Christopher Stalford

Christopher Stalford (born 17 January 1983) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland. He has been an 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 south Belfast and studied at Wellington College Belfast and Queen's University Belfast.[2] At the 2005 local elections, he was elected to Belfast City Council, representing the Laganbank area[3]

At the 2014 local elections, Laganbank was abolished and he was re-elected for the Balmoral area.[4]

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.[5]

In 2008 he was selected as the chairman of the Belfast District Policing Partnership.[6]

At the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, he was one of two DUP candidates elected in South Belfast.[7]

References
  1. Youngest High Sheriff is sworn in at Belfast City Hall, Belfast Telegraph, 19 January 2010
  2. Who we are, mydup.com, accessed 9 May 2016
  3. Belfast city council elections, ark.ac.uk, accessed 9 May 2016
  4. "Fly-tipping fine notices appear at loyalist bonfire in Belfast", The Irish News, 26 April 2016
  5. Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor Christopher Stalford told of threat, BBC News, 29 November 2013
  6. Stalford gets Belfast DPP chairman post, belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 8 October 2008.
  7. Ruth Patterson to quit politics after disappointing South Belfast Assembly election result, Belfast Telegraph, 8 May 2016.
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
Michael McGimpsey		 MLA for Belfast South
2016–present		 Incumbent
Civic offices
Preceded by
Frank McCoubrey		 High Sheriff of Belfast
2010		 Succeeded by
Ian Adamson
Preceded by
Tierna Cunningham		 Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
2013–2014		 Succeeded by
Máire Hendron


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