Nigel Dodds

The Right Honourable
The Lord Dodds of Duncairn
OBE PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Dodds of Duncairn OBE PC
	Official portrait, 2017
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in the House of Lords
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 June 2021
Leader	Jeffrey Donaldson
Preceded by	Office established
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
	In office; 31 May 2008 – 28 May 2021
Leader	Peter Robinson; Arlene Foster;
Preceded by	Peter Robinson
Succeeded by	Paula Bradley
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in the House of Commons
	In office; 6 May 2010 – 13 December 2019
Leader	Peter Robinson; Arlene Foster;
Preceded by	Peter Robinson
Succeeded by	Jeffrey Donaldson
First Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of Finance and Personnel
	In office; 5 June 2008 – 1 July 2009
First Minister	Peter Robinson
Preceded by	Peter Robinson
Succeeded by	Sammy Wilson
Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
	In office; 8 May 2007 – 5 June 2008
First Minister	Ian Paisley; Peter Robinson;
Preceded by	Reg Empey
Succeeded by	Arlene Foster
Minister for Social Development
	In office; 24 October 2001 – 14 October 2002
First Minister	Reg Empey (acting); David Trimble;
Preceded by	Maurice Morrow
Succeeded by	Margaret Ritchie
	In office; 21 November 1999 – 27 July 2000
First Minister	David Trimble
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Maurice Morrow
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life peerage ; 19 October 2020
Member of Parliament; for Belfast North
	In office; 7 June 2001 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Cecil Walker
Succeeded by	John Finucane
Member of the Legislative Assembly; for Belfast North
	In office; 25 June 1998 – 10 September 2010
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	William Humphrey
Preceded by
Local government offices
45th and 48th Lord Mayor of Belfast
	In office; 1 June 1991 – 1 June 1992
Preceded by	Fred Cobain
Succeeded by	Herbert Ditty
	In office; 1 June 1988 – 1 June 1989
Preceded by	J.J. Dixon Gilmore
Succeeded by	Reg Empey
Member of Belfast City Council
	In office; 15 May 1985 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Lydia Patterson
Constituency	Castle
Personal details
Born	Nigel Alexander Dodds; 20 August 1958; Derry, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse	Diane Dodds
Children	3
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge; Queen's University of Belfast
Profession	Politician
Website	Official website

Nigel Alexander Dodds, Baron Dodds of Duncairn, OBE, PC (born 20 August 1958), is a Northern Irish unionist politician and barrister, serving as Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the House of Lords since 2021, and was previously deputy leader of the DUP from 2008 to 2021.

Born in Derry and raised in County Fermanagh, Dodds originally practised as a barrister, and became Member of Parliament for the Belfast North constituency at the 2001 UK general election and served in that role until he was defeated by John Finucane of Sinn Féin in 2019.

Dodds has served in the past as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and as Minister of Finance in the Northern Ireland Executive. In July 2020, he was nominated for a peerage in the House of Lords and announced in September 2020 that he would take the title Lord Dodds of Duncairn. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and served as General Secretary of the DUP from 1993 to 2008.

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