Alan Chambers (Northern Ireland politician)

Alan Chambers
Chambers in 2021
Chairperson of the Audits Committee
Assumed office
6 February 2024
DeputyKeith Buchanan
Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Acting
30 May 2022 – 3 February 2024
Succeeded byEdwin Poots
Ulster Unionist Party spokesperson for Health
Assumed office
25 May 2021
LeaderDoug Beattie
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for North Down
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded byLeslie Cree
Member of Ards and North Down Borough Council
In office
22 May 2014 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byCouncil established
Succeeded byDavid Chambers
ConstituencyBangor East and Donaghadee
Mayor of North Down
In office
2000–2001
Preceded byMarion Smith
Succeeded byIan Henry
Member of North Down Borough Council
In office
17 April 1991 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byEdmund Mills
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyBallyholme and Groomsport
Personal details
Born (1947-10-15) 15 October 1947 (age 77)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party (2015 - present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent Unionist (1991 - 2015)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionShopkeeper

Alan Chambers (born 15 October 1947) is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was acting Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 2022 and 2024. Chambers has been an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down since 2016. He currently serves as Chairperson of the Assembly's Audit Committee.[1]