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Former UUP MLA for South Antrim, Former UUP MP for South Antrim

Entered the House of Commons on 7 June 2001 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 11 April 2005 — General election (stood again)

Entered the Assembly on 26 November 2003 — General election

Left the Assembly on 1 June 2009 — Resigned

Party was UUP until 22 Jun 2003; Independent Ulster Unionist until 8 Jan 2004

• Wikipedia page

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• William McCrea
• Clifford Forsythe
• James Molyneaux
• Knox Cunningham
• Douglas Savory

Future MPs in this constituency

• William McCrea
• Danny Kinahan
• Paul Girvan
• Robin Swann

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland Assembly: office of the first minister and deputy first minister: Single Equality Bill 23 Feb 2009

  I hate to intervene in the nationalist/republican debate. [Laughter.] With the depth and extent of the equality and human-rights legislation that exists in Northern Ireland, is there no time in the future that the deputy First Minister envisages this Assembly evolving into the same formation of a Government and Executive as every other democratic country in the world, whether that be a...

• Northern Ireland Assembly: office of the First Minister and Deputy first minister: Global Economic Downturn 26 Jan 2009

  I will be quicker with my question than the deputy First Minister was with his long-winded statement. The deputy First Minister made only one specific point in his three long-winded answers to the question and the supplementary questions. He referred to the Presbyterian Mutual Society. In their representations to the British Prime Minister, will he and the First Minister, if need be —

• Northern Ireland Assembly: office of the First Minister and Deputy first minister: Global Economic Downturn 26 Jan 2009

  Will he ask the Prime Minister to nationalise the Presbyterian Mutual Society so that the interests of its customers can be looked after?

More of David Burnside’s recent appearances