Christopher David Matthew Stalford[2] (17 January 1983 – 19 February 2022) was a Northern Irish politician who was a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Belfast from the 2016 election until his death in 2022.

Stalford was born in the Annadale Flats in south Belfast, on 17 January 1983.

He then moved to the DUP press office for six years and then onto the policy unit.

Aged only 27, the Belfast Telegraph described him as the youngest ever High Sheriff of the city.

[11][12] While Stalford was described as "unionist to the core", his funeral was attended by a range of political parties including Sinn Féin colleagues John O'Dowd and Deirdre Hargey, SDLP MP Claire Hanna and Alliance Party leader Naomi Long.