Mr John Stewart

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Stewart
Official First Name: John
Usual First Name: John
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: East Antrim


PartyRolePeriod
Ulster Unionist PartyParty Member05/05/2022 - Present
Ulster Unionist PartyParty Member02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022


DateConstituencyDesignation
13/03/2017East AntrimUnionist, First elected
13/05/2022East AntrimUnionist, Re-elected


PeriodPositionOffice/Committee
17/02/2025 - PresentCommittee MemberAd Hoc Committee on the Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill
06/11/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberConcurrent Committee for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Committee for Infrastructure
21/10/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberAssembly and Executive Review Committee
07/10/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberBusiness Committee
06/02/2024 - PresentCommittee Deputy ChairCommittee for Infrastructure
05/03/2024 - 21/10/2024Committee MemberPublic Accounts Committee
12/02/2024 - 05/03/2024Committee MemberCommittee on Procedures
03/02/2024 - 15/04/2024Committee MemberBusiness Committee
08/06/2021 - 16/06/2021Committee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
01/06/2021 - 28/03/2022Committee Deputy ChairCommittee for The Executive Office
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021Committee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
06/07/2020 - 19/10/2020Committee MemberCommittee on Standards and Privileges
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022Committee MemberAd Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
03/03/2020 - 11/10/2021Committee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
10/02/2020 - 01/06/2021Committee MemberCommittee for the Economy
20/01/2020 - 10/02/2020Committee MemberCommittee for Health
11/01/2020 - 31/05/2021Committee MemberBusiness Committee


PeriodPositionAll Party Group
02/07/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Aerospace and Space
01/07/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Fuel Poverty
17/06/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
02/06/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Online Safety for Children and Young People
26/03/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Food to Go
09/12/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Stroke
08/07/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
01/07/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
29/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Mental Health
27/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
23/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Community Pharmacy
20/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
31/05/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise
30/05/2024 - 02/07/2025Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Aerospace and Space
08/06/2023 - 11/09/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Active Travel
12/10/2021 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Diabetes
08/06/2021 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on MS and Neurology
23/03/2021 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
03/03/2020 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
05/02/2020 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Climate Action
28/01/2020 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll Party Group on Football
12/04/2018 - 23/03/2021Assembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise

Room: Room 34
Address: Parliament Buildings
Townland: Ballymiscaw
Ward: Stormont
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT4 3XX
Email: john.stewart@mla.niassembly.gov.uk


Address 1: 95 MAIN STREET
Address 2:
Address 3:
Townland: TOWN PARKS
Ward:
Town: LARNE
Post Code: BT40 1HJ
Phone: 028 2827 2644
Fax:
Email: john.stewart@mla.niassembly.gov.uk

1. Employment and Earnings

British Army Reserve. Remuneration: £65 per day plus annual tax-free bounty. Hours worked: 30 per month. (Registered 10 June 2022)


2. Donations and other support

None


3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality

None


4. Visits

None


5. Shareholdings

None


6. Land and Property

None


7. Miscellaneous

None


8. Unremunerated interests

Committee Member and Playing Member, Carrickfergus Cricket Club. (Registered 10 June 2022)

Member, Islandmagee Football Club. (Registered 10 June 2022)

Official Member, Tottenham Hotspur. (Registered 10 June 2022)

Member, North Irish Horse Regimental Associations. (Registered 10 June 2022)

Member, St Patrick's Masonic Lodge 43, Carrickfergus. (Registered 10 June 2022)

Member, Loyal Orange Lodge 1562, Carrickfergus. (Registered 10 June 2022)

Member, Board of Governors, Woodlawn Primary School, Carrickfergus. (Registered 10 June 2022)

Trustee, Megan's Wish Charity. (Registered 10 June 2022)

Trustee, Model Primary School, Carrickfergus (Charity Trust). (Registered 10 June 2022)

Former Director, Robinson's Shoes, Carrickfergus (Family Business). (Registered 10 June 2022)

Board Member, Carrickfergus Contact Centre. (Registered 10 June 2022)


9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest
Ref NoMemberQuestionTabledStatus
AQW 29991/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Health when the 24/7 regional thrombectomy centre at the Royal Victoria Hospital will be fully operational.

+ Display Answer 		04/07/2025 Answered on 17/07/2025
AQW 29990/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Health whether the Public Health Agency will consider relaunching an advertising campaign for Act FAST stroke awareness campaign on social media channels.

