Katherine Newman is the Ulster Unionist Party’s new councillor for the Bangor West DEA. The move follows Linzi McLaren’s decision to resign from the council and from the UUP.
Linzi McLaren has quit the Ulster Unionist Party, saying she has concerns about the lack of female representation in the party, and that the party has made “grave errors” with the Irish language. She is stepping down from the council to allow the UUP to co-opt a replacement.
Alliance Party councillor Gillian McCollum has been moved to the Holywood and Clandeboye District Electoral Area (DEA) on Ards and North Down Borough Council, to replace David Rossiter, who stepped down from the council last month and has since left Alliance.