Jim Wells (politician)

Jim Wells
Wells in 2021
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
In office
24 September 2014 – 11 May 2015
Preceded byEdwin Poots
Succeeded bySimon Hamilton
Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Interim
11 May 2006 – 30 January 2007
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
In office
25 June 1998 – 28 March 2022
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byDiane Forsythe
In office
20 October 1982 – 1986
Preceded byAssembly re-established
Succeeded byAssembly dissolved
Member of Down District Council
In office
7 June 2001 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byWilliam Alexander
Succeeded byGarth Craig
ConstituencyBallynahinch
Member of Banbridge District Council
In office
15 May 1985 – 17 May 1989
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byMargaret Walker
ConstituencyBanbridge Town
Member of Lisburn City Council
In office
20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byCharles Woodburne
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyLisburn Area A
Personal details
Born (1957-04-27) 27 April 1957 (age 67)
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyTUV (since 2024)
DUP (1976-2022)
Other political
affiliations		Independent Unionist
(2022-2024)
SpouseGrace Wells
Children3
Alma materQueen's University, Belfast
WebsiteDUP

Jim Wells (born 27 April 1957) is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety from 2014 to 2015. He additionally served on an interim basis as deputy speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 2006 and 2007. [1]

Formerly a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Wells served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Down from 1998 to 2022. He was one of the longest-serving MLAs at the time of his retirement in 2022.

Wells was a Down District councillor for the Ballynahinch DEA from 2001 until 2011[2]

  1. ^ "MLA Details". Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Who We Are:Jim Wells". myDUP.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2015.