Jeremy Burchill

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Jeremy Burchill
Member of
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for East Belfast
In office
20 October 1982 – 1986
Member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
for South Belfast
In office
1975–1976
Personal details
Born1952
Ulster Unionist

Jeremy Burchill (born 1952) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician and barrister.

Background

Burchill studied at

Ulster Young Unionist Council.[1] He contested the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election in Belfast South in 1975, and was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party,[2] becoming the youngest member of the convention.[3] At the 1979 UK general election, he stood in North Antrim, taking second place, with 23.4% of the vote.[4]

Burchill was elected to Belfast City Council, representing Area A, in 1981.[5] He was also elected in the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, taking a seat in Belfast East.[6] He stood in the equivalent seat at the 1983 UK general election, taking 24.8% of the vote.[7]

Outside politics, Burchill was a member of both the Northern Ireland and English Bar, but had more recently worked as a consultant to financial service companies.[8]

References

  1. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, May 1979, p.35
  2. ^ South Belfast, 1973-1984, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. ^ Richard Rose, Northern Ireland: time of choice, p.112
  4. ^ North Antrim 1973-82, Northern Ireland Elections
  5. ^ The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections
  6. ^ East Belfast 1973-82, Northern Ireland Elections
  7. ^ East Belfast, 1983-1992, Northern Ireland Elections
  8. ^ Jeremey Birchill Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, FMConsult
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
New convention Member for
South Belfast

1975–1976
Convention dissolved
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
New assembly
East Belfast

1982–1986
Assembly abolished