Michael McNamara (politician)

Michael McNamara (born 1 March 1974) is an Irish Independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016 when he was elected as a Labour Party TD.

He was a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2011 to 2016.

McNamara is a barrister and has worked at the OSCE and on human rights and democracy projects of the European Union and United Nations. He was an unsuccessful independent candidate at the 2009 European Parliament election for the North-West constituency.

In May 2015, he was expelled from the parliamentary Labour Party for voting against the government in the sale of Aer Lingus shares, the third time he voted against the government. He rejoined the parliamentary Labour Party in September 2015.

He lost his seat at the 2016 general election. He was elected as an independent candidate for the Clare constituency at the 2020 general election.

References

External links
Michael McNamara's page on the Labour Party website

 

Category:1974 births
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Category:Alumni of University College Cork
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Category:Irish barristers
Category:Labour Party (Ireland) TDs
Category:Members of the 31st Dáil
Category:Members of the 33rd Dáil
Category:Politicians from County Clare