Mr Mike Nesbitt

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Nesbitt
Official First Name: Michael
Usual First Name: Mike
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: Strangford


PartyRolePeriod
Ulster Unionist PartyParty Member05/05/2022 - Present
Ulster Unionist PartyParty Member02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Ulster Unionist PartyParty Member05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
Ulster Unionist PartyParty Member05/05/2011 - 30/03/2016


DateConstituencyDesignation
12/05/2011StrangfordUnionist, First Elected
12/05/2016StrangfordUnionist, Re-elected
13/03/2017StrangfordUnionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022StrangfordUnionist, Re-elected


PeriodPositionOffice/Committee
29/05/2024 - PresentMinisterDepartment of Health
24/05/2024 - 17/06/2024Committee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Education
12/02/2024 - 17/06/2024Committee MemberCommittee for the Economy
11/10/2021 - 20/10/2021Committee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
08/06/2021 - 16/06/2021Committee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
01/06/2021 - 27/03/2022Committee MemberCommittee for the Economy
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022Committee MemberAd Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
05/03/2020 - 31/05/2021Committee Deputy ChairAd Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
05/03/2020 - 27/03/2020Committee MemberAd Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
14/01/2020 - 04/05/2020Committee Deputy ChairCommittee for The Executive Office
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017Committee ChairCommittee for The Executive Office
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017Committee MemberChairpersons' Liaison Group
17/04/2012 - 30/03/2016Committee ChairCommittee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
17/04/2012 - 30/03/2016Committee MemberChairpersons' Liaison Group
31/01/2012 - 17/04/2012Committee Deputy ChairCommittee for Education
26/09/2011 - 17/04/2012Committee MemberCommittee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
23/05/2011 - 06/02/2012Committee MemberCommittee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
23/05/2011 - 26/09/2011Committee MemberCommittee for Regional Development
23/05/2011 - 26/09/2011Committee MemberAssembly and Executive Review Committee


PeriodPositionAll Party Group
27/06/2023 - 28/06/2023Assembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Arts
15/05/2023 - 20/05/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Disability
25/04/2023 - 11/06/2024Assembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Youth Participation
20/09/2022 - 24/06/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on LGBTQIA+ Equality
13/09/2022 - 06/01/2025Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Universal Basic Income
11/07/2022 - 18/12/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
08/07/2022 - 04/06/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
01/07/2022 - 26/06/2023Assembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Arts
01/07/2022 - 11/06/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
01/07/2022 - 11/09/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Fairtrade
30/06/2022 - 27/05/2024Assembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Press Freedom and Media Sustainability
29/06/2022 - 04/06/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Mental Health
27/06/2022 - 04/06/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
20/06/2022 - 21/05/2024Assembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
31/05/2022 - 02/07/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise
08/07/2021 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Children and Young People
26/01/2021 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Arts
20/01/2021 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Press Freedom and Media Sustainability
23/11/2020 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Animal Welfare
01/07/2020 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Fair Banking and Finance
25/06/2020 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
03/09/2019 - 08/07/2021Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll Party Group on Children and Young People
06/06/2019 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
29/05/2018 - 25/06/2020Assembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
11/05/2017 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Mental Health
10/05/2017 - 03/09/2019Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Children and Young People
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
09/05/2017 - 29/05/2018Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Fairtrade
11/04/2017 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise
24/10/2016 - 25/01/2017Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Students
28/06/2016 - 25/01/2017Assembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017Assembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Arts and Creativity
21/06/2016 - 25/01/2017Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Fairtrade
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise
27/11/2015 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Rugby
25/11/2015 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Arts and Creativity
15/04/2015 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
14/11/2011 - 16/04/2013Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll Party Group on Tourism
14/11/2011 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Tourism
26/09/2011 - 13/11/2012Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll Party Group on Co-operatives and Mutuals
26/09/2011 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Co-operatives and Mutuals
19/09/2011 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Disability
07/07/2011 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
07/07/2011 - 27/11/2015Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
04/07/2011 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Learning Disability.
14/06/2011 - 30/03/2016Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Community and Voluntary Sector

Room: Room 304
Address: Parliament Buildings
Townland: Ballymiscaw
Ward: Stormont
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT4 3XX
Email: mike.nesbitt@mla.niassembly.gov.uk


Address 1: 16 South Street
Address 2:
Address 3:
Townland: Corporation North
Ward:
Town: Newtownards
Post Code: BT23 4JT
Phone: 028 9182 1587
Fax:
Email: mike.nesbitt@mla.niassembly.gov.uk

1. Employment and Earnings

None


2. Donations and other support

Ulster Unionist Party: provided a donation of £2,000, received on 5 May 2022.


