Declan O'Loan (born 5 August 1951) is an Irish former politician who served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim from 2007 to 2011. O’Loan was previously a member of Ballymena Borough Council. He is a member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), but the party whip was withdrawn on 25 May 2010. O'Loan was elected for the SDLP in the 2007 Assembly Elections. He was suspended by the SDLP after advocating a merger between the SDLP and Sinn Féin to form a single nationalist party. The SDLP had refused to make an electoral pact with Sinn Féin in the 2010 Westminster election. In the May 2011 election, O'Loan ran as an SDLP candidate for re-election to the Assembly from North Antrim, but was eliminated in the last round of ballot-counting. Declan O'Loan is married to Nuala O'Loan, a former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. He is also the Honorary Consul of Romania in Northern Ireland. O'Loan studied at Imperial College London and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Organisational membership Secretary of the Association of SDLP Councillors Chair of Ballymena District Policing Partnership Chair of Ballymena Community Safety Partnership Member of the Board of Ballymena Citizens Advice Bureau Member of the Board of Ballymena Community Forum Member of the Ballymena Local Strategy Partnership Member of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council References External links Official website 1951 births Living people Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Alumni of Imperial College London Members of Ballymena Borough Council Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 People from Ballymena Politicians from County Antrim Spouses of life peers