Sammy Douglas

Sammy Douglas (born 22 February 1953) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician and community worker who was the High Sheriff of Belfast from January 2024 to 2025, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Titanic DEA since 2023. Douglas was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 2011 to 2017.^[1][2]

Sammy Douglas
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office January 2024 – 14 January 2025
Preceded by	John Kyle
Succeeded by	Fiona McAteer
Member of Belfast City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2023
Preceded by	George Dorrian
Constituency	Titanic
In office 2 June 2022 – 18 May 2023
Preceded by	David Brooks
Succeeded by	Davy Douglas
Constituency	Lisnasharragh
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East
In office 5 May 2011 – 2 March 2017
Preceded by	Wallace Browne
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	(1953-02-22) 22 February 1953 (age 72) Sandy Row, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party

Career

Douglas was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2011 election, representing Belfast East.^[3][4] He retained his seat at the 2016 Assembly election.^[5] In January 2017, Douglas said that he would not be seeking re-election at the March 2017 Assembly election.^[6]

Douglas returned to front-line politics in June 2022, being co-opted onto Belfast City Council to replace Lisnasharragh representative David Brooks, following his election to the Assembly.^[7][8] He was re-elected at the 2023 local elections, this time for the Titanic District.^[9][10][11]

In January 2024, Douglas was appointed High Sheriff of Belfast.^[12][13]