children nationality width birth_date residence constituency_am alma_mater profession term_start spouse name predecessor birth_place assembly party office website religion article_title
3 british 120px 3 july 1962 glenoe , county antrim east antrim queen 's university of belfast engineer 12 may 2011 25 june 1998 sandra beggs roy beggs , jr , mla david mcclarty '' new creation '' glenoe , northern ireland northern ireland ulster unionist party deputy speaker of the northern ireland assembly http://www.roybeggs.co.uk/ presbyterian roy beggs , jr. .

roy beggs , jr. .

roy beggs , jr. , mla -lrb- born 3 july 1962 -rrb- is a northern ireland unionist politician , and the son of the politician roy beggs .
he was born in larne , and lives in glenoe .
he is also a presbyterian .
he is currently an ulster unionist member of the northern ireland assembly for east antrim , which his father formerly represented in the westminster parliament .
he served as a local councillor on carrickfergus borough council from 2001 to 2011 .
during this period he had been elected as chairman of the district policing partnership and vice-chairman of the local strategic partnership and of the community safety partnership .
in 2011 roy beggs was elected as a deputy speaker of the northern ireland assembly .
he serves as a member of the assembly 's social development committee and the public accounts committee .
he has served as a member of the health committee , environment committee , finance committee , deputy chairman of the agriculture committee and regional development committee .
beggs is known for his tireless constituency work on behalf of all his constituents in east antrim and has links with many organisations in the area .
he is the ulster unionist party spokesperson on social development .
in 2003 , beggs succeeded in having irish rebel music removed from the in-flight entertainment of aer lingus airplanes .
he complained of the `` blatant promotion of opposing points of view '' on a music channel during a flight from dublin to boston after seeing that derek warfield had a radio channel dedicated to his music .
beggs , it was the same as `` the speeches of osama bin laden being played on a trans-atlantic arabian airline . ''
aer lingus removed the material from their flights stating : `` it is something that should not have been on board and we removed it immediately we became aware of it . ''
