Ian Paisley Jr

Born in Belfast in 1966, Paisley is the youngest child of the Reverend Ian Paisley and his wife Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's. The younger Ian, along with his twin brother (Kyle) and his three elder sisters (Sharon, Rhonda and Cherith), was brought up in a large detached house on Cyprus Avenue in east Belfast.{{cite episode |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/thehouseigrewupin/pip/y0w1a/ |title=The House I Grew Up In, featuring Paisley Jr. |series=The House I Grew Up In |series-link=The House I Grew Up In |network=BBC Radio 4 |air-date=20 August 2007}} Being the younger of the twins, he was named after his father who was the younger of two brothers. He regularly attended the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster (where his father preached) from a very young age. In August 2007, he was the subject of the third episode of the BBC Radio 4 series The House I Grew Up In in which he talked about a happy childhood and secure family life, despite the Troubles.

After leaving primary school, Paisley was educated at Shaftesbury House College, and then in the sixth form at Methodist College Belfast, before gaining admission to Queen's University Belfast. There he gained a BA (Hons) in Modern History followed by a MSSc in Irish Politics. After finishing his postgraduate studies, he worked for his father as a political researcher and parliamentary aide.

In 1996, Paisley was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum for North Antrim. He was returned for the constituency to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998. He is one of three DUP members who have taken their seats on the Northern Ireland Policing Board, and is also the party's justice spokesman and press officer.

Paisley successfully ran to succeed his father as the MP for North Antrim in the 2010 UK general election, winning 46.4% of the vote share.{{cite news |title=Ian Paisley Jr: 'I've always been proud of dad – and proud to bear his name' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ian-paisley-jr-ive-always-been-proud-of-dad-ndash-and-proud--to-bear-his-name-2024378.html |work=The Independent|access-date=17 July 2012 |location=London |date=12 July 2010}} Upon his election as MP, he resigned his seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Although there were rumours that Paisley Jr was positioning himself to become leader of his party, he denies any such ambition: "I've no ambition for that at all. I've never had any ambition to get anywhere beyond where I am today. Some people sought to put the knife in, in order to stop me, because they were concerned about me wanting to be leader. Well, they misjudged me completely."

In 2022, Paisley introduced a private members' bill that proposed to alter how future referendums on constitutional change, and thus Northern Ireland's ability to leave the United Kingdom, would be ratified.{{cite web |title=Referendums (Supermajority) Bill|url=https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3361 |website=UK Parliament|access-date=23 September 2024 |date=2022 }} Paisley's bill would have changed the law so that a simple majority vote would no longer be enough for reunification with Ireland, and instead a higher bar of a supermajority would be required for an affirmative result to be declared.{{cite web |date=2022-11-08 |title=Paisley Bill aims to add additional requirements for any future border poll |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/ian-paisley-jr-bill-aims-to-add-super-majority-requirement-to-border-poll-on-united-ireland-3910695 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=www.newsletter.co.uk}} However, Paisley's actions were ridiculed by fellow Northern Irish MP's Stephen Farry and Claire Hanna, who both described it as a political stunt and highlighted that it would never be debated by or voted upon by the UK Parliament.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-63528135 |title=Ian Paisley: DUP MP introduces Referendum Supermajority bill|publisher=BBC News |date=9 November 2022 |access-date=23 September 2024}}

For the fifth consecutive time, Paisley was re-selected by the DUP for the 2024 general election.{{cite web|title = Launch of 2024 General Election Campaign|url = https://mydup.com/news/launch-of-2024-general-election-campaign|website = DUP|date = 30 May 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}{{cite web|title = 2024 General Election Candidates|url = https://nielects.com/election/ge24/candidates/|website = Northern Ireland Elects|access-date = 11 April 2025}} With a majority of 12,721 from 2019, he was expected to retain North Antrim, though not without a challenge from the Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister.{{cite web|title = GE '24: North Antrim Constituency Profile - Slugger O'Toole|url = https://sluggerotoole.com/2024/06/20/ge-24-north-antrim-constituency-profile/|website = Slugger O'Toole|date = 20 June 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}{{cite news|title = Constituency Profile: North Antrim|url = https://www.irishnews.com/news/politics/constituency-profile-north-antrim-4QTLBGX2HNDYHPNLCKTH6URQVI/|work = Irish News|date = 26 June 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}{{cite web|title = #GE24 Brown O'Connor General Election Constituency Profile: North Antrim|url = https://brownoconnor.com/blog/2024/6/26/ge24-brown-oconnor-general-election-constituency-profile-north-antrim|website = Brown O'Connor Communications|date = 26 June 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}He was endorsed by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, despite the agreed alliance between TUV and Reform.{{cite news|title = Farage backs DUP candidates despite TUV-Reform pact|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c988p1xz2qdo.amp|work = BBC News|date = 10 June 2024|access-date = 12 April 2025}}

