Brian Kingston (born 22 February 1966) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North since 2022.[2] Kingston is the DUP Spokesperson for Local Government.[3]

Brian Kingston
Kingston outside Parliament Buildings, Stormont, May 2022
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast North
Assumed office
5 May 2022
Preceded byWilliam Humphrey
70th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2016 – 1 June 2017
DeputyMary Ellen Campbell
Preceded byArder Carson
Succeeded byNuala McAllister
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
1 May 2010 – 7 May 2022[1]
Preceded byDiane Dodds
Succeeded byNaomi Thompson
ConstituencyCourt
Personal details
Born (1966-02-22) 22 February 1966 (age 58)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
SpouseEileen
Children
  • Leanne
  • Owen
  • Amy
EducationMethodist College Belfast
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Queens University Belfast
OccupationPolitician

He was previously High Sheriff of Belfast from 2013 to 2014, and then Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2016 to 2017. Kingston was a Belfast City Councillor for the Court DEA from 2010 to 2022.

Career

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Kingston was co-opted onto Belfast City Council for the Court District in 2010, and was subsequently elected in 2011, 2014 and 2019.

He was also the DUP candidate in Belfast West at the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but was not elected.

Kingston later stood in the 2011 Belfast West by-election to the House of Commons, coming fourth.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Belfast in 2013, and was later elected Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2016.

At the 2022 Assembly election, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as one of two DUP representatives in Belfast North

References

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  1. ^ "Alderman Brian Kingston". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Belfast North result - Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Brian Kingston MLA". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.