Denny Vitty Explained

Denny Vitty
Office:Member of Castlereagh Borough Council
Constituency:Castlereagh Central
Term Start:9 December 2010
Term End:22 May 2014
Predecessor:Joanne Bunting
Successor:Council abolished
Constituency1:Castlereagh East
Term Start1:15 May 1985
Term End1:17 May 1989
Predecessor1:District created
Successor1:Iris Robinson
Constituency2:Castlereagh Area C
Term Start2:20 May 1981
Term End2:15 May 1985
Predecessor2:Bryan Davidson
Successor2:District abolished
Office3:Member of North Down Borough Council
Constituency3:Abbey
Term Start3:17 May 1989
Term End3:19 May 1993
Predecessor3:Ivy Cooling
Successor3:Ivy Cooling
Office4:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for
Belfast East
Term Start4:1982
Term End4:1986
Birth Date:1949
Party:DUP (before 1996; since 1998)
Otherparty: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.[1]

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.[2]

In 1989, Vitty stood down from Castlereagh Borough Council and was instead elected to North Down Borough Council,[3] In 1991, he served as the Mayor of North Down.[4] 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.[5]

Subsequently, he rejoined the DUP and was co-opted to fill a vacancy on Castlereagh Borough Council in December 2010.[6] 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.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Castereagh. Ark.ac.uk. 9 July 2010.
  2. Web site: CAIN: Politics: Elections: Assembly Election (NI). Cain.ulst.ac.uk. 20 October 1982. 15 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Local Government Elections 1985-1989: North Down. Ark.ac.uk. 15 June 2017.
  4. Web site: North Down. Northdownac.co.uk. 15 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928070853/http://www.northdownac.co.uk/photogallery.asp?mode=dispPic&pID=1851. 28 September 2007. dead.
  5. Web site: Dr Nicholas Whyte. East Belfast 1998. Ark.ac.uk. 15 June 2017.
  6. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/south-belfast/news/vitty-joins-dup-councillors-15025553.html Vitty joins DUP councillors
  7. Web site: 2023-06-26 . Agenda for Strategic Policy and Resources Committee on Monday, 26th June, 2023, 3.00 pm . 2024-07-26 . Belfast City Council . en.