Noel Williams (Northern Ireland politician)

Noel Williams is an Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician, Councillor on Carrickfergus Borough Council and a former Royal Air Force Wing Commander.

Background
He was brought up in Sunnylands, Carrickfergus; attended Sunnylands Primary School and was educated at the old Carrickfergus Technical College before entering the Royal Air Force as a technician.

Williams was later commissioned as a pilot and flew a variety of aircraft including the Hercules transport aircraft. He traveled all over the world, with postings throughout the UK as well as tours of duty in the Middle East, Cyprus and Malta. He attained the rank of Wing Commander before leaving the service.

After leaving the Royal Air Force, Williams was appointed as head of the Energy Saving Trust in Northern Ireland. In this capacity he worked to educate householders in Northern Ireland on energy efficiency and renewable technology in an effort to reduce their carbon emissions. Williams held a ministerial appointment as chair of the Northern Ireland Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, in which capacity he advised the Minister for Social Development on issues relating to fuel poverty.

Since June 2012, Williams has represented the Knockagh District on Carrickfergus Borough Council.