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- Seamus_Close abstract "Seamus Anthony Close OBE (born 12 August 1947) is a Northern Irish politician, former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley and a former deputy leader of the Alliance Party.In August 1981 he was the Alliance candidate for the second Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election. The following year under the redistribution and expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies his local political base became part of the new Lagan Valley constituency which he has contested in the Alliance interest in all elections since 1983 apart from the 1986 by-election called in protest against the Anglo-Irish Agreement when the local Alliance branch declined to contest the seat as they believed the by-election was a political stunt.Close also held several positions in the Alliance, including serving as Chair between 1981 and 1982 and as Deputy Leader from 1991 until 2001. He was often a member of the key Alliance delegations in successive talks about the future of the province, culminating in the Belfast Agreement of 1998.In the 1996 elections for the Northern Ireland Forum Close stood at the head of the Alliance's list for Lagan Valley but the party failed to secure enough votes to win one of the local seats. Close was also included on the province-wide list and as the most senior Alliance member to not be elected locally he won one of Alliance's two seats. In the 1998 election for the new Northern Ireland Assembly he topped the poll in Lagan Valley and gained a further personal triumph in the 2001 general election when he had the highest vote share of any Alliance candidate.In June 2001 he resigned as Deputy Leader of the party, citing differences with the leadership of Séan Neeson. Close has remained a member of the Assembly and successfully held his seat in the 2003 Assembly election.In July 2005, Mr Close proposed that the Lisburn Council deny gay couples access to the council's designated wedding facility if they were seeking a civil partnership under the Civil Partnership Act 2004. The council adopted his recommendation to the great annoyance of many liberal campaigners. This ran against Alliance policy, which had been strongly supportive of the introduction of civil partnership laws, and he was publicly criticised by other senior party members.In November 2006, Close announced that he was retiring from politics In the 2007 election he was succeeded as Alliance Party Lagan Valley Assembly representative by current Mayor of Lisburn, Councillor Trevor Lunn.Close was succeeded as Mayor of Lisburn by Harry Lewis".
- Seamus_Close birthDate "1947-08-12".
- Seamus_Close birthYear "1947".
- Seamus_Close office "Northern Ireland".
- Seamus_Close party Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland.
- Seamus_Close predecessor Good_Friday_Agreement.
- Seamus_Close region Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency).
- Seamus_Close successor Trevor_Lunn.
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- Seamus_Close wikiPageWikiLinkText "Seamus Close".
- Seamus_Close after Eileen_Bell.
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- Seamus_Close assembly "Northern Ireland".
- Seamus_Close before Gordon_Mawhinney.
- Seamus_Close before Ivan_Davis_(politician).
- Seamus_Close before "New creation".
- Seamus_Close birthDate "1947-08-12".
- Seamus_Close birthName "Seamus Anthony Close".
- Seamus_Close constituencyAm Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency).
- Seamus_Close dateOfBirth "1947-08-12".
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- Seamus_Close name "Close, Seamus".
- Seamus_Close name "Seamus Close".
- Seamus_Close party Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland.
- Seamus_Close predecessor Belfast_Agreement.
- Seamus_Close predecessor Good_Friday_Agreement.
- Seamus_Close shortDescription "British politician".
- Seamus_Close spouse "Dierdre".
- Seamus_Close successor Trevor_Lunn.
- Seamus_Close termEnd "2007-03-07".
- Seamus_Close termStart "1998-06-25".
- Seamus_Close title Lisburn_City_Council.
- Seamus_Close title Mayor_of_Lisburn.
- Seamus_Close title "Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland".
- Seamus_Close title "MLA for Lagan Valley".
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- Seamus_Close years "1991".
- Seamus_Close years "1993".
- Seamus_Close years "1998".
- Seamus_Close description "British politician".
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- Seamus_Close subject Category:1947_births.
- Seamus_Close subject Category:Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland_MLAs.