William McCrea, Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

The Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Official portrait, 2022
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
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	(1948-08-06) 6 August 1948 (age 75) Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
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.