Stephen Farry
Stephen Anthony Farry (born 22 April 1971) is a politician who has served as the deputy leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland since December 2016 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Down since 2019.
Stephen Farry | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2016 | |
| Leader | Naomi Long |
| Preceded by | Naomi Long |
| Member of Parliament for North Down | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvia Hermon |
| Majority | 2,968 (7.3%) |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Down | |
| In office 7 March 2007 – 16 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Eileen Bell |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Muir |
| Minister for Employment and Learning | |
| In office 5 May 2011 – 6 May 2016 | |
| First Minister | Peter Robinson (FM) Arlene Foster (FM) Martin McGuinness (dFM) |
| Preceded by | Danny Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Anthony Farry 22 April 1971 Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Alliance |
| Spouse |
Wendy Watt (m. 2005) |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
Farry served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2007 to 2019, and was Minister for Employment and Learning in the Northern Ireland Executive until the post was abolished in 2016. In 2019, he was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as MP for North Down.
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