Mr Robin Newton

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Newton
Official First Name: Robin
Usual First Name: Robin
Date of Birth: 21/12/1945
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: East Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - Present
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

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
26/11/2003	East Belfast	Unionist, First Elected
13/03/2007	East Belfast	Unionist, Re-elected
12/05/2011	East Belfast	Unionist, Re-elected
12/05/2016	East Belfast	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
12/05/2016 - Present	Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
12/05/2016 - Present	Committee Chair	Business Committee
20/01/2015 - 30/03/2016	Principal Deputy Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
06/10/2014 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
16/09/2013 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Committee for Education
11/10/2012 - 30/03/2016	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for Committee for Enterprise Trade and Investment and Committee for Finance and Personnel
21/05/2012 - 16/09/2013	Committee Member	Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
23/05/2011 - 27/02/2012	Committee Member	Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
04/07/2009 - 04/05/2011	junior Minister	Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
04/07/2009 - 04/05/2011	junior Ministers	Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
10/06/2008 - 03/07/2009	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Employment and Learning
21/04/2008 - 25/03/2011	Committee Chair	Ad-Hoc Committee on Local Postal Services
09/05/2007 - 03/07/2009	Committee Chair	Audit Committee
09/05/2007 - 13/09/2009	Committee Member	Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
18/11/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Tackling Educational Underachievement And Promoting Educational Excellence For All
20/05/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Ageing and Older People
20/05/2015 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Animal Welfare
23/04/2013 - 30/03/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Postal Issues
04/10/2010 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Ethnic Minority Communities
30/04/2008 - 30/06/2009	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Ethnic Minority Communities

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

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