Gavin Robinson

Gavin Robinson
Official portrait, 2019
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
Assumed office
29 May 2024
Interim: 29 March 2024 – 29 May 2024
Preceded byJeffrey Donaldson
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in the House of Commons
Assumed office
29 March 2024
LeaderHimself[a]
Preceded byJeffrey Donaldson
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
In office
9 June 2023 – 29 May 2024
LeaderJeffrey Donaldson
Himself[a]
Preceded byPaula Bradley
Succeeded byVacant
Member of Parliament
for Belfast East
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byNaomi Long
Majority2,676 (6.2%)
69th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2012 – 1 June 2013
DeputyTierna Cunningham
Preceded byNiall Ó Donnghaile
Succeeded byMáirtín Ó Muilleoir
Member of the Belfast City Council
In office
22 May 2014 – 7 May 2015
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byBrian Kennedy
ConstituencyTitanic
In office
5 May 2011 – 22 May 2014
Preceded bySammy Wilson
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyPottinger
Personal details
Born
Gavin James Robinson[1]

(1984-11-22) 22 November 1984 (age 39)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
SpouseLindsay
Children1
Alma materUlster University
ProfessionBarrister

Gavin James Robinson (born 22 November 1984) is a Northern Irish unionist politician and barrister who has served as Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since March 2024.[a][3] He served as Deputy DUP Leader from June 2023 to May 2024. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast East in the UK House of Commons since the 2015 general election. He was Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2012–2013.[4] Robinson is the DUP Spokesperson for Defence and Home Affairs.[5]


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  1. ^ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9128.
  2. ^ "Kids' entertainer, barrister, Belfast Lord Mayor and now a rubbish collector..." BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 27 August 2012. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 30 March 2024. At 6ft 4ins tall and dressed in yellow he was hard to miss.
  3. ^ "DUP Statement". Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ "BBC News – DUP's Gavin Robinson is new Lord Mayor of Belfast". BBC News. June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Gavin Robinson MP". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.