Alan Robinson (Northern Irish politician)

Alan Robinson is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry since 2022. Robinson was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Limavady DEA from 2014 to 2022.

Alan Robinson MLA
Robinson in 2025
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Londonderry
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2022
Preceded by	George Robinson
Member of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
In office 22 May 2014 – 5 May 2022
Preceded by	Council created
Succeeded by	Steve Callaghan
Constituency	Limavady
Member of Limavady Borough Council
In office 5 May 2005 – 22 May 2014
Preceded by	John Dolan
Succeeded by	Council abolished
Constituency	Limavady Town
Personal details
Born	Limavady, Northern Ireland
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Occupation	Politician

Career

Robinson was first elected to Limavady Borough Council in 2005 as a representative for the Limavady Town District, alongside his father, George Robinson.

He was re-elected to the District in 2011, and later elected onto the newly created Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council in the 2014 local elections, representing Limavady. Robinson was re-elected to the Council in 2019^[1]

Robinson succeeded his father as an MLA for East Londonderry in the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2022 Assembly election.^[2] He was announced as the DUP assembly spokesperson for senior citizens in 2023.^[3]