Declan Macey

Declan Macey
Emmerdale character
Portrayed by	Jason Merrells
Introduced by	Gavin Blyth
Duration	2010—
First appearance	15 April 2010
Classification	Present; regular
Profile
Date of birth	1968
Home	Home Farm
Occupation	Businessman
Family Wife Ella Hart (1991–2010)[citation needed] Father Dermot Macey Half sisters Megan Macey[1] Adoptive daughters Mia Macey Romances Natasha Wylde (2010) Alicia Gallagher (2010) Charity Tate (2010) Katie Sugden (2011—)

Declan Macey is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale, introduced in an episode that aired on the 15 April 2010. He is portrayed by Jason Merrells.

Creation

In January 2010 it was announced that former Waterloo Road star Jason Merrells would be joining the cast of Emmerdale as Natasha Wylde's new love interest. When the actress who plays Natasha quit the role, Declan become the new owner of Home Farm. In mid 2010, it was announced that a new dynasty would hit Home Farmit included Declan's estranged ex-wife, their daughter and his father, however they left in 2011 after being axed by series producer, Stuart Blackburn. Although it was announced in October 2011, that Gaynor Faye had joined the cast as Megan Macey, Declan's half sister. ^[2].

Storylines

2010—

Declan was introduced to Emmerdale in April 2010 as friend of Jai and Nikhil Sharma.^[3] Declan is first seen when he is chatted up by Mrs. Charity Tate and falls into her trap. She steals his car keys and drives off in his car. Declan later appears in the pub with Jai and Nikhil and spots Charity without her wig on and then blackmails her by saying if she goes on a date with him, he will not call the police, so she did so and they ended up kissing in the corridor of the Woolpack. But he already knew that Charity and Cain were together and did it to make Cain jealous after Charity revealed that he was her partner in crime. After giving the Sharma brothers some advice about Home Farm, Declan buys a share in Home Farm himself from Natasha Wylde, unaware that it is her son Nathan's share of the estate.

When Nathan returns, he takes an instant dislike to Declan and tells him that he wants his share back. Declan refuses and Nathan realises that he won't be able to push Declan around. Declan and Natasha then got very close and they ended up kissing. A relationship then developed between them. They decided to keep their relationship private from the rest of the village.

Declan soon purchases a property in the village that he intended to move into and gets a phone number from Adam Barton about a builder that could do the renovating to his property. The builder turns out to be Jackson Walsh, which causes tension with the garage workers Aaron Livesy, Jackson's boyfriend and Cain Dingle, who had already had a run-in with Declan over his car theft.

In July 2010 Declan took Natasha to a health spa for a treat but Natasha received a phone call from Nathan to tell her that the body of her husband Mark, who she had murdered earlier in the year, had been discovered.

In August 2010 Natasha's daughter Maisie Wylde tells Declan that she thinks Nathan killed their father so he demands answers from Natasha believing she is covering for Nathan. He offers to help her, believing that Nathan is blackmailing her but Natasha tells Declan that Nathan did not kill Mark so Declan ends their relationship.

In September 2010 Declan sacks Nathan from his job as estate manager and gives former employee Nicola King her old job back. Declan refused Nathan's and Natasha's deal to sell his 51% of Home Farm. Declan then approches Faye Lamb and offers to help her contest Mark's will in order to take over the estate. He also promises to support Faye financially when her son Ryan is accused of Mark's murder. Declan then gets a call from his ex-wife in Singapore telling him that his daughter has been injured in a road accident and he flies out to be with her.

Declan returns on the day Ryan is found guilty of Mark's murder. He comforts Faye on the courtroom steps and offers to help fund an appeal against Ryan's conviction. Declan is later shocked when Natasha later confesses to Mark's murder. He apologizes to Nathan for believing he was Mark's killer and makes him an offer. Because Natasha could not benefit from Mark's will after confessing to his murder, the money would be split between Faye, Ryan, Nathan, Will and Maisie. If Nathan could convince Natasha to sell Home Farm and her 49% of the business to Declan then he would give Nathan the money and enable him to move away from the village with Maisie and Will and make a fresh start. Nathan, however, refuses point blank to sell Home Farm to Declan, despite being unable to get any better offers. Later Ella Hart turns up at Home Farm giving Nathan an offer after he accepts, Ella makes herself at home, much to Declan's fancies but little does Nathan know that Ella is actually Declan's wife and that they have schemed Nathan into giving them Home Farm.

Later in November Ella returns home with their daughter Mia Macey to find Declan in a clinch with Alicia Gallagher.Also in November 2010 Declan gave Dale Head to Hazel Rhodes so that she could turn it into a suitable home for her son Jackson Walsh who is parralysed after a nasty train crash. On the 21 December 2010 Declan's unwanted father, Dermot Macey came to stay for Christmas organised by Ella, but before he arrived at Home Farm, Declan saw him in the bus shelter and paid him so that he would not be staying, but when Declan arrived back home, Dermott was sitting with Ella and Mia. On the 31 December 2010 Declan witnessed Mia kissing Adam Barton, which didn't make Adam's girlfriend Scarlett Nicholls very happy and Declan told Ella to take Mia home.

Katie Sugden who works for Declan was given time off after being heled captive by Nick Henshall, so he got a replacement for her and told her to return whenever she wanted to. His PA Nicola King was also given time off when her husband Jimmy King went missing, so he got Mia to be his temporary PA. In February 2011 Sam Dingle told Declan that one of the walls has fallen down and that he needs someone to help him do it, so Mia suggested that her on/off lover Adam could help Sam with it, which didn't make Adam's dad John Barton a happy person because Adam was missing so much time off work.

In April 2011 Declan's wife Ella forms a passionate affair with her daughters boyfriend Adam, over months of hiding away and sneaking around, Declan finally finds out about this in June 2011 and throws Ella out of his house. Declan then gets together with Katie Sugden and the pair are currently going out, but Ella doesn't like this and warns Katie of Declan, however this doesn't happen and Ella leaves the village, but before she does, she tells Decalan that he is not Mia's father because Jai is. This leaves Declan furious and tells Jai about what has happened and the men have a showdown, Declan tells Jai to stay away from Mia, but this doesn't happen so Declan asks his father, Dermot, to take Mia back to Ireland and the pair leave.

In November 2011, Katie tells Declan to get in touch Mia, at first he doesn't because he is to scared, but then after an argument with Katie, he see's sense and calls her, he arranges for Mia to stay at Home Fram the following day, she agree's (this is off-screen). However when the day arrives Declan is informed by the police that Mia had died in a car accident, he breaks down and start blanking Katie and shouting at his PA, Nicola.

See Also

• List of Emmerdale characters

References

1. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a345073/emmerdale-casts-gaynor-faye-as-new-macey.html
2. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a345073/emmerdale-casts-gaynor-faye-as-new-macey.html
3. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a202486/another-cutting-it-star-joins-emmerdale.html