Stephen Moutray

{{Short description|British politician (born 1959)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Stephen Moutray | honorific_suffix = | image = Stephen Moutray, MLA 2015.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Moutray in 2015 | office = Member of <br/> Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council | constituency = Lurgan | term_start = December 2018 | term_end = | predecessor = Phillip Moutray | successor = | constituency_AM1 = Upper Bann | assembly1 = Northern Ireland | majority1 = | term_start1 = 26 November 2003 | term_end1 = 30 March 2016 | predecessor1 = Denis Watson | successor1 = Carla Lockhart | office2 = Mayor of Craigavon | deputy2 = | term_start2 = 2010 | term_end2 = 2011 | predecessor2 = Meta Crozier | successor2 = Alan Carson | office3 = Member of <br/> Craigavon Borough Council | constituency3 = Lurgan | term_start3 = 7 June 2001 | term_end3 = 22 May 2014 | predecessor3 = Ruth Allen | successor3 = ''Council abolished'' | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|02|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic Unionist Party | other_party = | spouse = Myrtle | relations = | children = 3 | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | website = [http://www.dup.org.uk/StephenMoutray.asp DUP] }}

Alderman '''Stephen William Moutray''' (born 25 February 1959) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as an Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Councillor for the Lurgan DEA since December 2018. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 2003 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_ub03.htm |title=The Northern Ireland Assembly - |website=www.niassembly.gov.uk |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040924131617/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_ub03.htm |archive-date=24 September 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Moutray was also a Lurgan councillor on Craigavon Borough Council, from 2001 to 2014, where he served as Mayor from 2010 to 2011.

==Career== Moutray was first elected to Craigavon Borough Council, in the 2001 local elections, representing the Lurgan District. He was a member of all the major committees and additionally served as vice-chairman of Environmental Health Committee. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.craigavon.gov.uk/council/Committees.asp |title=Committees |website=www.craigavon.gov.uk |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010514095813/http://www.craigavon.gov.uk/council/Committees.asp |archive-date=14 May 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2003 election for Upper Bann.

Moutray stood down from the Assembly at the 2016 election.

He was later co-opted to the Lurgan District on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council in December 2018, succeeding Phillip Moutray.

Moutray was subsequently re-elected to the council at the 2019 council election, as well as in 2023.

==Personal life== Moutray was educated at Lurgan Junior High School and Lurgan College. After which he worked in his family business and then in the postal service. He has been a member of the Democratic Unionist Party since 1979. Married with 3 children, he has keen interest in golf, walking and cycling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dup.org.uk/MyProfile.asp?MemberID=215 |title=Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – Northern Ireland |website=Dup.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-03-03}}</ref> He is an active member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070309232707/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs_03/moutray_s.htm NI Assembly webpage] * [http://www.dup.org.uk/MyContact.asp?MemberID=215/ DUP website]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moutray, Stephen}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:People from Enniskillen Category:Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Category:Mayors of Craigavon Category:Members of Craigavon Borough Council Category:People educated at Lurgan College Category:Presbyterians from Northern Ireland