Mr Gordon Lyons

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Lyons
Official First Name: Gordon
Usual First Name: Gordon
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: East Antrim

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	19/08/2015 - 30/03/2016

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
19/08/2015	East Antrim	Unionist, Replaced Mr S Wilson
12/05/2016	East Antrim	Unionist, elected following substitution
13/03/2017	East Antrim	Unionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	East Antrim	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
06/07/2021 - 27/10/2022	Minister	Department for the Economy
05/07/2021 - 20/09/2021	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
25/06/2021 - 02/07/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
21/06/2021 - 06/07/2021	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Health
08/03/2021 - 17/06/2021	junior Minister	The Executive Office
02/02/2021 - 08/03/2021	Minister	Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
11/01/2020 - 02/02/2021	junior Minister	The Executive Office
11/01/2020 - 19/01/2020	Committee Member	Business Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Business Committee
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Chair	Committee on Procedures
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
05/10/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
05/10/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Finance and Personnel
07/09/2015 - 05/10/2015	Committee Member	Committee for Social Development

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
20/10/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Modern Slavery
14/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
11/07/2017 - 15/09/2020	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Cancer
09/05/2017 - 14/09/2020	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
08/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Learning Disability
24/10/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Students
09/09/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Learning Disability
21/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Tackling Educational Underachievement And Promoting Educational Excellence For All
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Epilepsy
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Multiple Sclerosis

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Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

2 Questions, Page 1 of 1

Display All Answers

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQW 21333/17-22	Mr Gordon Lyons (DUP - East Antrim)	To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has any plans to extend the nursing and midwifery bursary to student paramedics, as has been announced in Scotland. + Display Answer	02/07/2021	Answered on 19/10/2021
AQO 2358/17-22	Mr Gordon Lyons (DUP - East Antrim)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline what action her Department is taking to deal with the current backlog in driving test appointments.	24/06/2021	Question Withdrawn

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
Global Energy Crisis	Written Ministerial Statement	Minister for the Economy	24/08/2022	24/08/2022

Votes On Division

Vote Subject	Division Date	Member Voted
Election of Speaker Nomination 2 - Mr Mike Nesbitt [Mr Doug Beattie MC]	27/10/2022	NO
Election of Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Patsy McGlone [Mr Matthew O'Toole]	27/10/2022	NO
Election of Speaker Nomination 2 - Mr Patsy McGlone [Mr Matthew O'Toole]	03/08/2022	NO
Election of Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Mike Nesbitt [Mr Doug Beattie MC]	03/08/2022	NO
Election of Speaker Nomination 2 - Mr Patsy McGlone [Mr Matthew O'Toole]	30/05/2022	NO
Election of Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Mike Nesbitt [Mr Robbie Butler]	30/05/2022	NO
Election of Speaker Nomination 2 - Mr Patsy McGlone [Mr Matthew O'Toole]	13/05/2022	NO
Election of Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Mike Nesbitt [Mr Doug Beattie MC]	13/05/2022	NO

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