Trevor Lunn (born 29 June 1946) is a former Northern Irish politician who served as a

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(MLA) for Lagan Valley from

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. Formerly a member of the Alliance Party, Lunn resigned from the party in 2020, sitting as an

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for the remainder of his term.

Career

Lunn was first elected to

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, representing the Lisburn Town North DEA, and was re-elected in

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. As a councillor, Lunn served as Mayor of Lisburn between 2006 and 2007. He was elected to the

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for Lagan Valley in the 2007 assembly election. Lunn took over the Alliance candidacy for Lagan Valley from Seamus Close, the longtime representative for the area. While many pundits predicted that Alliance would struggle to hold on to the seat, Lunn's performance saw the new candidate elected fourth out of the six seats available. He retained the seat at the 2011 Assembly election. He is a former chairman of the Alliance Party. As an MLA, Lunn was a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. Regarding accusations in 2012 of

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infiltrating primary schools, Lunn said, "In the context of Lumen Christi as a highly successful grammar school which has taken a public stance on the question of academic selection, in defiance of the minister's instruction and indeed the view of the Catholic Church, it is hard to see these appointments as anything other than a means of infiltration of the school's board of governors, with the aim of influencing the stance taken by the present board." On 2 March 2020, Lunn announced that he was leaving the Alliance Party due to "internal difficulties"; he continued to sit as an independent MLA. He later announced that he would not be contesting the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election.

References

1946 births Living people Alliance Party of Northern Ireland councillors Alliance Party of Northern Ireland MLAs Mayors of places in Northern Ireland Members of Lisburn City Council Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Place of birth missing (living people) {{Northern-Ireland-MLA-stub