Background
A son of Tony and Patsy Lawlor, he was educated at Multyfarnham Agricultural College, University College Dublin and National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
A son of Tony and Patsy Lawlor, he was educated at Multyfarnham Agricultural College, University College Dublin and National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
University College Dublin.
He was elected as a Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Kildare North constituency at the 2011 general election. He lost his seat in the 2016 General Election
He was co-opted to Kildare County Council in 1998 following the death of his mother Patsy. He was elected in 1999 as an independent councillor for the Naas electoral area.
He did not stand for election in 2004.
Lawlor was elected as a Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Kildare North constituency at the 2011 general election. On 11 December 2012, Lawlor introduced a bill in the Oireachtas intended to outlaw the clocking of vehicle odometers, which is not currently illegal in Ireland.
He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.
In 2009 he was re-elected as a councillor, this time as a member of Fine Gael.