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Gary Middleton
Politician from northern ireland

Gary Middleton

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Politician from northern ireland
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Biography

Gary Middleton (born 20 June 1990) is a British politician from Northern Ireland. He has been a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Foyle since April 2015, replacing Maurice Devenney by co-option.

Early life

Born in Newbuildings, County Londonderry, Middleton studied Computer Science at the University of Ulster, and also obtained a diploma in Civic Leadership and Community Planning from the same institution. Prior to becoming an MLA, he was a youth worker and also worked as an assistant to Foyle MLA William Hay and later Maurice Devenney, who was himself co-opted to replace William Hay in October 2014 upon the latter's retirement after being elevated to the House of Lords.

Electoral history

Middleton was first elected to Derry City Council in 2011 at the age of 20, replacing William Hay by co-option. He also served as Deputy Mayor from June 2013 – March 2015.

In 2014 he was elected to the new Derry and Strabane 'super council' and was appointed group leader of the DUP councillors. In April 2015, he was co-opted to replace fellow DUP member Maurice Devenney in the Northern Ireland Assembly, becoming the assembly's youngest member at 24.

Shortly after joining the assembly, it was announced that Middleton would be the DUP's candidate for the Foyle constituency in the United Kingdom general election, eventually finishing a distant third with 12.4% of the vote.

General Election 2015: Foyle
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDLPMark Durkan17,72547.9+3.2
Sinn FéinGearóid Ó hEára11,67931.6−0.4
DUPGary Middleton4,57312.4+0.5
UUPJulia Kee1,2263.3+0.1
AllianceDavid Hawthorne8352.3+1.7
UKIPKyle Thompson8322.2N/A
NI ConservativesHamish Badenoch1320.4N/A
Majority6,04616.3
Turnout37,00252.8−4.7
SDLP holdSwing

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