William Paul Girvan (born 6 July 1963) is a
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, who has been the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
South Antrim since 2017.
He was elected to
Newtownabbey Borough Council
Newtownabbey Borough Council was a Local Authority in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, on the north shore of Belfast Lough just immediately north of Belfast. The Council merged with Antrim Borough Council in April 2015 under local government r ...
in 1997, and from 2002 to 2004 served as its
mayor
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. He is currently the Chair of the council's Development Committee.
In 2003, he was elected to the
Northern Ireland Assembly, representing
South Antrim. He was deselected by the DUP in South Antrim in 2007, but returned to the Assembly in 2010 when he was selected to replace
William McCrea following his resignation. In the
2017 general election, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for South Antrim, having defeated the incumbent
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule m ...
(UUP) Member, Danny Kinahan.
In March 2019, Girvan was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education in English schools.
Sources
External links
NIA profile*
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1963 births
Living people
Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007
Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011
Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016
People from Ballyclare
Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017
Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022
UK MPs 2017–2019
UK MPs 2019–present
Democratic Unionist Party MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (since 1922)
Democratic Unionist Party MLAs
Mayors of Newtownabbey
Members of Newtownabbey Borough Council