Ms Claire Sugden

Title: Ms
Official Last Name: Sugden
Official First Name: Claire
Usual First Name: Claire
Party: Independent
Constituency: East Londonderry

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Independent	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Independent	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Independent	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Independent	Party Member	06/05/2014 - 30/03/2016

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
06/05/2014	East Londonderry	Unionist, Replaced Mr D McClarty
12/05/2016	East Londonderry	Unionist, elected following substitution
13/03/2017	East Londonderry	Unionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	East Londonderry	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
19/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Business Committee
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office
08/06/2021 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
03/03/2020 - 20/10/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
20/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
25/05/2016 - 02/03/2017	Minister	Department of Justice
12/05/2014 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Employment and Learning

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
02/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Online Safety for Children and Young People
14/04/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
27/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Arts
24/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on LGBTQIA+ Equality
15/11/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Skills
26/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
05/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Arts
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
30/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Learning Disability
29/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Mental Health
28/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Fuel Poverty
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
24/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare
23/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Community Pharmacy
16/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
11/07/2022 - 26/06/2023	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
30/06/2022 - 05/06/2023	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
08/07/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
08/06/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on MS and Neurology
18/02/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Community Pharmacy
23/11/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare
13/10/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
01/07/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
01/07/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Fair Banking and Finance
12/06/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
28/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Football
30/04/2018 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Country Sports
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
08/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Muscular Dystrophy
08/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
24/04/2017 - 01/07/2020	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Muscular Dystrophy
27/11/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Sexual Health
27/11/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Learning Disability.
29/10/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
29/10/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Multiple Sclerosis
08/09/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Children and Young People
14/05/2014 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security

Contacts

Register of Interests

1. Employment and Earnings

Participant in two panel discussions during the two-day “Dignity & Development Conference” at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA on 2-3 March 2023, which was organised by the Keough School of Global Affairs; and an additional lecture to university students in the same week. Remuneration: one-off honorarium payment of US$5,000 dollars from the University of Notre Dame. Hours worked: approximately twenty hours involved in preparation and events. (Registered 6 April 2023)

2. Donations and other support

Michael McAdam (Movie House Cinemas), Entertainment Complex - donated £1,000 towards May 2022 Election costs.

Nigel Hamilton (Bishops), Retail Store - donated £1,000 towards May 2022 Election costs.

Michael Forde (Individual) - donated £100 towards May 2022 Election costs.

Sharman Wilson (Individual) - donated £1,000 towards May 2022 Election costs.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality

None

4. Visits

6-13 November 2022: I was in Washington DC as a fellow of the Vital Voices Engage Programme for in-person professional development training. Vital Voices Global Partnership is a non-profit organisation based in Washington DC which supports leadership development of women across the world. The total cost of the trip, including travel, accommodation and meals, was covered by Vital Voices and was approximately US$2,500. (Registered 6 December 2022)

28 February–5 March 2023. I visited the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA to participate in the "Dignity & Development Conference" organised by the Keough School of Global Affairs. The total cost of the visit, including travel, accommodation and hospitality, was approximately US$2,500, which was met by the University of Notre Dame. (Registered 6 April 2023)

5. Shareholdings

None

6. Land and Property

None

7. Miscellaneous

My husband is a full-time lecturer in Northern Regional College.

8. Unremunerated interests

Patron, Compass Advocacy Network, October 2016 to present.

Board Member, The Big Telly Theatre Company, Portstewart, 4 March 2019 to present.

Member, Advisory Panel, The Hummingbird Project, 1 October 2019 to present.

Board Member, Enterprise Causeway Ltd (commenced 24 March 2023). (Registered 17 April 2023)

9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None

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