However, in a shock result, Allister narrowly defeated Paisley, winning the seat with a majority of 450.{{cite news|title = Allister unseats Paisley in shock victory in North Antrim|url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ian-paisley-jr-dup-nigel-farage-government-life-b1168892.html|work = Evening Standard|date = 5 July 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}

In total, he received 11,192 votes (27.2%), a decrease of 23.7%.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/N05000012 |title=North Antrim results - GE 2024|publisher=BBC News |date=4 July 2024 |access-date=26 September 2024}}{{cite web|title = North Antrim general election results 2024|url = https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/3655|website = UK Parliament|access-date = 11 April 2025}}

The loss of North Antrim marked the end of 54 years of the constituency being in the hands of the Paisley family.{{cite news|title = Jim Allister hails end of Ian Paisley 'dynasty' after 'seismic' North Antrim result|url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/jim-allister-hails-end-of-paisley-dynasty-after-seismic-north-antrim-result/a2069115398.html|work = Belfast Telegraph|date = 4 July 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}{{cite news|title = Shock as Ian Paisley loses seat, toppling family dynasty |url=https://gript.ie/shock-as-ian-paisley-loses-seat-toppling-family-dynasty-in-north-antrim-after-54-years/|work = Gript|date = 5 July 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}

In his farewell speech, Paisley said: "The tides of life ebb and flow as we all know. And this certainly is not the script I would've written for tonight, as I think most of you would accept. But I think life is made up of many chapters and I embrace the next chapter as happily as I've embraced the previous chapters. I congratulate my successor I commend all of those who took part in this race – the race to the finish. And I wish them well."{{cite news|title = General election 2024: North Antrim - Ian Paisley's farewell speech IN FULL after being defeated by new MP Jim Allister |work = Belfast Newsletter|date = 5 July 2024}}{{cite news|title = Watch: Ian Paisley's speech after he loses his seat in Westminister|url = https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/watch-ian-paisleys-speech-after-29480640|work = Belfast Live|date = 5 July 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}

On leaving the stage, he refused to speak to the media, instead blowing a kiss as he exited the count centre.{{cite news|title = Ian Paisley Jnr signs off his 14 year political career as an MP with a kiss|url = https://extra.ie/2024/07/05/news/ian-paisley-jnr-blows-kiss|work = Extra.ie|date = 5 July 2024|access-date = 11 April 2025}}

In January 2025, Paisley was among the guests to attend the Second inauguration of Donald Trump.{{cite news|title = Ian Paisley to attend Trump's inauguration|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgy1039kvyo|work = BBC News|date = 16 January 2025|access-date = 11 April 2025}}{{cite news|title = Former DUP MP Ian Paisley to attend inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington|url = https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/former-dup-mp-ian-paisley-to-attend-inauguration-of-us-president-elect-donald-trump-in-washington-4947300|work = Belfast Newsletter|date = 16 January 2025|access-date = 11 April 2025}}

For the 2011–12 financial year, Paisley's total expenses claim was the seventh-highest of all members of parliament. His expenses for the 2012–13 financial year were £232,000; the highest of any MP that year. The costs covered travel and accommodation for Paisley himself and his constituency staff.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24067856 |title=DUP's Ian Paisley Jr had highest expenses claim |publisher=BBC News |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=12 August 2014}} In an interview with the Ballymena Times, Paisley stated "None of this money goes to me as MP ... They are legitimate expenses signed off by IPSA and paid directly by the Parliament".{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Rebecca |title=Ian Paisley defends having highest expenses claim by any MP |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ian-paisley-defends-having-highest-expenses-claim-by-any-mp-29575488.html |access-date=6 November 2015 |work=The Belfast Telegraph |date=13 September 2013}} He had the second-highest expenses claim in the 2013–14 financial year. For the 2014–15 financial year, he was again the second-highest claimant, receiving £227,000 in expenses.{{cite news |last1=Monaghan |first1=John |title=DUP MPs top UK parliamentary expenses table |url=http://www.irishnews.com/news/2015/09/11/news/dup-mps-top-uk-parliamentary-expenses-table-258554/ |access-date=6 November 2015 |work=The Irish News |date=11 September 2015}} During the 2010–2015 Parliament, Paisley claimed a total of £1,112,667 in expenses.{{cite news |last=McBride |first=Sam |title=Election Diary: NI's MPs cost £15.6m since last elected |url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/election-diary-ni-s-mps-cost-15-6m-since-last-elected-1-6683952 |access-date=6 November 2015 |work=The News Letter |date=11 April 2015}}

