Trevor Lunn
Lunn in 2021
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Lagan Valley
In office
7 March 2007 – 28 March 2022
Preceded bySeamus Close
Succeeded bySorcha Eastwood
Personal details
Born (1946-06-29) 29 June 1946 (age 77)
England
Political partyIndependent (since 2020)
Other political
affiliations		Alliance (until 2020)

Trevor Lunn (born 29 June 1946) is a former Northern Irish politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2007 to 2022.

Formerly a member of the Alliance Party, Lunn resigned from the party in 2020, sitting as an Independent for the remainder of his term.

Career

Lunn was first elected to Lisburn City Council in 2001, representing the Lisburn Town North DEA, and was re-elected in 2005.

As a councillor, Lunn served as Mayor of Lisburn between 2006 and 2007.[citation needed]

He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley in the 2007 assembly election. Lunn took over the Alliance candidacy for Lagan Valley from Seamus Close, the longtime representative for the area. While many pundits predicted that Alliance would struggle to hold on to the seat, Lunn's performance saw the new candidate elected fourth out of the six seats available.[1] He retained the seat at the 2011 Assembly election. He is a former chairman of the Alliance Party.[2]

As an MLA, Lunn was a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.[3]

Regarding accusations in 2012 of Sinn Féin infiltrating primary schools,[clarification needed] Lunn said, "In the context of Lumen Christi as a highly successful grammar school which has taken a public stance on the question of academic selection, in defiance of the minister's instruction and indeed the view of the Catholic Church, it is hard to see these appointments as anything other than a means of infiltration of the school's board of governors, with the aim of influencing the stance taken by the present board."[4]

On 2 March 2020, Lunn announced that he was leaving the Alliance Party due to "internal difficulties"; he continued to sit as an independent MLA.[5] He later announced that he would not be contesting the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[6]

References

  1. ^ "DUP TAKES THREE ASSEMBLY SEATS IN LAGAN VALLEY". Ulster Star. 8 March 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
  2. ^ "'Victimised' party chair resigns". BBC News. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  3. ^ "The Board". nipolicingboard.org.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ^ Fergus, Lindsay (2 August 2012). "John O'Dowd denies infiltrating schools with Sinn Fein governors". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Trevor Lunn resigns from Alliance Party". Belfast Telegraph. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ^ Hughes, Brendan (22 February 2021). "I quit Alliance due to tensions but I still support them, says MLA". BelfastLive. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
Civic offices Preceded byJonathan Craig Mayor of Lisburn 2006–2007 Succeeded byJames Tinsley Northern Ireland Assembly Preceded bySeamus Close MLA for Lagan Valley 2007 – 2022 Succeeded bySorcha Eastwood


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