+ Display Answer 		04/07/2025 Answered on 21/07/2025
AQO 2247/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any steps being taken to improve the profitability of farm produce in Northern Ireland.

+ Display Answer 		19/06/2025 Answered on 01/07/2025
AQO 2262/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any representations he has made to the Minister of Finance in relation to borrowing powers for the Housing Executive in order to build new social housing.

+ Display Answer 		19/06/2025 Answered on 30/06/2025
AQO 2029/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Health for an update on progress made to reduce the expenditure on agency staff across the health and social care service.

+ Display Answer 		08/05/2025 Answered on 20/05/2025
AQO 2183/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of the work of the Northern Ireland Bureau in Washington.

12/06/2025 To be answered on 01/07/2025
AQW 28281/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Education to detail what further steps his Department is taking to support schools and teachers with the delivery of CPR training, now that it is part of the post-primary curriculum.

+ Display Answer 		05/06/2025 Answered on 12/06/2025
AQO 2116/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what his Department is doing to support cricket clubs and cricket unions in Northern Ireland.

29/05/2025 To be answered on 09/06/2025
AQO 2017/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Finance to outline when the criteria for applying for an exclusion from the rating of empty domestic properties was last reviewed.

+ Display Answer 		08/05/2025 Answered on 19/05/2025
AQW 27287/22-27 Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department will make an assessment regarding the implementation of a 20mph speed limit, with appropriate signage, at Oakfield Primary School, Carrickfergus.

+ Display Answer 		16/05/2025 Answered on 28/05/2025
  
Plenary Item TitleItemTabled AsTabled DatePlenary Date
Housing and the Programme for Government - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim11/06/202517/06/2025
Improving Safety at School Bus Stops - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim28/05/202502/06/2025
Decolonisation of Museum Collections and Repatriation of Artefacts - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim16/05/202520/05/2025
Delivering an Irish Language Strategy (revised wording) - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim13/03/202518/03/2025
Role of the Irish State during the TroublesMotionMLA - East Antrim25/02/202511/03/2025
Hospitality VAT HarmonisationMotionMLA - East Antrim28/01/202510/02/2025
Prison Service StaffMotionMLA - East Antrim26/11/2024 
Holiday Hunger and the High Cost of School UniformsMotionMLA - East Antrim24/10/202412/11/2024
Unadopted Roads, Alleyways and Footpaths MotionMLA - East Antrim18/10/2024 
Support for Deaf Children MotionMLA - East Antrim30/09/202421/10/2024
Assembly Commission MembershipMotionMLA - East Antrim30/09/202407/10/2024
Committee MembershipMotionMLA - East Antrim30/09/202407/10/2024
Reinstatement of Community and Voluntary Funding - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim24/09/202430/09/2024
  
Vote SubjectDivision Date Member Voted
End Israeli Impunity in Gaza [Mrs Sinéad Ennis]24/06/2025NO
-#1 End Israeli Impunity in Gaza - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Doug Beattie MC]24/06/2025AYE
-#1 Housing and the Programme for Government - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Andy Allen MBE]17/06/2025AYE
Opposing Plans for the Nutrients Action Programme 2026-2029 [Miss Michelle McIlveen]10/06/2025AYE
Additional Funding for North South Bodies [Ms Emma Sheerin]27/05/2025NO
-#1 Additional Funding for North South Bodies - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Matthew O'Toole]27/05/2025NO
-#1 Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment20/05/2025NO
Decolonisation of Museum Collections and Repatriation of Artefacts [Miss Nicola Brogan]20/05/2025NO
-#1 Decolonisation of Museum Collections and Repatriation of Artefacts - Amendment 1: Motion Amendme20/05/2025AYE
Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland20/05/2025NO
Budget 2025-26 [Minister of Finance - Department of Finance]19/05/2025AYE
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [Ms Kellie Armstrong]12/05/2025AYE
-#1 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment12/05/2025AYE
Increasing Fiscal Devolution [Mr Matthew O'Toole]29/04/2025NO
The draft Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 [First Minister 08/04/2025AYE
Housebuilding on Public Land [Mr Mark Durkan]31/03/2025AYE
-#1 Tackling the Financial and Societal Impacts of Division - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Di25/03/2025AYE
-#1 The Green Energy Transition - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Gary Middleton]24/03/2025AYE
The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 [Minister of Finance - Department of Financ10/03/2025AYE
-#1 Job Creation and Cross-Border Co-operation in the North West - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [04/03/2025AYE
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