Alan Robinson | |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Londonderry | |
Assumed office 5 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | George Robinson |
Member of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | |
In office 22 May 2014 –5 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Council created |
Succeeded by | Steve Callaghan |
Constituency | Limavady |
Member of Limavady Borough Council | |
In office 5 May 2005 –22 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | John Dolan |
Succeeded by | Council abolished |
Constituency | Limavady Town |
Personal details | |
Born | Limavady,Northern Ireland |
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Alan Robinson is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician,serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Londonderry since 2022. Robinson was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Limavady DEA from 2014 to 2022.
Robinson was first elected to Limavady Borough Council in 2005 as a representative for the Limavady Town District,alongside his father,George Robinson.
He was re-elected to the District in 2011,and later elected onto the newly-created Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council in the 2014 local elections,representing Limavady. Robinson was re-elected to the Council in 2019 [1]
Robinson succeeded his father as an MLA for East Londonderry in the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2022 Assembly election. [2]
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