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Michelle Gildernew

Michelle Gildernew was a Sinn Féin candidate in Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in the UK Parliamentary general election. They were elected with 21,986 votes.

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Michelle Gildernew's policies

Statement to voters

Michelle Gildernew is from The Brantry, Co Tyrone, is married to Jimmy Taggert and has two sons, Emmet and Eunan and one daughter, Aoise.

Full statement

She comes from a large Republican family and her parents were instrumental in the squatting and subsequent eviction in Caledon in 1968.

Michelle was the Sinn Fein representative in London in the run-up to the Good Friday Agreement and was elected to the Assembly in 1998. She stood in the Westminster election in 2001, winning Bobby Sands' seat on the 20th Anniversary of his death.

As an MLA, she held various senior positions on Assembly committees and was Agriculture and Rural Development Minister from 2007 to 2011 during which time she focused heavily on anti-poverty measures in rural communities including making provision for enhanced rural childcare, broadband, rural transport.

She is involved in her local community especially in her GAA club, Aghaloo and supports amateur dramatics and the arts.

This statement was added by Michelle Gildernew, their team, or by a Democracy Club volunteer, based on information published by the candidate elsewhere.

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Michelle Gildernew online

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Michelle Gildernew's elections

Date Election Party Results Position
2019 Fermanagh and South Tyrone: UK Parliamentary general election Sinn Féin 21,986 votes (elected) 1st / 5 candidates
2017 Fermanagh and South Tyrone: UK Parliamentary general election Sinn Féin 25,230 votes (elected) 1st / 5 candidates
2017 Fermanagh and South Tyrone: Northern Ireland Assembly Election Sinn Féin Elected (vote count not available) Position not available
2016 Fermanagh and South Tyrone: Northern Ireland Assembly Election Sinn Féin Elected (vote count not available) Position not available
2015 Fermanagh and South Tyrone: UK Parliamentary general election Sinn Féin 23,078 votes (not elected) 2nd / 5 candidates
2010 Fermanagh and South Tyrone: UK Parliamentary general election Sinn Féin 21,304 votes (elected) 1st / 5 candidates
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