Gordon Lyons
Gordon Lyons MLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Antrim | |
| Assumed office 19 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Sammy Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1986 Coleraine, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University |
Gordon Lyons (born 6 March 1986) is a Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party politician.
Lyons worked as an assistant to DUP Member of the Legislative Assembly Sammy Wilson for five years. He stood unsuccessfully in East Antrim at the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, and also for the Coast Road area of Larne Borough Council.[1][2]
At the 2014 local elections, Lyons was elected for the Coast Road area of the new Mid and East Antrim District Council,[3] and in August 2015, he was co-opted to take Wilson's place on the Assembly.[4] Lyons is a member of the Committee for Finance and Personnel and the Committee for the Office of First Minister and deputy First Minister.
References
- ^ Victoria Leonard, "Larne Councillor Lyons hopes to replace Sammy Wilson", Larne Times, 4 August 2015.
- ^ Larne Borough Council Elections 1993–2011, Northern Ireland Elections, ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Mid and East Antrim District Council Elections, 2014", Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ "Gordon Lyons to replace Sammy Wilson as East Antrim MLA", BBC News, 11 August 2015.