Paisley strongly supported "Vote Leave" in the 2016 Brexit referendum, and was a supporter of the Eurosceptic campaign Leave Means Leave.

While rejecting calls by Republican party Sinn Féin for a referendum in Northern Ireland on a unified Ireland, he advised his constituents to get an Irish passport if they were eligible.{{cite news |last=Payton |first=Matt |title=Ian Paisley Jr urges Northern Irish citizens to apply for Republic of Ireland passports |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unionist-ian-paisley-jr-mp-constituents-apply-republic-ireland-eire-passports-a7102761.html |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=The Independent |date=25 June 2016}}

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In 2018 Paisley was suspended from the House of Commons for 30 sitting days, beginning on 4 September 2018, because he broke paid advocacy rules by receiving hospitality from the Sri Lankan government without declaring that to the Commons. Following his suspension, the Recall of MPs Act 2015 was invoked for the first time since it received Royal Assent. However, the resulting recall petition—the first in British parliamentary history—was signed by only 9.4% of registered voters, below the 10% threshold to trigger a by-election. Paisley's membership of the DUP was suspended between 24 July and 18 September 2018, during internal investigations by the party into his conduct.

In September 2020, Paisley was fined £1,300 (€1,400) by the Electoral Commission for accepting a total of £2,600 from two local councils to purchase tables at a fund-raising event at the Tullyglass hotel in Ballymena in September 2017. Paisley also agreed to pay back the money.{{cite news |title=Ian Paisley jnr fined over breach of political donations rules |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ian-paisley-jnr-fined-over-breach-of-political-donations-rules-1.4355582 |access-date=28 December 2020 |work=The Irish Times |date=15 September 2020}}

In 2019, Paisley helped JCB heir Jo Bamford purchase Wrightbus, the financially troubled manufacturer of London's famous double-decker buses. Jeff Wright, then-owner of Wrightbus, publicly complained of Paisley's alleged interference into the negotiations of the sale of Wrightbus to Bamford.Murray, Gemma. "Jeff Wright statement in FULL." Belfast News Letter. 2019-10-10. Once the purchase was complete, Bamford publicly praised Paisley for his help.Blackadder, Dessie. "Bamford 'deal done with Wright family' - praises MP for hard work." Ballymena Guardian. 2019-10-11.

On 12 October 2019 Paisley wrote an op-ed in the Belfast Telegraph in which he praised Bamford and thanked him for buying Wrightbus.Paisley, Ian. "Move by Bamford a vote of confidence in workforce." Belfast Telegraph. 2019-10-12.

In March 1998, Paisley and Sammy Wilson spoke at a rally in Portadown organised by the paramilitary Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in opposition to political negotiations preceding the Good Friday Agreement. Their appearance was widely criticised; the rally came hours after the funeral for two men murdered by the LVF, Philip Allen and Damien Trainor – one a Protestant, one a Catholic – in a bar in Poyntzpass, County Armagh, in an indiscriminate sectarian attack.Sunday Life, 8 March 1998. At the rally, Paisley told followers of the late LVF leader Billy Wright "...the sooner this government wakes up to the reality that you can't talk to the Provisional IRA to get peace - the only way to get peace out of the Provisional IRA is to exterminate them, put them out of business".{{cite AV media |title=BBC Panorama: Extreme Pressures |type=Television documentary |publisher=BBC |date=6 April 1998}}

In 2005, Paisley came under some criticism for his beliefs about homosexuality and same-sex marriages.{{Clarify|date=September 2019}} Upon learning that David Trimble's aide, Steven King, had married his partner in Canada, Paisley was quoted as saying, "It is really astounding that David Trimble should have had a man such as this giving him advice – and must surely cast grave doubts on his own political judgement. I think these sorts of relationships are immoral, offensive and obnoxious."Belfast Telegraph, 31 January 2005.[http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0203/paisleyi.html Paisley censured for homophobic comments] RTÉ News, 3 February 2005.

