Gregory Campbell (politician)

Gregory Campbell
Campbell in 2011
Member of Parliament
for East Londonderry
Assumed office
7 June 2001
Preceded byWilliam Ross
Majority179 (0.5%)
Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure
In office
9 June 2008 – 1 July 2009
Preceded byEdwin Poots
Succeeded byNelson McCausland
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for East Londonderry
In office
25 June 1998 – 7 May 2016
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byMaurice Bradley
Member of
Derry City Council
In office
15 May 1985 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byApril Garfield-Kidd
ConstituencyWaterside
In office
20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byHerbert Faulkner
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyLondonderry Area B
Northern Ireland Forum Member
In office
30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Preceded byForum created
Succeeded byForum dissolved
ConstituencyTop-up list
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Londonderry
In office
20 October 1982 – 1986
Preceded byAssembly reconvened
Succeeded byAssembly abolished
Personal details
Born
Gregory Lloyd Campbell

(1953-02-15) 15 February 1953 (age 71)
Waterside, Derry, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish [1]
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
SpouseFrances Campbell[2]
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Ulster

Gregory Lloyd Campbell CBE (born 15 February 1953)[3] is a British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Londonderry since 2001. As of 2024, Campbell is Northern Ireland's longest-serving current MP. He is the DUP Spokesperson for International Development.[4]

He was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 1998 to 2016.

  1. ^ Campbell, Gregory (22 March 2021). ""We are British"". Claire Byrne Live. RTE. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "House of Commons - The Register of Members' Financial Interests - Part 2: Part 2". Publications.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Is Gregory Campbell a potential future leader of DUP? - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Gregory Campbell MP". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.