Ivan Davis (politician)

Ivan Davis (politician)

Ivan Davis (born 16 April 1937) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Born in Lisburn, Davis was elected to Lisburn Borough Council in 1973, representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He was also elected to represent South Antrim at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982.

In 1987, Davis resigned from the DUP and instead joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). Under this new party label, he served as Mayor of Lisburn from 1991 - 93. He was also elected for Lagan Valley at the Northern Ireland Forum election in 1996 (with Jeffrey Donaldson and David Campbell), and narrowly held this seat at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998. During the course of the Assembly he became UUP chief whip.

Lagan Valley UUP controversially did not select Davis as a candidate for the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2282905.stm BBC report] ] , so he resigned and stood instead as an independent Unionist [ [http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=n&id=39012 UTV report] ] . He received 2,223 first-preference votes, but this did not prove sufficient to see him elected despite polling more first preferences than one successful candidate [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/alv.htm ARK] ] .

Despite this, Davis continues to sit as a UUP member, and leader of the UUP group, on Lisburn City Council.

References

* [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/idavis.htm Biography - Ivan Davis] , Northern Ireland Assembly


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