Alan Chambers (Northern Ireland politician)

Alan Chambers MLA
Chambers in 2021
Chairperson of the Audits Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 February 2024
Deputy	Keith Buchanan
Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Acting 30 May 2022 – 3 February 2024
Succeeded by	Edwin Poots
Ulster Unionist Party spokesperson for Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 May 2021
Leader	Doug Beattie
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2016
Preceded by	Leslie Cree
Member of Ards and North Down Borough Council
In office 22 May 2014 – 5 May 2016
Preceded by	Council established
Succeeded by	David Chambers
Constituency	Bangor East and Donaghadee
Mayor of North Down
In office 2000–2001
Preceded by	Marion Smith
Succeeded by	Ian Henry
Member of North Down Borough Council
In office 17 April 1991 – 22 May 2014
Preceded by	Edmund Mills
Succeeded by	Council abolished
Constituency	Ballyholme and Groomsport
Personal details
Born	(1947-10-15) 15 October 1947 (age 76) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party (2015 - present)
Other political affiliations	Independent Unionist (1991 - 2015)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Shopkeeper

Alan Chambers (born 15 October 1947) is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was acting Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 2022 and 2024. Chambers has been an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down since 2016. He currently serves as Chairperson of the Assembly's Audit Committee.^[1]