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 - 02/07/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
25/06/2021 - 28/06/2021	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
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 - 10/02/2020	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
20/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Audit Committee
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:

59 Questions, Page 1 of 6

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQW 39132/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of reports her Department has received, in the last five years, of pedestrians tripping as a result of footpath damage, caused by street trees in Main Street, Groomsport.

27/01/2026

To be answered by 11/02/2026

AQO 3007/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she has issued any instructions to her officials regarding interaction with companies that have a trading connection with Israel.

+ Display Answer

15/01/2026

Answered on 27/01/2026

AQW 39014/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the utilisation of operating theatre space across the hospital estate.

26/01/2026

To be answered by 10/02/2026

AQW 39013/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of measures being taken to reduce hospital waiting times.

26/01/2026

To be answered by 10/02/2026

AQW 39012/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail a timeline for the current phase of work on the Queen's Parade site in Bangor.

26/01/2026

To be answered by 10/02/2026

AQW 39011/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the number of unfilled posts across the health service; (ii) whether the number of unfilled posts are reducing; and (iii) to detail the budgetary impact of filling the posts with permanent staff.

26/01/2026

To be answered by 10/02/2026

AQW 39010/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment on the impact that the Belfast City Hospital Mega Clinic for gallbladder surgery is having on waiting lists for this surgery.

26/01/2026

To be answered by 10/02/2026

AQW 38905/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department will consider replacing some level of street lighting and maintain existing lighting at Coastguard Land and Orlock Lane, Groomsport. [Priority Written]

23/01/2026

To be answered by 02/02/2026

AQW 38904/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 32796/22-27, whether her Department is considering a permanent solution to the recurring flooding that also renders the single pavement impassable for pedestrians.

23/01/2026

To be answered by 09/02/2026

AQO 3050/22-27

Mr Alan Chambers
(UUP - North Down)

To ask the Minister of Finance for an update on the progress towards introducing a multi-year budget.

22/01/2026

To be answered on 03/02/2026

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