The 43-year-old said he sees no future for the Ulster Unionist Party, adding: 'We have a leader struggling to work out what the point of our party is.'
A councillor has quit the Ulster Unionist Party over "completely chaotic" plans for May's local government elections.
Mr McClean told Belfast Live that he and others raised "serious concerns" with the party leadership but they were "basically batted away". Mr McClean was first elected in 2014 in the Bangor Central area, and was re-elected in 2019 in Holywood and Clandeboye.Each received under half the quota of first-preference votes needed to be deemed elected, but Mr McClean secured a seat based on vote transfers.
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