Paisley caused further controversy in May 2007 when, in an interview with journalist Jason O'Toole in Hot Press magazine, he said that "I am pretty repulsed by gay and lesbianism. I think it is wrong. I think that those people harm themselves and – without caring about it – harm society. That doesn't mean to say that I hate them – I mean, I hate what they do."[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6705637.stm Row over 'repulsive gays' comment] BBC News, 30 May 2007

In 2011, Paisley said of his previous comments: "I think I have grown up since then. I have strong Christian beliefs and moral viewpoints, but you have to realise that while sin is black and white, life is a lot of grey. You have to be mature about these things. I can strongly disagree with those viewpoints, but the point is how you disagree."{{cite news |title=Ian Paisley Jr says he has 'grown up' over anti-gay views |url= http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/05/13/ian-paisley-says-he-has-grown-up-over-anti-gay-views/ |work=Pink News |date=13 May 2011}}

Paisley was unable to graduate from his MSSc in the summer graduation period, due to having exceeded the word count on his dissertation, and instead graduated in the winter period of 1994. The summer of 1994 was the last year Queen's University Belfast played the British national anthem;{{cite web |title=Belfast's Main University Drops 'God Save the Queen' |url=https://apnews.com/0b2f3ddfe2dda664aba6368fe8bd1250 |publisher=Associated Press}} Paisley responded by playing the anthem on a tape recorder during his winter graduation.{{cite news |last=Sheeran |first=Robin |title=Politics Show – Student Politics |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/7012419.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=28 September 2007 |access-date=22 March 2020}}

Paisley had been linked in press reports to local property developer Seymour Sweeney when, in 2007, Sweeney admitted that Paisley had lobbied on his behalf regarding plans for a private visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway, the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern Ireland. Paisley strongly denied that he had any financial relationship with Sweeney, although he admitted that he had gone deep sea fishing with the developer socially.—

• {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7057673.stm |title=Developer denying 'special link' |publisher=BBC News |location=Northern Ireland, United Kingdom}}
• {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7003339.stm |title=Paisley Jr fished with developer |publisher=BBC News |location=Northern Ireland, United Kingdom}}

Paisley had been involved in the commercial development of the north Antrim coast and strongly supported Alistair Hanna's controversial Bushmills Dunes Golf Resort and Spa proposal, an 18-hole golf course and hotel complex at Runkerry, adjacent to the Giant's Causeway.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17099679 |publisher=BBC News |title=Runkerry golf resort plan gets green light |date=21 February 2012}} There were a series of public blunders and further controversy in February 2008, following scrutiny on the employment of family members by politicians after the Derek Conway scandal, when it emerged that Paisley was on his father's payroll as a researcher in the constituency of North Antrim in addition to his roles as an MLA and a junior minister.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7230787.stm Paisley Jr on father's MP payroll] BBC News, 6 February 2008 As a result, Paisley resigned his junior minister position on 18 February 2008.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7250877.stm |title=Paisley Jnr resigns as minister |publisher=BBC News |date=18 February 2008 |access-date=14 June 2010}}

Further controversy occurred in August 2008 when Paisley, speaking after a number of attacks on the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said that dissident republicans should be "shot on sight".{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7571688.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Paisley defends lethal force call |date=20 August 2008 |access-date=4 May 2010}}

Paisley visited Sri Lanka twice in 2013, with members of his family; the first occasion was from 30 March until 5 April, and the second from 2 July until 11 July.{{cite news |title=Inside story of Paisley family visits and Vaas Gunawardena's ploys

|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180729/columns/inside-story-of-paisley-family-visits-and-vaas-gunawardenas-ploys-304660.html |publisher=the Sunday Times |access-date=31 July 2018 |location=Sri Lanka |date=29 July 2018}} In their family visa application submitted to the Sri Lanka High Commission in London, all six who travelled declared that the purpose of their visit to Sri Lanka was "official".

