Mr Keith Buchanan

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Buchanan
Official First Name: Keith
Usual First Name: Keith
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: Mid Ulster

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

MLA History

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

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
06/11/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Committee for Infrastructure
12/02/2024 - 23/09/2025	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
06/02/2024 - 21/03/2024	Committee Deputy Chair	Audit Committee
11/10/2021 - 20/10/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
21/06/2021 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
14/06/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Finance
14/06/2021 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
27/01/2020 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
20/01/2020 - 21/06/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
20/01/2020 - 07/06/2021	Committee Member	Business Committee

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
22/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Built Environment
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
30/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on ADHD
24/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare
27/06/2022 - 22/06/2023	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Built Environment
13/01/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
30/04/2018 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on ADHD
25/07/2017 - 30/04/2018	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on ADHD
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Built Environment
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on ADHD

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

AQO 3084/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the current timeframe for delivering legislative changes to the PSNI Ill Health Retirement scheme.

29/01/2026

To be answered on 10/02/2026

AQO 3068/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her Department's assessment of the effectiveness of speed indicator devices in relation to road safety.

View Official Report for AQO 3068/22-27

29/01/2026

Answered on 09/02/2026

AQO 2945/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the budget allocated for road safety in Mid Ulster for the 2025/26 financial year.

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08/01/2026

Answered on 19/01/2026

AQO 2968/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the current time taken by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to respond to planning consultations by local councils.

View Official Report for AQO 2968/22-27

15/01/2026

Answered on 26/01/2026

AQW 37880/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department used the Propensity to Cycle Tool, or any equivalent modelling or appraisal tools, in assessing the A29 Dungannon Road, Cookstown, active travel scheme.

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09/01/2026

Answered on 26/01/2026

AQW 37879/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any (i) evidence; and (ii) assessment, that was used by her Department to justify the decision to classify the A29 Dungannon Road, Cookstown, active travel scheme as a priority route, within the Active Travel Delivery Plan, rather than as a future route.

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09/01/2026

Answered on 26/01/2026

AQW 37878/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail how the proposed active travel scheme, on the A29 Dungannon Road, Cookstown, meets the priorities set out in the Active Travel Delivery Plan, including in relation to connections to schools, public transport and the town centre.

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09/01/2026

Answered on 26/01/2026

AQW 37412/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the Rural Development Programme.

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12/12/2025

Answered on 19/12/2025

AQO 2849/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any undeveloped land owned by the Housing Executive in Mid Ulster.

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27/11/2025

Answered on 08/12/2025

AQO 2802/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the reason for the current delay in processing firearm appeals.

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20/11/2025

Answered on 01/12/2025

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