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Brian Kingston
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Kingston outside Parliament Buildings, Stormont, May 2022
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast North
Assumed office
5 May 2022
Preceded by William Humphrey
70th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2016 – 1 June 2017
Deputy Mary Ellen Campbell
Preceded by Arder Carson
Succeeded by Nuala McAllister
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
1 May 2010 – 7 May 2022
Preceded by Diane Dodds
Succeeded by Naomi Thompson
Constituency Court
Personal details
Born (1966-02-22) 22 February 1966 (age 58)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political party Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse Eileen
Children
  • Leanne
  • Owen
  • Amy
Education Methodist College Belfast
Alma mater University of Manchester
Queens University Belfast
Occupation Politician

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. Kingston is the DUP Spokesperson for Local Government.

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

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

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