North Down Borough Council was a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ards Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become North Down and Ards District Council.
North Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Stephen Farry of the Alliance Party. Farry was elected to the position in the 2019 general election,replacing the incumbent Sylvia Hermon. Hermon had held the position since being elected to it in the 2001 general election,but chose not to contest in 2019.
Peter Weir MLA is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who served as Minister for Education in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2016 to 2017 and from 2020 to 2021. Weir was the first non-Sinn Féin legislator to head the Department of Education since the department came into existence on 2 December 1999.
Belfast City Council is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast,the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of 333,871 (2011),the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland,while being the smallest by area. Belfast City Council is the primary council of the Belfast Metropolitan Area,a grouping of six former district councils with commuter towns and overspill from Belfast,containing a total population of 579,276.
Brian Wilson MLA is a Northern Irish politician who was a member of North Down Borough Council for 34 years (1981–2015). He retired when local government was reformed. During this time he served as an Alliance member,Green Party and Independent. He was the first Green Party Councillor to be elected in Northern Ireland in 2005 and in 2007 he became the first member of the Green Party to be elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. He agreed to serve as MLA for a single term and stood down to be replaced by his research assistant Steven Agnew.
Jim Rodgers OBE is a politician from Northern Ireland who was previously the High Sheriff of Belfast,the judicial representative of the sovereign in Belfast. He is an elected Ulster Unionist Party Councillor and appointed Alderman at Belfast City Council.
Alderman Stephen William Moutray is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician in Northern Ireland. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 2003 to 2016. He was also a councillor on Craigavon Borough Council,where he served as Mayor from 2010 to 2011.
Fred Cobain,MBE is a Democratic Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 until 2011.
Alderman Samuel Gardiner MBE JP is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland for the Ulster Unionist Party and was a MLA for Upper Bann.
Cllr Norman Hillis is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician from Northern Ireland,who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2003 to 2007.
Robert Coulter was a Northern Irish politician,a member of the Ulster Unionist Party and a prominent proponent of unionism.
Cecil Cousley MBE was a politician in Northern Ireland.
William James McClure MBE was a Unionist politician based in Coleraine,Northern Ireland,who served as President of the Democratic Unionist Party. McClure died on 3 August 2014 at the age of 88.
Robert Dodd McConnell,known as Bertie McConnell is a former Army officer and politician in Northern Ireland.
Hugh John Simpson Gibson MBE is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland.
William Joseph Humphrey is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Humphrey has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Belfast since 2010,replacing Nigel Dodds.
Bobby McKee,MBE was a Unionist politician in Larne,Northern Ireland and former member of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
David Hugh Browne is an Ulster unionist politician from Northern Ireland.
Alan Chambers is a politician from Northern Ireland. Since the 2016 election he has served as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MLA for North Down.
The 1924 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were awards announced on 8 February 1924 to mark the exit of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin,who resigned his first term as Prime Minister in late January.
