Robin Stirling | |
|---|---|
| Member of Ballymena Borough Council | |
| In office 7 June 2001 –5 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Desmond Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Beth Clyde |
| Constituency | Braid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ballymena,County Antrim,Northern Ireland |
| Political party | TUV (since 2007) |
| Other political affiliations | DUP (until 2007) |
Robin Stirling is a former Unionist politician in Ballymena,County Antrim. Having previously sat on Ballymena Borough Council as a Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) member and for a period before as a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor. [1]
He was quoted as strongly opposing a visit from Irish president Mary McAleese to a Ballymena school in 2006. [2]
A former pupil of Ballymena Academy he was critical of the politics of Roger Casement,a fellow attendee of Ballymena Academy and prominent Protestant Irish Nationalist who was previously a British diplomat later executed for treason. [3]
Stirling resigned from the DUP in April 2007 in protest in the DUP's decision to share power with Sinn Féin. [4] To much surprise Stirling supported a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) councillor becoming mayor of Ballymena in 2008. [5]
He has spoken out on his views of the grammar of the English language being misused and accused former DUP colleagues of using incorrect grammar. [6]
Stirling has also stated he has little faith in a truth commission being set up for victims of The Troubles. [7]
Stirling did not seek re-election in the 2011 local government elections.