Alex Easton

Alex Easton MLA (born 19 May 1969) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.

Alex Easton
MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for North Down
Assumed office
26 November 2003
Preceded byJane Morrice
Personal details
Born (1969-05-19) 19 May 1969
NationalityBritish
Political partyIndependent Unionist
Other political
affiliations		DUP (until 2021)
WebsiteAlex Easton MLA

He was educated at Gransha Boys High School and initially (1988) worked in a carpet sample-making factory. Starting in 2000, he worked in the accident and emergency department in the Newtownards and then the Ulster Hospital as a clerical officer. Married, he is a member of the Orange Order and the Church of Ireland. He served on the North Down Policing Partnership.[1]

As a Democratic Unionist Party politician, he was first elected to North Down Borough Council in 2001 and left Council in December 2013. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 for the constituency of North Down and returned again in 2007, 2011, 2016 and again in 2017, when he topped the poll for North Down, having increased his vote each election. Easton stood in the 2017 Westminster election and polled 14,940 votes, nearly unseating the siting MP. In the 2019 Westminster election, he stood once again in the constituency but was defeated by Stephen Farry of the Alliance Party.

Easton is opposed to a border poll and has said those politically backing a backstop through Brexit could potentially lead to a border poll and is a threat to the Union, which must be opposed. Easton is also opposed to the Northern Ireland protocol.

He announced his resignation from the DUP on 1 July 2021, stating that he saw no "respect, discipline or decency" in the party's recent behaviour.[2]

References
  1. Profile, nddup.org.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.
  2. Breen, Suzanne (1 July 2021). "Fresh DUP crisis as MLA Alex Easton quits accusing party of having 'no respect, discipline or decency'". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 1 July 2021.


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