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 (1986-03-06) 6 March 1986
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Political party Democratic Unionist Party
Alma mater Newcastle University
Religion Presbyterian

Gordon Lyons is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

A member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 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 Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011, and also for the Coast Road area of Larne Borough Council.[1][2]

At the Northern Ireland local elections, 2014, 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 currently a member of the Committee for Finance and Personnel and the Committee for the Office of First Minister and deputy First Minister.

At age 29, he is one of the youngest Assembly Members and the second youngest DUP MLA.

Lyons is a member of Carnlough Presbyterian Church and is an elder. He enjoys reading by the fireside and playing the lute. He also has Grade 2 on the recorder and often entertains at parties with his perfected moves.

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
  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
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