| Timothy Gaston | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Antrim |
| Term Start: | 16 July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Jim Allister |
| Office1: | Deputy mayor of Mid and East Antrim |
| Term Start1: | April 2015 |
| Term End1: | 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Office created |
| Successor1: | William McNeilly |
| Office2: | Member of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council |
| Constituency2: | Bannside |
| Term Start2: | 22 May 2014 |
| Term End2: | 16 July 2024 |
| Predecessor2: | Council established |
| Successor2: | Anna Henry |
| Office3: | Member of Ballymena Borough Council |
| Constituency3: | Ballymena South |
| Term Start3: | 14 February 2013 |
| Term End3: | 22 May 2014 |
| Predecessor3: | Davy Tweed |
| Successor3: | Council abolished |
| Birth Place: | Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
| Party: | Traditional Unionist Voice |
Timothy Gaston (born 1988 or 1989) is a Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) politician, serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since July 2024.
Prior to this, Gaston had been a Mid and East Antrim Borough Councillor for the Bannside DEA from 2014 to 2024.
Gaston's first electoral contest was at the 2011 local elections, where he was the running mate to Ballymena Councillor, Roy Gillespie, in the Bannside District.[1]
He was later co-opted onto the council in February 2013, for the Ballymena South District, following the resignation of Davy Tweed.[2]
Gaston was elected onto the new Mid and East Antrim Borough Council at the 2014 local elections, topping the poll in Bannside.[3]
In April 2015, he was appointed as the first deputy mayor of Mid and East Antrim.[4]
He was the TUV candidate in North Antrim at the 2015 general election, finishing second with 6,561 votes (15.7%), against Ian Paisley Jr of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).[5]
At the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, he was the running mate in North Antrim to sitting Assembly member and party leader, Jim Allister. Gaston was eliminated on the sixth count, with his transfers helping elect Allister.[6] Gaston stood again at the 2017 Assembly election, but was not successful.[7]
At the 2017 general election, Gaston stood again in North Antrim, where he came fourth with 3,282 votes (6.8%).[8]
In July 2024, he was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly to succeed Allister, following the latter’s election as MP for North Antrim.[9]