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Órfhlaith Begley
MP
Begley in 2019
Member of Parliament
for West Tyrone

Incumbent

Assumed office
3 May 2018
Preceded byBarry McElduff
Majority15,917 (36.5%)
Personal details
Born

Órfhlaith Acife Begley


(1991-12-19) 19 December 1991 (age 32)
Carrickmore, Northern Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
Spouse

Conor Carson

​

(m. 2022)​
Alma materQueen's University Belfast

Órfhlaith Acife Begley (/ˈɔːrlə/; born 19 December 1991) is a Sinn Féin politician from Northern Ireland. She is Member of Parliament (MP) for West Tyrone, having first won the seat in a by-election on 3 May 2018. Prior to her political career, Begley was a solicitor.

Early life and career

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Órfhlaith Acife Begley[1] was born on 19 December 1991 in Carrickmore, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.[2] She is the daughter of former Sinn Féin Omagh District Council chairman Seán Begley.[3] Begley grew up in Carrickmore, and played Gaelic football at the local club.[4] She studied Law and Politics at the Queen's University Belfast.[5] She then studied at the Institute of Professional and Legal Studies, graduating as a solicitor. Begley then worked as a solicitor in Portadown, County Armagh with her brother.[4]

Political career

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Begley was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate for West Tyrone in the 2018 West Tyrone by-election on 26 February. The by-election had been called following the resignation of the previous Sinn Féin MP Barry McElduff on 15 January.[3] She was elected with a majority of 7,956.[6] Begley was the first female MP to represent the constituency since it was created in 1997.[5] She held the seat in the 2019 general election with a majority of 7,478.[7] She does not sit in the House of Commons, given her party's long-standing policy of abstentionism.[5]

Personal life

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Begley became engaged to engineer Conor Carson in February 2021, and they married on 29 December 2022 in Carrickmore.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 8218". The Belfast Gazette. 23 December 2019. p. 1002.
  • ^ Dale, Iain (2019). The Honourable Ladies : Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019. La Vergne: Biteback Publishing. ISBN 9781785904479.
  • ^ a b Bell, Jonathan (26 February 2018). "Sinn Fein picks solicitor Orfhlaith Begley (26) to fight candidate West Tyrone by-election". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  • ^ a b Breen, Suzanne (5 May 2018). "Party's latest female face ticks right boxes but has to up game". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  • ^ a b c "Órfhlaith Begley profile: Who is the new West Tyrone MP?". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  • ^ "SF's Begley wins West Tyrone by-election". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  • ^ Keena, Colm (13 December 2019). "West Tyrone: Órfhlaith Begley wins comfortably for Sinn Féin". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  • ^ Leebody, Christopher (30 December 2022). "Newly-married Sinn Fein MP's wedding snap sees her inundated with well wishes". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  • ^ Breen, Nadia (13 January 2023). "Inside My Wedding: Co Tyrone couple's beautiful day at Manor House Hotel". Belfast Live. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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