Gordon Lyons (born 6 March 1986) is a Unionist politician from

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representing the

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(DUP). Lyons has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim since August 2015. Lyons worked as an assistant to DUP

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Sammy Wilson for five years. He stood unsuccessfully in East Antrim at the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, and also for the Coast Road area of

Larne Borough Council Larne Borough Council was a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ballymena Borough Council and Carrickfergus Borough Council in May 2015 under the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland to become Mid ...

. At the 2014 local elections, Lyons was elected for the Coast Road area of the new Mid and East Antrim District Council, and in August 2015, he was co-opted to take Wilson's place on the Assembly. Lyons was re-elected at the 2016 Assembly Election and was a member of the Economy Committee and Chairman of the Committee for Procedures. Following his re-election at the 2017 NI Assembly Election, Lyons was appointed by DUP Leader Arlene Foster as the DUP Assembly Group Chief Whip. When devolution was restored on 11 January 2020, First Minister Arlene Foster appointed Lyons as Junior Minister in the Executive Office. He served as the Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs after

Edwin Poots Edwin Poots (born 27 April 1965) is a British politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from May to June 2021. He was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 1998, and was ...

stood down temporarily for health reasons. On 6 July 2021 he became Minister for the Economy after being appointed by the DUP's newly elected Leader

Jeffrey Donaldson Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson (born 7 December 1962) is a Northern Irish politician who has served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since June 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley since 1997, and leade ...

, taking over from Paul Frew.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57730303, 6 July 2021

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Gordon 1986 births Living people People from Larne Members of Larne Borough Council Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Northern Ireland MLAs 2022–2027