John Finucane

John Finucane
Finucane in 2022
Member of Parliament
for Belfast North
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byNigel Dodds
Majority5,612 (13.9%)
76th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2019 – 18 December 2019
DeputyPeter McReynolds
Preceded byDeirdre Hargey
Succeeded byDaniel Baker
Member of Belfast City Council
for Castle
In office
7 May 2019 – 13 December 2019
Preceded byMary Campbell
Succeeded byConor Maskey
Personal details
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin
Children4
Parent
EducationSt Malachy's College
OccupationPolitician

John Finucane (born 1980) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and solicitor. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast North since the 2019 general election.[1][2][3] He has never taken his seat in Westminster, due to his party's longstanding policy of abstentionism.

  1. ^ "Finucane, John". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ Bogue, Declan (5 October 2019). "John Finucane on being 'Lord Mayor for all', reaching out to unionists, his dad's murder and GAA heroics". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. ^ Breen, Suzanne (17 November 2019). "General Election: Nigel Dodds v John Finucane will prove litmus test for bitterest foes in North Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 November 2019.