Danny O'Connor (born 1965) is an Irish former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 1998 to 2003.
[1] The same year, he stood for the party at the 1997 Westminster election in East Antrim, but received only 4.6% of the votes cast.
[4] In 2007, O'Connor was criticized for referring to a disabled colleague, DUP councillor Bobby McKee, as "stumpy".
Despite being at odds with his previous nationalism, O'Connor cites the DUP's policy on issues like abortion and gay rights as closer in line with his traditional Catholic beliefs than the SDLP or Sinn Féin's.
O'Connor said that he did not feel comfortable associating himself with any political party in Northern Ireland and was undeterred about standing as an independent.