In September 2017, The Daily Telegraph alleged that Paisley had received hospitality from the government of Sri Lanka for his two visits there in 2013 without declaring it. It also stated that in 2017 he had been involved in securing a post-Brexit trade deal with that country.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/07/mp-100k-gifts-brexit-trade-deal/ |title=The MP, the £100k gifts and the Brexit trade deal: Questions over Ian Paisley Jr's register of interests after Sri Lanka trip |first1=Claire |last1=Newell |first2=Edward |last2=Malnick |first3=Nicola |last3=Smith |date=7 September 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph }} However, Paisley replied that the claims were defamatory and that he had referred the matter to his solicitor.{{cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017/0908/903179-ian-paisley-jr/ |title=Paisley Jr says Telegraph claims defamatory |work=RTÉ News |date=8 September 2017 }}

In July 2018, the House of Commons Standards Committee recommended that Paisley be suspended from the Commons for thirty sitting days, for not declaring visits to Sri Lanka paid for by the Sri Lankan government and for breaking the Commons rule banning paid advocacy. The Committee concluded that Paisley's actions amounted to serious misconduct and suggested that his failure to register his visits to Sri Lanka had occurred because he was conscious of the potential embarrassment that would be caused to him if it were to become publicly known that he had accepted very expensive hospitality, for himself and his family, from an overseas government accused of serious human rights violations.{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmstandards/1397/1397.pdf |title=House of Commons Committee on Standards, Ian Paisley, Third Report of Session 2017–19 |date=17 July 2018 |website=House of Commons }}

On 24 July 2018, MPs voted to suspend Paisley from the House of Commons for a period of 30 sitting days, beginning on 4 September 2018. His salary was also to be withheld for 30 days. The DUP released a statement confirming that the party officers had decided to suspend him from the party until an internal investigation were held into his conduct. The Speaker of the House of Commons confirmed he would write to the Chief Electoral Officer in Northern Ireland to initiate the MP recall mechanisms, as specified in the Recall of MPs Act 2015. A recall petition opened on 8 August.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-45083840|title=Ian Paisley recall petition opens|first=Jayne|last=McCormack|date=16 August 2018|publisher=BBC News}}

On 20 September 2018, the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland announced the recall petition had fallen 444 votes short of the number needed to spark a by-election.{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dups-ian-paisley-adds-recall-petition-result-to-twitter-biography-37336963.html|title=DUP's Ian Paisley adds recall petition result to Twitter biography|work=Belfast Telegraph}} Following this result, the DUP announced that it had lifted Ian Paisley's party suspension on 18 September, but had banned him from taking any party office for a year.{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dup-lifts-ian-paisley-suspension-following-recall-sinn-feins-oneill-says-he-should-have-been-sacked-37337529.html|title=DUP lifts Ian Paisley suspension following recall – Sinn Fein's O'Neill says 'he should have been sacked'|work=Belfast Telegraph}}

In September 2019, following the publication of an analytical article written by journalist Sam McBride in the Belfast News Letter, concerning the DUP's ongoing negotiations in Stormont, Paisley criticised McBride online, calling him "despicable", "immature", and "simplistic". In response, the National Union of Journalists condemned the remarks as an "unwarranted personal attack" on the journalist. Following further criticism, Paisley apologised, stating that he "expressed [himself] badly".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49775268 |title=Ian Paisley apologises for criticising journalist |publisher=BBC News |date=21 September 2019 |access-date=22 March 2020}}

In 2016, Paisley and his family took a holiday to a resort in the Maldives, a trip that he did not disclose as he was required to do. He took the trip months after advocating on behalf the Maldivian government. An investigation concluded that Paisley had failed to properly register the visit, and that his hospitality had likely not been paid for by a friend, as he had claimed. However, he was found not to have broken any rules on "paid advocacy."{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54341916 |title=Ian Paisley 'broke rules' over Maldives family holiday |publisher=BBC News |date=29 September 2020 |access-date=16 June 2023}}

In 1990, Paisley married Fiona Currie, and they have four children. He is a member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.{{cite web |url=http://www.leavemeansleave.eu/who-we-are/ |title=Co-Chairmen – Political Advisory Board – Supporters |publisher=Leave Means Leave |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024153425/http://www.leavemeansleave.eu/who-we-are/ |archive-date=24 October 2017 }}

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• [http://www.dup.org.uk Democratic Unionist Party]
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