Diana Armstrong
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Diana Armstrong | |
|---|---|
 Armstrong in 2024 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2026 | |
| Leader | Jon Burrows |
| Preceded by | Robbie Butler |
| Ulster Unionist Chief Whip | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2026 | |
| Leader | Jon Burrows |
| Preceded by | Robbie Butler |
| Ulster Unionist Party spokesperson for the Economy | |
| Assumed office 28 September 2024 | |
| Leader | Mike Nesbitt Jon Burrows |
| Preceded by | Colin Crawford |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| Assumed office 27 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Elliott |
| Member of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | |
| In office 8 June 2016 – 27 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Rosemary Barton |
| Succeeded by | Rosemary Barton |
| Constituency | Erne North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1961 (age 65) County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Party | Ulster Unionist |
| Parent(s) | Harry West (father) Maureen West (mother) |
Diana Armstrong (born February 1961) is a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who has served as deputy leader of the UUP since 31 January 2026.[1] Armstrong has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone since September 2024.[2]
Armstrong is the daughter of former UUP leader Harry West.[3]
She was co-opted onto Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in June 2016, following Rosemary Barton's election to the Northern Ireland Assembly, where she represented the Erne North District.[4] Armstrong went on to top the poll in the 2019 local elections, and was again re-elected in 2023.[5]
Armstrong was the UUP candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone in the 2024 general election, the most marginal seat in the United Kingdom with a Sinn Féin majority of just 56 votes over the UUP.[6] She finished in second place with 20,273 votes (39.7%) to Sinn Féin candidate Pat Cullen's 24,844 votes (48.6%).[7]