Early career In the
May 2014 local elections to
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, Honeyford was the
NI21 candidate for the constituency of Killultagh. With the eve of poll collapse of NI21 Honeyford received 399 votes or 6.16% of First Preference Votes.
Councillor (2019-2022) Honeyford was first elected to
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council at the
2019 local elections for the Killultagh constituency. He topped the poll, with 20.3% of first preference votes and gained a seat for Alliance at the expense of the DUP's William Leathem. This was the first time an Alliance candidate had won in the Killultagh constituency
Member of the Legislative Assembly (2022-) Honeyford was later elected as an MLA in the
2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election for Lagan Valley, alongside fellow Alliance Party candidate
Sorcha Eastwood, after winning 4,183 First Preference Votes. He was elected on the 7th count, taking the constituency's final seat from the
SDLP's
Pat Catney by a margin of 644 votes - the seventh closest margin in Northern Ireland. David is the Alliance Party Spokesperson for the Economy, Energy, Trade and Investment and published Alliance’s Economic vision for a Shared Island He also Chairs the Stormont All Party Group for Sport. == Personal life ==