Christopher Stalford

Christopher Stalford (born 17 January 1983) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician from Northern Ireland. He has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Belfast since the 2016 election.

Christopher Stalford
MLA
Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Assumed office
14 January 2020
Preceded byCatríona Ruane
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast South
Assumed office
May 2016
Preceded byMichael McGimpsey
Personal details
Born (1983-01-17) 17 January 1983[1]
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
Spouse(s)Laura Stalford
Children4
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteProfile, mydup.com; accessed 4 March 2017

Stalford was born in the Annadale Flats in south Belfast and studied nearby at Wellington College Belfast and Queen's University Belfast.[2] After graduation he worked in the European office of Jim Allister three days a week, and the office of Peter Weir (politician) two days a week. He then moved to the DUP press office for six years and then onto the policy unit.[3]

At the 2005 local elections, he was elected to Belfast City Council, representing the Laganbank area[4]

At the 2014 local elections, Laganbank was abolished and he was re-elected for the Balmoral area.[5]

Stalford served as High Sheriff of Belfast in 2010. Aged only 27, the Belfast Telegraph described him as the youngest ever High Sheriff of the city.[1] He was elected as Deputy Lord Mayor for the 2013–14 term.[6]

In 2008 he was selected as the chairman of the Belfast District Policing Partnership.[7]

At the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, he was one of two DUP candidates elected in South Belfast.[8]

References
  1. Youngest High Sheriff is sworn in at Belfast City Hall, Belfast Telegraph, 19 January 2010 Archived 3 September 2012 at archive.today
  2. Who we are Archived 24 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, mydup.com, accessed 9 May 2016
  3. McNeilly, Claire (14 August 2017). "Christopher Stalford: 'I don't see myself as a future DUP leader. I'm an Arlene 'ultra'". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast. ISSN 0307-5664. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. Belfast city council elections Archived 26 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, ark.ac.uk, accessed 9 May 2016
  5. "Fly-tipping fine notices appear at loyalist bonfire in Belfast" Archived 29 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Irish News, 26 April 2016
  6. Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor Christopher Stalford told of threat Archived 29 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News, 29 November 2013
  7. Stalford gets Belfast DPP chairman post Archived 5 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine, belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 8 October 2008.
  8. Ruth Patterson to quit politics after disappointing South Belfast Assembly election result Archived 8 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast Telegraph, 8 May 2016.
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