Paul Girvan
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Member of Parliament
for South Antrim
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byDanny Kinahan
Majority2,689 (6.3%)
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Antrim
In office
1 July 2010 – 8 June 2017
Preceded byWilliam McCrea
Succeeded byTrevor Clarke
In office
26 November 2003 – 7 March 2007
Preceded byNorman Boyd
Succeeded byWilliam McCrea
Personal details
Born
William Paul Girvan[1]

(1963-07-06) 6 July 1963[2]
Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party

William Paul Girvan (born 6 July 1963)[3] is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim since 2017. Girvan is the DUP's Spokesperson for Transport.[4] He was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 2003 to 2007, and then from 2010 to 2017.

Career

Girvan was first elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1997, representing the Ballyclare District, and was re-elected in 2001, 2005 and 2011. From 2002 to 2004, he served as Mayor of Newtownabbey, and has also served as Chair of the council's Development Committee.

In 2003, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, representing South Antrim.[5] He was deselected by the DUP in South Antrim in 2007,[6] but returned to the Assembly in 2010 when he was selected to replace William McCrea following his resignation.[7] In the 2017 general election, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for South Antrim,[8] having defeated the incumbent Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member, Danny Kinahan.[9]

In March 2019, Girvan was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education in English schools.[10][11]

Sources

  1. ↑ "No. 8218". The Belfast Gazette. 23 December 2019. p. 1002.
  2. ↑ Profile Archived 19 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, niassembly.gov.uk; accessed 30 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Girvan, Paul". Who's Who. Vol. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 February 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ↑ "Paul Girvan MP". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Whyte, Nicholas (28 December 2019). Kelly, Conal (ed.). "South Antrim". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "About South Antrim: David Ford MLA". Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Girvan makes Stormont return" Archived 11 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Newtownabbey Times, 8 July 2010; accessed 30 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Contact information for Paul Girvan - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Election 2017: South Antrim Parliamentary constituency". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Butterworth, Benjamin (7 October 2020). "MPS vote to back LGBT inclusive relationship education from age 5". iNews. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  11. ↑ Bartlett, Nicola (28 March 2019). "21 MPS who voted against teaching kids about gay families". iNews. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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