Gary Middleton

Gary Middleton
Junior Minister at the Executive Office
In office
17 June 2021 – 5 May 2022
Serving with Declan Kearney
Preceded byGordon Lyons
Succeeded byAisling Reilly (2024)
In office
2 February 2021 – 8 March 2021
Acting
Serving with Declan Kearney
Preceded byGordon Lyons
Succeeded byGordon Lyons
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Foyle
Assumed office
13 April 2015
Preceded byMaurice Devenney
Member of
Derry City and Strabane District Council
In office
22 May 2014 – 13 April 2015
Preceded byCouncil established
Succeeded byGraham Warke
ConstituencyFaughan
Deputy Mayor of Derry City Council
In office
June 2013 – March 2015
Member of
Derry City Council
In office
5 May 2011 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byWillie Hay
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyRural
Personal details
Born (1990-06-20) 20 June 1990 (age 34)
Newbuildings, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
SpouseAlderman Julie Middleton (m.2015)
Alma materUniversity of Ulster
OccupationPolitician

Gary Middleton MLA (born 20 June 1990) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He has been a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Foyle since 2015. Middleton is the DUP Spokesperson for the North West.[1]

He served as Acting Junior Minister for the Executive Office from February to March 2021 while Gordon Lyons was Acting Agriculture Minister while Edwin Poots stood aside due to ill health. In June 2021, Middleton replaced Lyons permanently as Junior Minister.

  1. ^ "Gary Middleton MLA". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.