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06 Sept 2025

AE22 EAST DERRY: Final list of election candidates confirmed

Nominations for selection closed this evening.

EAST DERRY: Final list of election candidates confirmed

A selection of the candidates for East Derry.

Caoimhe Archibald (Sinn Féin)

A native of Coleraine, Caoimhe Archibald first stood for Sinn Féin in the 2015 Westminster election, and was first elected as an MLA in the 2016 election with 4,002 first preference votes.

The following year, she topped the poll at the 2017 Assembly election with an increased 14% of the overall vote.

She enters the 2022 election with a different running mate, having surpassed Cathal Ó hOisín at the last two Assembly elections.

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