Daniel de Burgh Kinahan was born on 14 April 1958 and is a British army officer and former Ulster Unionist Party politician who was Veterans Commissioner for Northern Ireland between 2020 and 2024.
16 Facts About Danny Kinahan
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Danny Kinahan served as the Member of Parliament for South Antrim from 2015 to 2017.
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Additionally, Danny Kinahan was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Antrim from 2009 to 2015.
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Danny Kinahan is the son of Sir Robin Kinahan and Coralie de Burgh and was educated at Craigflower Preparatory School, Stowe School and the University of Edinburgh.
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Danny Kinahan is a cousin of singer Chris de Burgh.
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Professionally, Danny Kinahan is an antiques expert and worked as Christie's auctioneers' Irish representative.
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Danny Kinahan lived for many years with his wife and four children at Castle Upton, Templepatrick but in 2016 announced he was selling the family home to downsize following the moving out of his children.
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In 2005 he was elected to Antrim Borough Council, and on 28 May 2009 the UUP South Antrim branch selected Danny Kinahan to replace the outgoing MLA David Burnside who resigned to pursue business interests.
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Danny Kinahan faced his first NI Assembly election in May 2011 and was elected with 3,445 first preference votes.
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Danny Kinahan expressed strong support in favour of shared and integrated education, greater emphasis on STEM subjects, a wider selection of apprenticeships, stronger provision of careers advice and more thorough and engaging university degrees.
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Danny Kinahan was the only UUP MLA to support legalising same-sex marriage, making a speech on the issue at Stormont, which many deemed risky just weeks out from the Westminster election, which he eventually won.
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Danny Kinahan stepped down from the Assembly after his election to Westminster, and was replaced by Adrian Cochrane-Watson.
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Danny Kinahan made his return to elected politics at the 2019 Council elections, topping the poll in the Ballyclare DEA.
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Danny Kinahan backed a remain vote during the 2016 Brexit referendum.
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Danny Kinahan was defeated by the DUP's Paul Girvan at the 2017 general election, following a resurgence in the DUP's vote in that election.
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Danny Kinahan re-contested his former seat at the 2019 general election, losing out to Girvan by 2,689 votes.