Welcome to the web site of David Ford

MLA for South Antrim and Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Since 1998 I have been Alliance's member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim. I am now the senior MLA for South Antrim, as the only member returned for the constituency at all three elections - in 1998, 2003 and 2007. In 1998 and 2003, I was elected sixth. At the most recent election, I was elected third, behind Mitchell McLaughlin (SF) and William McCrea (DUP), ahead of David Burnside (UUP), Trevor Clarke (DUP) and Thomas Burns (SDLP). I am also a member of Antrim Borough Council, where I served from 1993 to 2001 and was again elected in 2005.

This site contains information, speeches and articles about the vital issues affecting South Antrim and the future of Northern Ireland. I will be regularly updating the site so that people can easily find out where I and the Alliance Party stand on the key issues. Speeches in the Assembly are available via the key speeches tab on the left, including a link to Hansard (the Official Report).

Further information can be found at the main Alliance website.

Archive of earlier news stories.