Jim Shannon

Jim Shannon
Official portrait, 2020
Member of Parliament
for Strangford
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byIris Robinson
Majority5,131 (13.2%)
Democratic Unionist portfolios
2017–present
2012–2015
Human Rights
2015–present
2010–2015
Health
2015–2017Equality
2015–2017
2010–2015
Transport
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Strangford
In office
25 June 1998 – 2 August 2010
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySimpson Gibson
Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for Strangford
In office
30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Local government offices
1991–9214th Mayor of Ards
1990–9113th Deputy Mayor of Ards
Member of Ards Borough Council for Ards Peninsula
In office
15 May 1985 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byRobert Adair
Personal details
Born
Richard James Shannon

(1955-03-25) 25 March 1955 (age 69)
Omagh, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
SpouseSandra Shannon
Children3

Richard James Shannon (born 25 March 1955) is a Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Strangford since 2010. He is the DUP's Health Spokesperson.[1] He had previously sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 to 2010 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland (MLA) for Strangford.

  1. ^ "Jim Shannon MP". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.