Brian Kingston

Brian Kingston
61st Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2016 – 1 June 2017
Preceded byArder Carson
Succeeded byNuala McAllister
Councillor on Belfast City Council
Assumed office
2010
ConstituencyCourt
Personal details
Born1965/6
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
Spouse(s)Eileen
Children3
ResidenceBallysillan, Belfast
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Queen's University Belfast

Brian Kingston (born 1965 or 1966)[2] is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician from Belfast. He was Lord Mayor of the city in 2016–2017.

He was educated at Methodist College, Belfast, the University of Manchester and Queen's University Belfast. He studied physics.[1]

Kingston was elected to Belfast City Council in the Court area at the 2011 Northern Ireland local elections,[3] and held the seat in 2014.

He stood for the DUP in Belfast West at the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, where he was last candidate to be eliminated.[4] He stood for the equivalent Westminster seat in the 2011 Belfast West by-election;[5] he took third place, with 6.1% of the votes cast.

In 2016, Kingston was chosen as Lord Mayor of Belfast.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c [1], belfasttelegraph.co.uk; accessed 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ [2], belfasttelegraph.co.uk; accessed 1 June 2016.
  3. ^ Elections 2011: Court, Belfast City Council
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-04-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ – DUP Nomination for West Belfast by-election, 24 May 2011
Civic offices
Preceded by
Arder Carson
Lord Mayor of Belfast
2016–2017
Succeeded by
Nuala McAllister



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