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Ian Paisley

Democratic Unionist Party North Antrim M
Ian Paisley is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Democratic Unionist Party MP for North Antrim, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2010-05-062024-05-30
North Antrim

Party history

2018-09-182024-05-30
Democratic Unionist Party
2018-07-242018-09-18
Independent
2010-05-062018-07-24
Democratic Unionist Party

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2015-05-082024-05-30
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
2015-05-082024-05-30
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
2015-05-082017-06-08
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
2010-05-062015-03-30
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
2010-05-062015-03-30
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Committee memberships

2020-03-022023-01-09
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2017-09-112019-11-06
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2015-07-062016-12-05
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2010-07-262015-03-30
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2014-10-162014-12-17
House of Commons Governance Committee
2015-07-162017-05-03
Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee)
2020-01-152024-05-30
Panel of Chairs
2017-06-222019-11-06
Panel of Chairs
2016-10-112017-05-03
Panel of Chairs
2021-12-152022-01-05
Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill
2022-01-192022-01-26
Down Syndrome Bill
2023-01-232023-01-25
Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill
2023-01-252023-02-01
Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill
2023-03-012023-03-07
Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL]
2024-03-062024-03-13
High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 19 active officership(s) · 29 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bermuda
Country Group
Vice Chair 14 2024-06-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Jazz Appreciation
Subject Group
Treasurer 7 2022-06-26
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Retail Crime, Safe and Sustainable High Streets
Subject Group
Officer British Independent Retail Association 4 2024-10-14
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Bus and Coach Industry
Subject Group
Vice Chair Beyond2050 6 2024-01-09
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022
Subject Group
Vice Chair 21 2023-05-12
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Belgium
Country Group
Vice Chair 14 2023-11-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation
Subject Group
Vice Chair 9 2023-05-07
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Resilience and Civil Contingencies
Subject Group
Officer 11 2024-10-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Luxembourg
Country Group
Vice Chair 14 2023-11-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mentoring
Subject Group
Vice Chair The Diana Award 7 2022-01-08
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Northern Ireland
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited 4 2025-01-05
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Future of UK-Australia Trade
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact 5 2024-10-21
All-Party Parliamentary Motorcycling Group
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact 4 2025-05-22
British Overseas Territories All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 30 2024-05-29
British-Switzerland All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 17 2024-05-15
Central America All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 11 2024-06-06
Flags and Heraldry All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair 11 2024-06-04
Historic Counties All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair 7 2025-03-04
Pacific Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 12 2024-06-04
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

2 bills 2 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Referendums (Supermajority) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2022-11-08
Digital Devices (Access for Next of Kin) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2022-01-18
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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