Billy Boyd (politician)
William Robinson Boyd (born 1921),[1] better known as Billy Boyd, was a politician from Northern Ireland.
Boyd worked in the shipyards of Belfast and became active in the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP) and stood unsuccessfully in Belfast Woodvale in the 1953 Northern Ireland general election, then again in a 1955 by-election. That same year, he was elected to Belfast City Council, a seat he held until 1977.[2]
In 1958, he was finally elected for Woodvale, and in 1963 he became the Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. He stood for Westminster at the 1964 United Kingdom general election in Belfast West, taking 24% of the votes cast.
Boyd lost his seat at the
Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982. In March 1989, it was reported that Boyd had defected to the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.[3]
References
- ^ "Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958". Ancestry. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ Local Government Elections 1973 – 1981: Belfast
- ^ "Boyd Back on Campaign Trail". Sunday Life. 12 March 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 6 January 2022.