Catherine Nelson

Catherine Nelson (born Catherine Seeley; 26 November 1987) is a Sinn Féin politician from Northern Ireland. She was an MLA for Upper Bann from the 2016 election until 2017.

Previously a schoolteacher at the non-denominational Belfast Boys' Model School, she resigned after allegedly enduring a campaign of harassment, which began after she was co-opted as a Sinn Féin councillor on Craigavon Borough Council in 2014. The Protestant Coalition opposed her employment at the school over her affiliation with Sinn Féin.

On 16 January 2017, it was announced she would not seeking re-election at the 2017 assembly election and would return to work as a schoolteacher.

In 2018, she was co-opted as a councillor onto Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.

On 25 May 2024, Nelson was announced as the Sinn Fein candidate for Upper Bann in the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Provided by Wikipedia