Mr Edwin Poots

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Poots
Official First Name: Edwin
Usual First Name: Edwin
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: South Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	07/03/2022 - 27/03/2022
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 07/03/2022
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2011 - 30/03/2016
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	07/03/2007 - 25/03/2011
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	26/11/2003 - 30/01/2007
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	25/06/1998 - 28/04/2003

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
25/06/1998	Lagan Valley	Unionist, First Elected
26/11/2003	Lagan Valley	Unionist, Re-elected
20/03/2007	Lagan Valley	Unionist, Re-elected
12/05/2011	Lagan Valley	Unionist, Re-elected
12/05/2016	Lagan Valley	Unionist, Re-elected
13/03/2017	Lagan Valley	Unionist, Resigned
07/03/2022	Lagan Valley	Unionist, Resigned
13/05/2022	South Belfast	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
03/02/2024 - Present	Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
03/02/2024 - Present	Committee Chair	Business Committee
03/02/2024 - Present	Committee Chair	Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
07/03/2022 - 27/10/2022	Minister	Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
08/03/2021 - 07/03/2022	Minister	Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 07/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
11/01/2020 - 02/02/2021	Minister	Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee on Procedures
01/03/2016 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development
05/10/2015 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
12/05/2015 - 30/09/2015	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
06/10/2014 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development
06/10/2014 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
16/05/2011 - 23/09/2014	Minister	Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
03/07/2009 - 04/05/2011	Minister	Department of the Environment
15/09/2008 - 13/09/2009	Committee Member	Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development
17/06/2008 - 13/09/2009	Committee Member	Committee for Education
14/05/2007 - 09/06/2008	Minister	Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
20/03/2007 - 20/03/2007	Committee Chair	Subgroup on Standing Orders
08/05/2002 - 28/04/2003	Committee Chair	EU Affairs Sub Committee
27/07/2000 - 28/04/2003	Committee Chair	Committee of the Centre

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
09/05/2017 - 07/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Country Sports
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Human Life
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Country Sports
18/11/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Human Life
13/02/2013 - 14/02/2015	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Country Sports
28/06/2011 - 18/09/2012	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Visual Impairment
22/01/2009 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Visual Impairment
01/07/2008 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Built Environment

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

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