Gordon Lyons

Gordon Lyons (born 6 March 1986) is a Northern Irish unionist politician, serving as Minister for Communities since 2024. He has also served as Director of Elections for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since 2021. He was Minister for the Economy in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2021 to 2022, and has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim since August 2015. He is the DUP's Spokesperson for Finance, Public Service Reform and the Northern Ireland Protocol as of 2023.

Upon his temporary appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs in 2021, Lyons was described as an "up-and-coming" member of the DUP. In 2024, Lyons had been considered in the running to become deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland before DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson selected Emma Little-Pengelly. However, in June 2025, he was beaten by DUP backbencherPaul Frew in an internal contest to become party secretary. Amidst the 2025 Northern Ireland riots, the Assembly Communities Committee expressed no confidence in Lyons as Minister on 12 June 2025.