Joanne Bunting
MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Belfast East
Assumed office
May 2016
Preceded byPeter Robinson
Personal details
Born (1974-06-07) June 7, 1974 (age 49)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party

Joanne Bunting (born 7 June 1974) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East since 2016.[1] Bunting is the DUP's Spokesperson for Justice. [2]

Career

Bunting was educated at Braniel Primary School and Grosvenor High School. As an elected representative, she served as a Councillor in Castlereagh for 11 years, from 2000 to 2011, and as Mayor in 2004/05.

For 18 years she worked at the Northern Ireland Assembly. In 2016, Bunting was elected on the first count to the Northern Ireland Assembly, as one of three DUP MLAs.

Bunting is a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board, and serves on the Committee on Standards and Privileges, the Assembly All Party Group on Epilepsy, and the Assembly All Party Group on Tourism.

References

  1. ^ "East Belfast: Bunting flies high, and Long climbs Hill again". Belfast Telegraph. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Joanne Bunting MLA". DUP. Retrieved 20 November 2023.


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