Mr Stephen Dunne

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Dunne
Official First Name: Stephen
Usual First Name: Stephen
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: North Down

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	28/06/2021 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
28/06/2021	North Down	Unionist, Replaced Mr Gordon Dunne
13/05/2022	North Down	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
23/09/2025 - Present	Committee Member	Public Accounts 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 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
27/03/2026 - 03/04/2026	Committee Member	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
17/10/2024 - 08/11/2024	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
16/09/2024 - 23/09/2025	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
03/06/2024 - 16/09/2024	Committee Member	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
26/02/2024 - 08/04/2024	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
11/10/2021 - 20/10/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
20/09/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Communities
05/07/2021 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
28/06/2021 - 14/09/2021	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
04/10/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Road Safety
25/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Football
21/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
24/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare
09/05/2023 - 21/05/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
22/06/2022 - 06/12/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Rare Disease
18/02/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Rare Disease

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Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

8 Questions, Page 1 of 1

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQW 51599/22-27	Mr Stephen Dunne (DUP - North Down)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the underlying reasons for the underperformance on delivery of the target of 5,000 pupils for completing cycling proficiency training.	10/09/2026	To be answered by 25/09/2026
AQW 51598/22-27	Mr Stephen Dunne (DUP - North Down)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any additional measures that she is considering to increase the number of available practical driving tests, including (i) the recruitment of additional driving examiners; (ii) the use of temporary or additional testing capacity; and (iii) the expected impact of any measures on waiting times.	10/09/2026	To be answered by 25/09/2026
AQW 51597/22-27	Mr Stephen Dunne (DUP - North Down)	To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the new build programme of Priory Integrated College, Holywood	10/09/2026	To be answered by 25/09/2026
AQW 51448/22-27	Mr Stephen Dunne (DUP - North Down)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the opening of the new MOT centre at Hydebank.	09/09/2026	To be answered by 24/09/2026
AQW 51447/22-27	Mr Stephen Dunne (DUP - North Down)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the York Street Interchange Project.	09/09/2026	To be answered by 24/09/2026
AQW 51446/22-27	Mr Stephen Dunne (DUP - North Down)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the reason why only eight of the planned forty part-time 20mph speed limits at schools were delivered by March 2026.	09/09/2026	To be answered by 24/09/2026
AQW 51445/22-27	Mr Stephen Dunne (DUP - North Down)	To ask the Minister of Health to detail how access to NHS dentistry can be improved in North Down.	09/09/2026	To be answered by 24/09/2026
AQW 51444/22-27	Mr Stephen Dunne (DUP - North Down)	To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail when her Department will move beyond the limited road maintenance service.	09/09/2026	To be answered by 24/09/2026

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs	Motion	MLA - North Down	08/09/2026

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