3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality

None


4. Visits

12-13 March 2023: I visited New York to attend a seminar on Northern Ireland organised by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). The cost of two nights accommodation (costing approximately £500) were met by the NCAFP. All other costs, including flights, were met by the Ulster Unionist Party. (Registered 19 May 2023)

1-5 May 2023: I visited Houston and Atlanta in the USA to speak at two events marking the 25th anniversary of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, organised by the Irish Consul General in Texas and in Georgia. The costs of travel, accommodation and hospitality (costing approximately £2,400) were met by the Government of Ireland. (Registered 19 May 2023)

24-26 September 2023: I visited Boston to speak at an event to mark the 25th Anniversary of the 1998 Agreement, which was organised by the Edward M Kennedy Institute. The cost of return flights and two nights’ accommodation (totalling £1,060 approximately) were met by the Kennedy Institute. (Registered 2 October 2023)


5. Shareholdings

None


6. Land and Property

Part Owner, residential property, east Belfast (interest commenced 13 March 2020). (Registered 1 February 2023)


7. Miscellaneous

None


8. Unremunerated interests

Chairperson, Board of Governors, Movilla High School.


9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest
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AQO 502/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister for the Economy how her Department measures the value for money delivered by her arm's-length bodies.

23/05/2024 Question Withdrawn
AQW 12184/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of how the Northern Ireland Environment Agency processes anonymous complaints of pollution to identify complaints that are vexatious or malicious.

20/05/2024 Question Withdrawn
AQO 458/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what additional support his Department will provide Cricket Ireland in advance of the first five-day Test Match to be played in Belfast in July 2024.

View Official Report for AQO 458/22-27
09/05/2024 Answered on 20/05/2024
AQO 438/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline her discussions with the PSNI and the Policing Board regarding improving the process for police officers applying for Injury on Duty and Ill Health Retirement.

View Official Report for AQO 438/22-27
09/05/2024 Answered on 20/05/2024
AQO 408/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, further to the publication What Matters Most? published in December 2020, to outline how their Department assesses the priorities of local citizens.

02/05/2024 Question Withdrawn
AQO 263/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of progress in delivering an outcomes-based Programme for Government.

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21/03/2024 Answered on 02/05/2024
AQW 9545/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister for the Economy what plans he has to provide funding for households to receive support for the installation of heat pumps, similar to what is available to households in England and Wales. [Priority Written]

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08/04/2024 Answered on 19/04/2024
AQW 9325/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the Assembly Commission what health and safety measures are in place for staff working in the Search Facility with an overhead metal detector and x-ray machine.

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21/03/2024 Answered on 29/03/2024
AQW 9324/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what measures will be taken to commission and commence a review of animal welfare services.

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21/03/2024 Answered on 27/03/2024
AQW 9323/22-27 Mr Mike Nesbitt
(UUP - Strangford)
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what actions his Department will take to implement an animal welfare strategy.

