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Denny Vitty
Member of Castlereagh Borough Council
In office
9 December 2010 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byJoanne Bunting
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyCastlereagh Central
In office
15 May 1985 – 17 May 1989
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byIris Robinson
ConstituencyCastlereagh East
In office
20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byBryan Davidson
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyCastlereagh Area C
Member of North Down Borough Council
In office
17 May 1989 – 19 May 1993
Preceded byIvy Cooling
Succeeded byIvy Cooling
ConstituencyAbbey
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for
Belfast East
In office
1982–1986
Personal details
Born1949
Political partyDUP (before 1996; since 1998)
Other political
affiliations		UK Unionist Party (1996 - 1998)

Denny Vitty (born 1949) is a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Career

Vitty was elected to Castlereagh Borough Council for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 1981, despite only taking 35 first preference votes, as he received transfers from Peter Robinson.

He was then elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982, as a member of the Democratic Unionist Party for Belfast East - having won only 235 first preference votes.

In 1989, Vitty stood down from Castlereagh Borough Council and was instead elected to North Down Borough Council, In 1991, he served as the Mayor of North Down. He then stood unsuccessfully for the Westminster seat of North Down at the 1992 UK general election, taking only 9.8% of the vote. In 1993, he did not restand for the council.

Vitty left the DUP and joined the UK Unionist Party (UKUP) in the 1990s. He stood for the UKUP at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election. He was the last candidate to be eliminated in Belfast East.

Subsequently, he rejoined the DUP and was co-opted to fill a vacancy on Castlereagh Borough Council in December 2010. He was re-elected at the 2011 local elections. At the 2014 local elections, he stood in the Ormiston District Electoral Area of Belfast City Council, but was unsuccessful.

References

  1. "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Castereagh". Ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. "CAIN: Politics: Elections: Assembly Election (NI)". Cain.ulst.ac.uk. 20 October 1982. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: North Down". Ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. "North Down". Northdownac.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  5. Dr Nicholas Whyte. "East Belfast 1998". Ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. Vitty joins DUP councillors Belfast Telegraph, 9 December 2010.
  7. "Agenda for Strategic Policy and Resources Committee on Monday, 26th June, 2023, 3.00 pm". Belfast City Council. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
New assembly MPA for East Belfast
1982–1986 		Assembly abolished
Civic offices
Preceded byHazel Bradford Mayor of North Down
1990–1991 		Succeeded byLeslie Cree
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