Mary Dolores Kelly (born 3 September 1959) is an Irish nationalist former politician who served as deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2011 to 2015.

Dolores Kelly attended St Michael's Grammar School, Lurgan and then the University of Ulster, Jordanstown.

She worked as an occupational therapist in the Craigavon Area Hospital and in social services in Banbridge.

[7] She lost her seat in the 2016 Assembly election[8] but regained it and rejoined the Policing Board in 2017, at the expense of Sinn Féin.

[9] Kelly has called for the establishment of an all-island registry for those convicted of animal cruelty.