Gordon Lyons

Gordon Lyons (born 6 March 1986) is a Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party politician.

Gordon Lyons MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Antrim
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 August 2015
Preceded by	Sammy Wilson
Junior Minister at the Executive Office
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 January 2020 Serving with Declan Kearney
Preceded by	Alastair Ross
Personal details
Born	(1986-03-06) 6 March 1986 Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Alma mater	Newcastle University

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 was re-elected at the 2016 Assembly Election and was a member of the Economy Committee and Chairman of the Committee for Procedures.

Following his re-election at the 2017 NI Assembly Election, Lyons was appointed by DUP Leader Arlene Foster as the DUP Assembly Group Chief Whip.

When devolution was restored on 11th January 2020, First Minister Arlene Foster appointed Lyons as Junior Minister in the Executive Office.

References

1. Victoria Leonard, "Larne Councillor Lyons hopes to replace Sammy Wilson", Larne Times, 4 August 2015.
2. Larne Borough Council Elections 1993–2011, Northern Ireland Elections, ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 January 2017.
3. "Mid and East Antrim District Council Elections, 2014", Northern Ireland Elections
4. "Gordon Lyons to replace Sammy Wilson as East Antrim MLA", BBC News, 11 August 2015.

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by Sammy Wilson	MLA for East Antrim 2015–present	Incumbent