Danny Kinahan

Daniel "Danny" de Burgh Kinahan MP is a British politician from the Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for South Antrim and former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim. In 2005 he was elected to Antrim Borough Council, and in June 2009 he was appointed to the South Antrim seat in the Assembly vacated by the resignation of David Burnside.

Personal

He is the son of the late Sir Robin Kinahan and Coralie de Burgh and was educated at Craigflower Preparatory School (Torryburn), Stowe School and Edinburgh University. He is a cousin of singer Chris de Burgh. Professionally Kinahan is an antiques expert and worked as Christie's auctioneers Irish representative. He lives with his wife and four children at Castle Upton, Templepatrick. In 2016 he announced he was selling the family home to downsize following the moving out of his children.

Northern Ireland Assembly

In the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 he unsuccessfully stood as a UUP candidate in South Antrim. In 1996, he was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim. He was re-elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2011 election.

He stepped down after his election to Westminster and was replaced by Adrian Cochrane-Watson.

Westminster MP

In the 2015 general election, he was elected as an MP in the House of Commons, as the UUP gained the constituency from the DUP. He finished ahead of the incumbent William McCrea.