'I’m embarrassed for getting emotional about winning but I was tearful, I was overwhelmed and so, so grateful for every X in the box'
It was a trouncing Alex Easton could only dream of until he awoke yesterday afternoon, newly appointed as an MP and checking his pulse to make sure it was real.
Sitting in jeans and T-shirt, appearing shell shocked by his new reality, Alex gave his first post-victory interview, and said: “I’m shattered, I’m elated, I’m shocked and delighted. I’m embarrassed for getting emotional about winning but I was tearful, I was overwhelmed and so, so grateful for every X in the box - and I’m excited to get started.”
“Then when the results were called out and I was announced as elected, I almost buckled. I wanted to call my dad and tell him, ‘We did it,’, I wanted to hear him and mum cheering down the phone. It was one of the happiest and saddest moments of my life. Alex says his election campaign really started two years ago and the result is the backing of the people he had always wanted to help and to represent.
His announcement came just hours after the DUP met to ratify Jeffrey Donaldson MP as its new leader in July 2021.But today the former DUP leader himself is no longer the party chief or a member of the party after resigning following his arrest and charge in March 2024, over allegations of non recent sexual offences.
But before he heads to Belfast City Airport, he has one very important decision to make: who will take over his MLA position in North Down.
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