Mervyn Storey
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Mervyn Storey | |
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| Member of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | |
| Assumed office 25 August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | John Finlay |
| Constituency | Ballymoney |
| Minister for Finance & Personnel | |
| In office 13 January 2016 – 30 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Arlene Foster |
| Succeeded by | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |
| Minister for Social Development | |
| In office 24 September 2014 – 12 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Nelson McCausland |
| Succeeded by | Lord Morrow |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim | |
| In office 26 November 2003 – 28 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | James Leslie |
| Succeeded by | Patricia O'Lynn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1964 Armoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Spouse | Christine Storey |
| Children | 3 |
Robert Mervyn Storey (born 4 September 1964), usually known as Mervyn Storey, is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Ballymoney DEA since 2022. Storey previously served in the Northern Ireland Executive, where he was Minister for Social Development from 2014 to 2016, and then Minister for Finance between January and March 2016. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim from 2003 to 2022.[1][2]
Robert Mervyn Storey was born in Armoy, County Antrim on 4 September 1964. His father Nat was a founder member of the Protestant Unionist Party and an election worker for Ian Paisley.[3] Storey was educated at Armoy Primary School and at Ballymoney High School. On leaving school in 1980 he worked in a bacon factory, rising to production manager. In 2000 he left the company and joined Ian Paisley's constituency office in Ballymena.[3]