for Green Party", BBC News, 10 January 2011
External links
- Steven Agnew website - Official website for Steven Agnew
- Steven Agnew on twitter
- Stephen Agnew on facebook
- Green Party NI - Official website of the Green Party in Northern Ireland.
- Stephen Agnew MLA profile
