Alison Gilliland
Alison Gilliland | |
|---|---|
Gilliland in 2019 | |
| Dublin City Councillor | |
| In office 24 May 2014 – 7 June 2024 | |
| Constituency | Artane-Whitehall |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office 29 June 2021 – 27 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Hazel Chu |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Conroy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 56–57) Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Alma mater | |
Alison Gilliland (born 1968) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2021 to 2022.
In June 2021, she was elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin, succeeding Hazel Chu. Gilliland was elected unopposed, and supported by the Labour Party, Fianna Fáil, Green Party, and the Social Democrats.
She was elected to Dublin City Council (DCC) for the Artane-Whitehall local electoral area in 2014. She chaired the DCC Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) on Housing and a member of the Finance SPC, and sat as an alternate member to the European Committee of the Regions and on the Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX).
Gilliland did not contest the 2024 Dublin City Council election.