Brian Kingston

Brian Kingston
Kingston outside Parliament Buildings, Stormont, May 2022
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast North
Assumed office
5 May 2022
Preceded byWilliam Humphrey
70th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2016 – 1 June 2017
DeputyMary Ellen Campbell
Preceded byArder Carson
Succeeded byNuala McAllister
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
1 May 2010 – 7 May 2022[1]
Preceded byDiane Dodds
Succeeded byNaomi Thompson
ConstituencyCourt
Personal details
Born (1966-02-22) 22 February 1966 (age 58)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
SpouseEileen
Children
  • Leanne
  • Owen
  • Amy
EducationMethodist College Belfast
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Queens University Belfast
OccupationPolitician

Brian 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]

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.

  1. ^ "Alderman Brian Kingston". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Belfast North result - Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Brian Kingston MLA". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.