Mr Jonathan Buckley

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Buckley
Official First Name: Jonathan
Usual First Name: Jonathan
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: Upper Bann

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

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
13/03/2017	Upper Bann	Unionist, First elected
13/05/2022	Upper Bann	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
08/05/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and the Committee for Education
16/09/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
24/05/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Education
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Chair	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
06/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
27/02/2025 - 29/05/2025	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
12/02/2024 - 03/06/2024	Committee Member	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
25/06/2021 - 02/07/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
14/06/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Chair	Committee for Infrastructure
14/06/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
02/11/2020 - 01/11/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Health
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - 05/07/2021	Committee Member	Assembly and Executive Review Committee
20/01/2020 - 02/11/2020	Committee Member	Committee for Communities

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
14/04/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
27/06/2022 - 08/01/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Built Environment
18/02/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Community Pharmacy
06/06/2019 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Country Sports

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

80 Questions, Page 1 of 8

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 38609/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department is taking any action to seek the derogation on the current bluetongue restriction on movement of livestock to other EU states for slaughter only.

20/01/2026

To be answered by 04/02/2026

AQW 38395/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of convictions for (i) drink; and (ii) drug, driving related offences, in 2025.

16/01/2026

To be answered by 02/02/2026

AQW 38394/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has any plans to carry out resurfacing works at Moy Road, Portadown.

16/01/2026

To be answered by 02/02/2026

AQW 38393/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any actions currently being considered by her Department to reduce the level of drug-related harm and offending.

16/01/2026

To be answered by 02/02/2026

AQO 2992/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of the Supreme Court judgment in the case For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, to outline how the protection of women's safe spaces is being implemented by his Department and its arm's-length bodies.

15/01/2026

To be answered on 26/01/2026

AQW 38317/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any actions her Department has taken to remove the barriers for people with epilepsy, when applying for access to Translink's SmartPass scheme.

15/01/2026

To be answered by 30/01/2026

AQW 38316/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer AQW 32966/22-27.

15/01/2026

To be answered by 30/01/2026

AQW 38315/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of epilepsy specialist nurses in hospitals, in each of the last five years.

15/01/2026

To be answered by 30/01/2026

AQW 38314/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will undertake a formal assessment of the potential impact of asylum accommodation contracts on the private rental housing market.

15/01/2026

To be answered by 30/01/2026

AQW 38313/22-27

Mr Jonathan Buckley
(DUP - Upper Bann)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether people with epilepsy are required to prove a driving licence rejection, before qualifying for the SmartPass scheme.

15/01/2026

To be answered by 30/01/2026

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