James Leslie (UK politician)
- James Leslie (UK politician)
James Leslie (born 1 March 1958) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Born in Singida, Tanzania, Leslie studied at Queen's College, Cambridge, before becoming a merchant banker. Despite having no experience in politics, he was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim in 1998. [ [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/jleslie.htm Biography - James Leslie] , Northern Ireland Assembly]
Leslie did not stand in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003. In 2006, he resigned from the UUP and joined the Conservatives in Northern Ireland. [" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/5366198.stm Senior UUP man defects to Tories] ", BBC News, 21 September 2006]
Leslie stood for the Conservatives in North Down at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007, but was not elected.
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