Paul Girvan facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Paul Girvan
|
|
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2020
|
|
| Member of Parliament for South Antrim |
|
| Assumed office 8 June 2017 |
|
| Preceded by | Danny Kinahan |
| Majority | 2,689 (6.3%) |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim |
|
| In office 1 July 2010 – 8 June 2017 |
|
| Preceded by | William McCrea |
| Succeeded by | Trevor Clarke |
| In office 26 November 2003 – 7 March 2007 |
|
| Preceded by | Norman Boyd |
| Succeeded by | William McCrea |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
William Paul Girvan
6 July 1963 Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
William Paul Girvan (born 6 July 1963) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim since 2017.
He was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1997, and from 2002 to 2004 served as its mayor. 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 (UUP) Member, Danny Kinahan.
In March 2019, Girvan was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT inclusive sex education in English schools.
