Jeremy Burchill Explained

Jeremy Burchill
Office:Member of
Belfast City Council
Constituency:Belfast Area A
Term Start:20 May 1981
Term End:15 May 1985
Predecessor:Denis Loretto
Successor:District abolished
Office1:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for East Belfast
Term Start1:20 October 1982
Term End1:1986
Office2:Member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
for South Belfast
Term Start2:1975
Term End2:1976
Birth Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland

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

Background

Burchill studied at Campbell College and Queen's University, Belfast, then became chair of the 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]

Notes and References

  1. The Times Guide to the House of Commons, May 1979, p.35
  2. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/csb.htm South Belfast, 1973-1984
  3. Richard Rose, Northern Ireland: time of choice, p.112
  4. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cna.htm North Antrim 1973-82
  5. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgbelfast.htm The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast
  6. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/ceb.htm East Belfast 1973-82
  7. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/beb.htm East Belfast, 1983-1992
  8. http://www.fmconsult.co.uk/jeremy.html Jeremey Birchill