Brian Kingston

The Right Honourable
Brian Kingston
61st Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 2016  1 June 2017
Preceded by Arder Carson
Succeeded by Nuala McAllister
Councillor on Belfast City Council
Assumed office
2010
Constituency Court
Personal details
Born 1965/6
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Political party Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse(s) Eileen
Children 3
Residence Ballysillan, Belfast
Alma mater University of Manchester
Queen's University Belfast

Brian Kingston (born 1965 or 1966)[1] is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician from Belfast. He was current Lord Mayor of the city in 2016–2017.

He was educated at Methodist College, Belfast, the University of Manchester and Queen's University Belfast. He studied physics.[2]

Kingston was elected to Belfast City Council in the Court area at the Northern Ireland local elections, 2011,[3] and held the seat in 2014.

He stood for the DUP in Belfast West at the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, where he was last candidate to be eliminated.[4] He stood for the equivalent Westminster seat in the Belfast West by-election, 2011;[5] he took third place, with 6.1% of the votes cast.

In 2016, Kingston was chosen as Lord Mayor of Belfast.[2]

References

  1. , belfasttelegraph.co.uk; accessed 1 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 , belfasttelegraph.co.uk; accessed 1 June 2016.
  3. Elections 2011: Court, Belfast City Council
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  5. – DUP Nomination for West Belfast by-election, 24 May 2011
Civic offices
Preceded by
Arder Carson
Lord Mayor of Belfast
2016–2017
Succeeded by
Nuala McAllister



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