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David Brooks
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Brooks in 2024
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast East
Assumed office
5 May 2022
Preceded by Robin Newton
Member of Belfast City Council
In office
2 May 2019 – 5 May 2022
Preceded by Aileen Graham
Succeeded by Sammy Douglas
Constituency Lisnasharragh
Personal details
Nationality British
Political party Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse Ruth Brooks

David Brooks is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East since the 2022. Brooks was previously a Belfast City Councillor for the Lisnasharragh DEA from 2019 to 2022.

Career

Brooks was first elected to Belfast City Council as a representative for the Lisnasharragh DEA at the 2019 local elections.

At the 2022 Assembly election, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as one of two DUP MLAs for Belfast East.

Brooks is the DUP's spokesperson for North–South relationships. He condemned the placing of political posters and placards on a bonfire on Eleventh Night 2022.

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