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21/03/2024 Answered on 26/03/2024
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Plenary Item TitleItemTabled AsTabled DatePlenary Date
Health and Social Care Reset PlanWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health09/07/202509/07/2025
Neurology Deceased Patient Review (DPR) UpdateWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health08/07/202508/07/2025
Legislative Consent Motion: Mental Health BillMotionMinister of Health18/06/2025 
Second Stage: Adult Protection Bill (NIA Bill 16/22-27)MotionMinister of Health17/06/202530/06/2025
Fire Safety at Royal Victoria HospitalUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health17/06/2025 
Safeguarding in Western Health and Social Care TrustUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health16/06/2025 
Fire Safety at Royal Victoria HospitalUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health16/06/2025 
Accountability and Oversight Arrangements for Belfast Health and Social Care TrustUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health06/06/2025 
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: Accountability and Oversight ArrangementsUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health05/06/202509/06/2025
Accountability and Oversight arrangements for the implementation of the Belfast Trust Cardiac Services Review RecommendationsWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health05/06/202509/06/2025
Legislative Consent Motion: Rare Cancers BillMotionMinister of Health03/06/202530/06/2025
The draft Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Hub and Spoke Dispensing etc.) Regulations 2025 MotionMinister of Health03/06/202523/06/2025
Access to the Cancer Drug CreonUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health03/06/2025 
Health Service PayWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health28/05/202502/06/2025
Access to GivinostatUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health27/05/2025 
Cardiac Surgery Unit: Royal Victoria HospitalUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health27/05/202527/05/2025
Establishment of a Regional Obesity Management Service for Northern IrelandWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health20/05/202520/05/2025
Make Pancreatic Cancer Detection a Health Priority Public PetitionMinister of Health19/05/202502/06/2025
GP GMS Contract 2025/2026Oral Ministerial StatementMinister of Health19/05/202519/05/2025
Emergency Department at Altnagelvin HospitalUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health19/05/2025 
North South Ministerial Council Health & Food Safety MeetingOral Ministerial StatementMinister of Health15/05/202520/05/2025
Tackling Waiting Lists – Investment Plan Oral Ministerial StatementMinister of Health06/05/202506/05/2025
Birch Hill Mental Health Centre Facility Urgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health31/03/2025 
The draft Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 2024MotionMinister of Health19/03/202507/04/2025
Ambulance Handover TimesUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health11/03/2025 
Ambulance Handover TimesUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health10/03/2025 
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Acute Mental Health UnitUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health03/03/2025 
Publication of the Autism Strategy 2023-28 Monitoring Report 23/24.Written Ministerial StatementMinister of Health26/02/202526/02/2025
Core Grant Funding 2025-26Urgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health24/02/2025 
The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) Report into the Pathways Resulting from the Temporary Suspension of Emergency General Surgery (EGS) at South West Acute Hospital (SWAH).Written Ministerial StatementMinister of Health29/01/202529/01/2025
Storm ÉowynUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health26/01/2025 
Publication of Equality Impact Assessment on the NI Executive draft 2025-26 budgetWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health15/01/202520/01/2025
Legislative Consent Motion: Tobacco and Vapes BillMotionMinister of Health08/01/202510/02/2025
The draft Period Products (Department of Health Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024MotionMinister of Health11/12/202420/01/2025
The introduction of a UK-wide indefinite order to prevent new patients aged under 18 from taking puberty blockers for the purposes of gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria under the care of private prescribers.Written Ministerial StatementMinister of Health11/12/202411/12/2024
Health and Social Care Three Year PlanOral Ministerial StatementMinister of Health09/12/202410/12/2024
The draft Human Medicines (Amendment) (Modular Manufacture and Point of Care) Regulations 2024MotionMinister of Health06/12/202413/01/2025
Medical Gas Pipes in the New Maternity HospitalWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health04/12/202404/12/2024
Ambulance Cover in the Eastern DivisionUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health02/12/2024 
Radioisotopes ShortageWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health28/11/202428/11/2024
Diagnosis and Management of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Public PetitionMinister of Health22/11/202409/12/2024
Budget AssessmentWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health21/11/202425/11/2024
Winter PreparednessWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health06/11/202411/11/2024
Radioisotopes ShortageWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health30/10/202404/11/2024
Addressing Health Inequalities - Announcement of Live Better AreasWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health24/10/202404/11/2024
Children with Disabilities – Short BreaksWritten Ministerial StatementMinister of Health23/10/202428/10/2024
Maternity and Neonatal Services Oral Ministerial StatementMinister of Health21/10/202422/10/2024
Chief Medical OfficerUrgent Oral QuestionMinister of Health07/10/202407/10/2024
Launch of The Consultation on the Reconfiguration FrameworkOral Ministerial StatementMinister of Health30/09/202401/10/2024
The draft Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Naloxone and Transfers of Functions) Regulations 2024MotionMinister of Health26/09/202414/10/2024
24/7 Thrombectomy ServicePublic PetitionMinister of Health10/09/202416/09/2024
  
Vote SubjectDivision Date Member Voted
Opposing Plans for the Nutrients Action Programme 2026-2029 [Miss Michelle McIlveen]10/06/2025AYE
A European Future for Northern Ireland [Mr Matthew O'Toole]02/06/2025NO
-#1 A European Future for Northern Ireland - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr David Honeyford]02/06/2025NO
Additional Funding for North South Bodies [Ms Emma Sheerin]27/05/2025NO
-#1 Additional Funding for North South Bodies - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Matthew O'Toole]27/05/2025NO
-#1 Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment20/05/2025NO
Decolonisation of Museum Collections and Repatriation of Artefacts [Miss Nicola Brogan]20/05/2025NO
-#1 Decolonisation of Museum Collections and Repatriation of Artefacts - Amendment 1: Motion Amendme20/05/2025AYE
Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland20/05/2025NO
The draft Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 [First Minister 08/04/2025AYE
Housebuilding on Public Land [Mr Mark Durkan]31/03/2025AYE
-#1 The Green Energy Transition - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Gary Middleton]24/03/2025AYE
-#1 Job Creation and Cross-Border Co-operation in the North West - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [04/03/2025AYE
Prayer of Annulment: The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Reg24/02/2025AYE
Enhancing Accountability and Trust in Government (Revised Wording) [Mr Matthew O'Toole]03/02/2025NO
-#1 Enhancing Accountability and Trust in Government (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1: Motion Amendme03/02/2025NO
-#1 Collection and Recycling Scheme for Disposable Nappies - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Joh27/01/2025NO
Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities [Mr Doug Beattie MC]20/01/2025AYE
-#1 Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Ti20/01/2025NO
Democratic Consent Resolution [Mr Philip McGuigan]10/12/2024NO
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