The Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2022 | |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 19 June 2018 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for South Antrim | |
In office 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015 | |
Preceded by | David Burnside |
Succeeded by | Danny Kinahan |
In office 21 September 2000 – 14 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Clifford Forsythe |
Succeeded by | David Burnside |
Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster | |
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 | |
Preceded by | John Dunlop |
Succeeded by | Martin McGuinness |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Antrim | |
In office 7 March 2007 – 1 July 2010 | |
Preceded by | Paul Girvan |
Succeeded by | Paul Girvan |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mid-Ulster | |
In office 25 June 1998 – 30 January 2007 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Ian McCrea |
Personal details | |
Born | Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | 6 August 1948
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Children | 5 (including Ian McCrea) |
Residence(s) | Magherafelt, County Londonderry |
Alma mater | Ravenhill Theological Hall |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Minister |
Website | William McCrea website |
Robert Thomas William McCrea, Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (born 6 August 1948) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, Christian singer and retired Free Presbyterian minister from Northern Ireland.[1] As a politician, he represented South Antrim and Mid Ulster as their Member of Parliament (MP), representing Mid Ulster from 1983 to 1997; then South Antrim between 2000 and 2001, and then again from 2005 to 2015.[2]
McCrea was also a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Mid Ulster from 1998 to 2007, before moving to represent South Antrim in the Assembly from 2007 to 2010.