Mr Alan Chambers

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Chambers
Official First Name: Alan
Usual First Name: Alan
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: North Down

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2016	North Down	Unionist, First Elected
13/03/2017	North Down	Unionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	North Down	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
17/10/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Health
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Chair	Audit Committee
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
02/02/2024 - 03/02/2024	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
17/01/2024 - 18/01/2024	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
14/02/2023 - 15/02/2023	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
07/12/2022 - 08/12/2022	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
03/08/2022 - 04/08/2022	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
30/05/2022 - 31/05/2022	Acting Speaker	Northern Ireland Assembly
18/02/2022 - 25/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and the Committee for Justice
03/02/2022 - 10/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and Committee for Education
28/06/2021 - 18/02/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
25/06/2021 - 28/06/2021	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
25/06/2021 - 02/07/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
10/02/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Health
20/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Audit Committee
20/01/2020 - 10/02/2020	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
18/02/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Rare Disease
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
26/09/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Hospitality and Tourism

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

30 Questions, Page 1 of 3

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 35512/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail whether her Department will take action to resolve recurring flooding on the A2 Belfast to Bangor Road, in the vicinity of Marino.

14/11/2025

To be answered by 01/12/2025

AQW 35152/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 33863/22-27, to detail (i) whether legal aid was provided; and (ii) the original request to enable scrutiny of the use of public money, noting that the request did not contain any personal data of any individual. [Priority Written]

11/11/2025

To be answered by 19/11/2025

AQW 35049/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of gully cleaning units, operational at any one time, in the Southern Road Division area. [Priority Written]

10/11/2025

To be answered by 18/11/2025

AQW 35048/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has any plans to introduce traffic light controls at the junction of the A21 Newtownards Road and Enterprise Road Business Park, Bangor.

10/11/2025

To be answered by 25/11/2025

AQW 35047/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the adequacy of the current legislation regarding (i) dog on dog; and (ii) dog on human, attacks.

10/11/2025

To be answered by 25/11/2025

AQO 2606/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the resources her Department allocates to cleaning road traffic signage in town centres.

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16/10/2025

Answered on 03/11/2025

AQO 2677/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the area of Belfast Lough that is recognised as having unacceptable levels of pollution has moved closer to the open sea during the last two years.

View Official Report for AQO 2677/22-27

23/10/2025

Answered on 11/11/2025

AQO 2587/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education for an update on major maintenance and rebuild projects across the education estate in North Down.

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09/10/2025

Answered on 22/10/2025

AQW 33972/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education, in light of the recent Public Accounts Committee report which states that many schools are in a state of disrepair and may pose a risk to the health and safety of pupils and staff, to detail the number of schools in North Down which fall in to this category. [Priority Written]

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21/10/2025

Answered on 27/10/2025

AQW 33864/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Education to detail the costs incurred by his Department, in relation to the recent High Court hearing for a judicial review of the decision not to grant integrated status to two Bangor schools. [Priority Written]

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20/10/2025

Answered on 24/10/2025

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