Alliance gains two seats on Education Authority board


Alliance gains two seats on Education Authority board

Both the DUP and SDLP have lost seats to the Alliance Party on the Education Authority (EA) board following the assembly election.

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Eight of the EA board's 20 members are nominated by political parties according to the D'Hondt mechanism.

Alliance is entitled to two places on the EA board for the first time after its gains in the May election.

The former DUP assembly member (MLA) Mervyn Storey is a new member of the board after his nomination by the DUP.

He joins his party colleague Jonathan Craig - also a former MLA - with previous Democratic Unionist Party-nominated members Nelson McCausland and David Cargo stepping down.

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has nominated John Kyle for its seat on the EA board, replacing former principal Andy McMorran.

Mr Kyle joined the UUP in February, after he left the Progressive Unionist Party.

The Alliance Party has put forward its chairperson Stephen Donnelly and vice-chairperson Rachael Ferguson, who are both councillors, to sit on the EA board.

The three Sinn Féin members are unchanged - Angela Mervyn, Frank Maskey and Paul Kavanagh.

With a budget of more than £1bn and responsibility for more than 40,000 employees, the EA is one of the biggest public bodies in Northern Ireland.

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