Nigel Dodds

: January 4, 2024
: Politician

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Full Name	Nigel Dodds
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 20, 1958(1958-08-20)
Age	66
Birthplace	Derry
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Leo

Nigel Dodds Biography

Name	Nigel Dodds
Birthday	Aug 20
Birth Year	1958
Place Of Birth	Derry
Home Town	Northern Ireland
Birth Country	United Kingdom
Birth Sign	Leo
Spouse	Diane Dodds
Children(s)	Andrew Dodds

Nigel Dodds is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 20, 1958 in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In 2001, the Democratic Unionist Party politician became the Member of Parliament from Belfast North. In his time in office, he was the Northern Ireland Minister for Finance and Personnel; Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment as well as the Minister of Social Development.

He as well as He and Ian Paisley both ascended to high-ranking positions within Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. both achieved high- ranking positions in the Northern Irish’s Democratic Unionist Party.

North Belfast had historically been strong territory for the DUP, with Johnny McQuade representing the constituency in the British House of Commons from 1979 to 1983. The DUP stood down in favour of the Ulster Unionist Party in Westminster elections in the late 1980s and 1990s, in order to avoid splitting the unionist vote. Then, in 2001, Dodds challenged sitting Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP Cecil Walker, despite the danger of losing the mixed constituency to an Irish nationalist. Dodds won just over 40% of the overall vote and with that a 6,387 majority over Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly, with the incumbent Walker being pushed into fourth place.

Dodds entered municipal politics in 1981 when he stood unsuccessfully for the Enniskillen part of Fermanagh District Council. Four years later in 1985, he was elected to Belfast City Council for the religiously and socially mixed Castle electoral area in the north of the city.

His wife, a politician, Diane Dodds, served as a member in his European Parliament; the couple had two children.

Nigel Dodds Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	Politician
House	Living in own house.

Nigel Dodds is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nigel Dodds 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After obtaining an honors degree in law at St. John’s College, Cambridge and then pursuing a law degree in Queen’s University, Belfast’s Institute of Professional Legal Studies, He worked for more than a decade in the Secretariat of the European Parliament. At the time as well, he was a member of the Belfast City Council and was ultimately named Lord Mayor of Belfast.

In 2003 in 2003, the IRA targeted his officein 2003; However the British military thwarted the plot.

Nigel Alexander Dodds OBE (born 20 August 1958) is a Northern Ireland barrister and Former unionist politician. Dodds became North Belfast’s MP in the 2001 UK general election and served in that role until he was succeeded by Sinn Féin’s John Finucane in 2019. He has served in the past as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and as Minister of Finance in the Northern Ireland Executive. He has been deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since June 2008. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP.

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Who is Nigel Dodds Dating?

According to our records, Nigel Dodds married to Diane Dodds. As of December 1, 2023, Nigel Dodds’s is not dating anyone.

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His father Joe was a long-standing Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) member of Fermanagh District Council until his death in 2008. He is married to DUP MEP Diane Dodds; they have one son and one daughter, and live in Banbridge, County Down.

Facts & Trivia

Nigel Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Nigel Dodds celebrates birthday on August 20 of every year.

Dodds is vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Flag Group. He was appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom on 9 June 2010, when he entered Westminster after the general election as the new party leader in parliament. He remains in this post after eight years.

Top Facts about Nigel Dodds

Nigel Dodds is a Northern Irish politician and lawyer.
He was the Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Dodds served as a Member of Parliament for North Belfast from 2001 to 2019.
He was also a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 to 2016.
Dodds played a key role in negotiating the DUP’s confidence and supply agreement with Theresa May’s government in 2017.
He has been an advocate for Brexit and supported Leave during the EU referendum campaign.
In 2019, he lost his seat in North Belfast to Sinn Féin’s John Finucane by just over 1,000 votes.
Dodds is known for his conservative views on social issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion.
He has been involved in politics since his university days at Cambridge University where he was President of the Cambridge Union Society.
Dodds is married to fellow DUP politician Diane Dodds who currently serves as Minister for Economy in Northern Ireland’s devolved government.