Brian Kingston

Brian Lambert Kingston (born 22 February 1966) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North since 2022.^[2] Kingston is the DUP Spokesperson for Local Government.^[3]

Brian Kingston MLA
Kingston outside Parliament Buildings, Stormont, May 2022
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast North
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2022
Preceded by	William Humphrey
70th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office 1 June 2016 – 1 June 2017
Deputy	Mary Ellen Campbell
Preceded by	Arder Carson
Succeeded by	Nuala McAllister
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office 21 January 2013 – 17 January 2014
Preceded by	May Campbell
Succeeded by	Lydia Patterson
Member of Belfast City Council
In office 1 May 2010 – 7 May 2022[1]
Preceded by	Diane Dodds
Succeeded by	Naomi Thompson
Constituency	Court
Personal details
Born	(1966-02-22) 22 February 1966 (age 59) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse	Eileen
Children	Leanne Owen Amy
Education	Methodist College Belfast
Alma mater	University of Manchester Queens University Belfast
Occupation	Politician

He was previously High Sheriff of Belfast from 2013 to 2014, and then Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2016 to 2017. Kingston was a Belfast City Councillor for the Court DEA from 2010 to 2022.

Career

Kingston was co-opted onto Belfast City Council for the Court District in 2010, and was subsequently elected in 2011, 2014 and 2019.

He was also the DUP candidate in Belfast West at the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but was not elected.

Kingston later stood in the 2011 Belfast West by-election to the House of Commons, coming fourth.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Belfast in 2013, and was later elected Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2016.

At the 2022 Assembly election, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as one of two DUP representatives in Belfast North