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

Background

Burchill studied at

Campbell College Campbell College located in Belfast, Northern Ireland and founded in 1894 comprises a preparatory school department (junior age) and a senior Northern Ireland 'Voluntary Grammar' school, the latter meaning, in terms of provision of education, a ...

and

Queen's University, Belfast The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The university received its charter in 1845 as part of ...

, then became chair of the

Ulster Young Unionist Council The Young Unionists, formally known as the Ulster Young Unionist Council (UYUC), is the youth wing of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). It has in its present incarnation been in existence since 2004. The Young Unionists host a number of events o ...

. He contested the

Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the United Kingdom Labour Party (UK), Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of N ...

election in Belfast South in 1975, and was elected for the

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded as the Ulster Unionist Council in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it l ...

, becoming the youngest member of the convention. At the 1979 UK general election, he stood in North Antrim, taking second place, with 23.4% of the vote. Burchill was elected to

Belfast City Council Belfast City Council () is the Local government in Northern Ireland, local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland. The council serves an estimated population of (), the largest of any district c ...

, representing Area A, in

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. He was also elected in the

1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election The 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly elections were held on 20 October 1982 in an attempt to re-establish devolution and power-sharing in Northern Ireland. Although the Northern Ireland Assembly (1982), Northern Ireland Assembly officially lasted ...

, taking a seat in Belfast East. He stood in the equivalent seat at the 1983 UK general election, taking 24.8% of the vote. 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.Jeremey Birchill
, FMConsult

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burchill, Jeremy 1952 births Living people Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Members of the Bar of England and Wales Members of the Bar of Northern Ireland Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention Northern Ireland MPAs 1982–1986 People educated at Campbell College Ulster Unionist Party politicians Barristers from Northern Ireland