Roy Beggs Jr

Roy Beggs Jr
Member of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Assumed office
18 May 2023
Preceded byKeith Turner
ConstituencyLarne Lough
Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
In office
11 January 2020 – 31 May 2022
Preceded byDanny Kennedy
Succeeded byJohn Blair (2024)
In office
12 May 2011 – 30 March 2016
Preceded byDavid McClarty
Succeeded byDanny Kennedy
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for East Antrim
In office
25 June 1998 – 27 March 2022
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byDanny Donnelly
Member of Carrickfergus Borough Council
In office
7 June 2001 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byJoseph Reid
Succeeded byJohn Stewart
ConstituencyKnockagh
Personal details
Born (1962-07-03) 3 July 1962 (age 62)
Glenoe, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
SpouseSandra Beggs
Children3
Residence(s)Glenoe, County Antrim
Alma materQueen's University of Belfast
ProfessionEngineer
WebsiteOfficial webpage

Roy Beggs Jr (born 3 July 1962) is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician, serving as a Mid and East Antrim Councillor for the Larne Lough DEA since 2023. Beggs served as a Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2011 to 2016, and 2020 to 2022. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 1998 to 2022.