Gareth McKee
OfficeHigh Sheriff of Belfast
Term startJanuary 2015
Term end22 January 2016
PredecessorLydia Patterson
SuccessorJim Rodgers
Office 1Member of
Belfast City Council
Constituency 1Oldpark
Term start 11 November 2010
Term end 15 January 2018
Predecessor 1Nelson McCausland
Successor 1Dale Pankhurst
Birth date[1]
Birth placeBelfast, Northern Ireland
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party

Gareth McKee (born May 1986) is a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who served as High Sheriff of Belfast from January 2015 to January 2016. McKee was a Belfast City Councillor from 2010 to 2018, representing the Oldpark DEA.[2]

Background

In November 2010, McKee was co-opted onto Belfast City Council to replace Nelson McCausland in the Oldpark District.[3] He retained his seat at the 2011 City Council election.[4][5]

He was re-elected to the council at the 2014 local elections.[6]

In January 2015, McKee was appointed High Sheriff of Belfast, succeeding party colleague Lydia Patterson.[7]

McKee announced his resignation from the council in January 2018, in order to take up other employment.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Gareth MCKEE personal appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Trolls taunt DUP man with picture of hangman's noose". Belfast Telegraph. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ^ "McCausland steps down from Belfast City Council". BBC News. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Belfast City Council, 1993 - 2011". Ark elections. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ^ "BBC News - Election 2011 - Northern Ireland council elections - Belfast". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Alderman Gareth McKee". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  7. ^ "The new sheriff in Belfast is DUP councillor Gareth McKee". Belfast Telegraph. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  8. ^ "DUP appoint Dale Pankhurst as Oldpark councillor". Belfast Live. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2024.