Belfast City Council is supporting a call for Northern Ireland residents to regain their vote in future European Union Parliamentary Elections, post-Brexit.
A knife-edge vote at the council’s Climate and Resilience Committee saw a SDLP proposal pass calling on the British and Irish governments, as well as the European Commission, to allow Northern Ireland a seat at the European parliament despite the UK no longer being part of the EU.
The vote was carried by the Sinn Fein chair of the committee, Councillor John Gormley, after six Sinn Fein and SDLP councillors voted for the proposal, to six DUP and UUP councillors, who voted against. No Alliance, Green or People Before Profit councillors attended the debate.
