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A selection of the candidates for Mid Ulster.
Patsy McGlone (SDLP)
The longest-serving MLA in Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone will this year contest his seventh Assembly election, with three Westminster elections thrown in for good measure.
A fluent Irish speaker, the Ballinderry man is also the SDLP's Agriculture spokesperson and Deputy Speaker in the Assembly.
He was first elected as a councillor in the Cookstown ward in 1993, and polled 6,419 first preference votes in the 2017 Assembly election.
INTERVIEW: Patsy McGlone: the next election will be interesting
Liam Tunney speaks to Mid Ulster SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone about almost becoming Speaker in 2020, the push for climate change legislation and the tragedy of losing a child during his first Assembly election campaign back in 1998.
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