Career

Carroll first came to prominence as a young activist. At the age of 16 he fundraised with fellow activists to travel to Edinburgh for the Make Poverty History protest. At the Belfast City Council election, 2014 he gained one of the seven seats in the Black Mountain electoral area from Sinn Féin, coming third.

He also said "There is a lot of anger in West Belfast at the minute over the situation at Royal Victoria Hospital"s A&East, the privatisation of leisure centres and the Casement Park issues..residents have been trampled on" He contested Belfast West again at the 2015 general election, this time coming second, gaining 19.2% of the vote and reducing the Sinn Féin majority from 57.1% to 35.0%.

During his 2015 campaign he was endorsed by civil rights campaigner Bernadette McAliskey, who condemned the failure of Sinn Féin MPs to take their seats and fight for their community. Since being elected a Councillor, Carroll has criticised large pay rises for councillors, while other council staff have suffered effective pay cuts and campaigned against privatisation and cuts

In August 2014 he said "In Northern Ireland sectarianism is at the heart of the state.

I don"t accept that, but then again I don"t accept the conservative right-wing state in the south".

Achievements

• He contested the Belfast West by-election, 2011, triggered by the resignation of Gerry Adams for the People Before Profit Alliance, and won 7.6% of the vote.

Politics

Carroll describes himself as a "revolutionary socialist"

Following his election, he said that he does not describe himself as a nationalist or a unionist, instead choosing to identify as a socialist.

Views

Carroll has also criticised the sectarian nature of politics in Northern Ireland and Sinn Féin"s alleged support for capitalism.