The 2025 Democratic Unionist Party deputy leadership election was held on 7 March 2025 to fill the Deputy Leader position within the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which had been vacant since May 2024. Strangford MLA Michelle McIlveen was elected unopposed.
Belfast East MP Gavin Robinson was elected Deputy Leader of the DUP on 9 June 2023, defeating Upper Bann MLA Jonathan Buckley. Robinson became interim Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party following the resignation of Jeffrey Donaldson after being charged with historical sexual offences on 29 March 2024. In May 2024, Robinson was ratified as the party's permanent leader, vacating the deputy leadership.
Nominations closed on 3 March 2025 and the election took place by secret ballot on 7 March 2025. The party's Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were able to vote.
DUP Chairman Lord Morrow announced that McIlveen was the only candidate nominated on 7 March 2025.