Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew to stand in European elections

Michelle Gildernew was first elected to Westminster in 2001 and lost the seat in 2015 by just over 500 votes, winning it back in 2017. She, like all of Sinn Féin's MPs, does not take her seat in parliament

Michelle Gildernew. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

A current Sinn Féin MP has announced that she will seek to be the party's nominee for the Midlands-North West constituency in June's European elections.

Michelle Gildernew is the current MP for Fermanagh-South Tyrone and was a Northern Ireland agriculture minister between 2007 and 2011.