2025 Democratic Unionist Party deputy leadership election

2025 Democratic Unionist Party deputy leadership election
7 March 2025

31 MPs and MLAs
16 votes needed to win
 
Candidate Michelle McIlveen
Popular vote Unopposed
Percentage 100%

Deputy Leader before election

vacant
Gavin Robinson (2024)

Elected Deputy Leader

Michelle McIlveen

The 2025 Democratic Unionist Party deputy leadership election was held on 7 March 2025 to fill the Deputy Leader position within the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which had been vacant since May 2024. Strangford MLA Michelle McIlveen was elected unopposed.