Gavin James Robinson (born 22 November 1984) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician and barrister. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast East in the UK House of Commons since the 2015 general election. He was Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2012–2013. Career Robinson is a lifelong East Belfast resident. He attended Grosvenor Grammar School in East Belfast, and then University of Ulster where obtained a degree in law and government, before attending Queen's University Belfast, where he attained a Masters in Irish Politics before commencing practice as a barrister. Raised a Presbyterian, he currently attends the Church of Ireland. He is married. Gavin Robinson is unrelated to former DUP leader and Belfast East MP Peter Robinson. Robinson was co-opted to Belfast City Council in March 2010 to replace Sammy Wilson in representing the Pottinger electoral area of South and East Belfast. He was returned to the council as an alderman in the 2011 local elections and elected Lord Mayor by the council for the year beginning 1 June 2012. He was a member of the East Belfast District Policing and Community Safety Partnership subgroup and represented the council on the boards of the Ulster Orchestra and the 2013 World Police and Fire Games held in Belfast. He won the constituency of Belfast East for the Democratic Unionist Party, defeating the incumbent Naomi Long of the Alliance Party, to become a Member of Parliament in the 2015 UK General Election. In March 2019, Robinson was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT-inclusive sex and relationship education in English schools. References External links Gavin Robinson at Belfast City Council 1984 births Living people Converts to Anglicanism from Presbyterianism Democratic Unionist Party politicians Democratic Unionist Party MPs Former Presbyterians Anglicans from Northern Ireland Lord Mayors of Belfast Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (since 1922) UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present Alumni of Queen's University Belfast