Jonathan Stephenson

Who is Jonathan Stephenson?

Jonathan Stephenson was an Irish nationalist politician.

A Protestant born in England, Stephenson moved to Northern Ireland, where he studied at Queen's University Belfast. He joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party in the early 1980s, and became its first official press officer.

Stephenson was elected to Belfast City Council at the Northern Ireland local elections, 1993, representing the SDLP in the Castle area. He also became Deputy Chairperson of the SDLP, serving from 1995 to 1998.

In 1995, he became the party's Chairperson, serving until 1998. At the Northern Ireland Forum election in 1996, he did not stand in a constituency, but was elected as one of two regional list candidates for the SDLP, but he lost his council seat in 1997.