10 Facts About Clare Bailey

Clare Bailey was one of the first 28 pupils of Lagan College, Northern Ireland's first integrated school.

Clare Bailey was a client escort for women accessing healthcare advice at the Belfast Marie Stopes Clinic, enduring assault and intimidation from anti-abortion protesters.

Clare Bailey was elected as an MLA in Belfast South at the 2016 Assembly election.

Clare Bailey nearly trebled the Green Party vote in the area compared to the previous Assembly election.

Clare Bailey served as the Greens' Deputy Leader until 2017.

In November 2018, Clare Bailey became Leader of the Green Party.

In March 2022, Clare Bailey secured cross-party support and successfully passed a bill through the Assembly creating 'safe zones' around abortion clinics to prevent the harassment of women.

Clare Bailey proposed her own Climate Change Bill, and ultimately succeeded in strengthening Minister Edwin Poots' eventual Climate Change Bill.

Clare Bailey said that Poots' Bill "simply wouldn't be in place" if it wasn't for the Green Party proposing a climate bill in the first place.

Clare Bailey was succeeded by Mal O'Hara in August 2022.