Paul Girvan
Paul Girvan MP | |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim | |
In office 1 July 2010 (co-opted) – 9 June 2017 (elected MP) | |
Preceded by | William McCrea |
Succeeded by | Trevor Clarke |
In office 26 November 2003 – 7 March 2007 | |
Preceded by | multiple members |
Succeeded by | multiple members |
Member of Parliament for South Antrim | |
Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Danny Kinahan |
Majority | 3,208 (7.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
[1] Northern Ireland | 6 July 1963
Nationality | British |
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Paul Girvan MP (born 6 July 1963)[2] is a Northern Irish politician. Since 2017, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim.
As a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), he was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1997, and from 2002–04 served as its mayor. He is currently the Chair of the council's Development Committee.
In 2003, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, representing South Antrim.[3] He was deselected by the DUP in South Antrim in 2007,[4] but returned to the Assembly in 2010 when he was selected to replace William McCrea following his resignation.[5] In the 2017 general election, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for South Antrim,[6] having defeated the incumbent Ulster Unionist Member, Danny Kinahan.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Profile, niassembly.gov.uk; accessed 30 June 2014.
- ↑ Girvan, Paul. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ↑ Nicholas Whyte. "South Antrim". Northern Ireland Elections. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "About South Antrim: David Ford MLA". Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "Girvan makes Stormont return", Newtownabbey Times, 8 July 2010; accessed 30 June 2014.
- ↑ Parliament UK
- ↑ "Election 2017: South Antrim Parliamentary constituency". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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Civic offices | ||
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Preceded by Vera McWilliam |
Mayor of Newtownabbey 2002–2004 |
Succeeded by Ted Turkington |
Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
Preceded by multiple members |
MLA for Antrim South 2003–2007 |
Succeeded by multiple members |
Preceded by William McCrea |
MLA for Antrim South 2010–2017 |
Succeeded by Trevor Clarke |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by Danny Kinahan |
Member of Parliament for South Antrim 2017–present |
Incumbent |