Harold McKee was born on 28 December 1957 and is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was a Newry Mourne and Down Councillor for The Mournes DEA from 2014 to 2016, and then again from 2019 until 2023.
12 Facts About Harold McKee
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Harold McKee was first elected onto Newry and Mourne District Council at the 2011 local elections, representing The Mournes District, for the Ulster Unionist Party.
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Harold McKee was re-elected at the 2014 local elections, this time onto the successor Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.
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Harold McKee stood in South Down at the 2015 general election, finishing third with 3,964 votes.
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Harold McKee warned against the collapsing of the Northern Ireland Executive in January 2017, expressing concern that the agri-food sector would be damaged in any such event.
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Harold McKee was defeated at the 2017 Assembly election, when the number of seats were reduced from six to five.
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Harold McKee made a comeback to Newry, Mourne and Down at the 2019 local elections, being the sixth candidate returned in The Mournes.
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In October 2021, Harold McKee resigned from the UUP, citing disagreements over the 'liberal' direction the party was heading in, under Doug Beattie's leadership.
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Harold McKee said it was "becoming very difficult to endorse a leader who is constantly to the fore promoting liberal issues".
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The party will continue to hold out the hand of friendship as Harold McKee takes a new path.
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Harold McKee was announced as TUV's candidate for South Down in December 2021, ahead of the 2022 Assembly election.
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Harold McKee lost his seat to Alliance's Jill Truesdale at the 2023 local elections, being eliminated on the eighth count with 880 first-preferences.