Karen McKevitt is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 representing South Down.
She stood in the Newry and Armagh constituency in the 2016 Assembly Election, polling 3,923 First Preference Votes but failed to win a seat.
McKevitt entered politics in 2005, when she was elected to Newry and Mourne council, topping the poll in the Crotlieve electoral area.McKevitt was elected to the Crotlieve DEA on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council at the 2019 Local Government Election.