Jeremy Burchill

Burchill studied at Campbell College and Queen's University, Belfast, then became chair of the Ulster Young Unionist Council.^[1] He contested the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election in Belfast South in 1975, and was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party,^[2] becoming the youngest member of the convention.^[3] At the 1979 UK general election, he stood in North Antrim, taking second place, with 23.4% of the vote.^[4]

Burchill was elected to Belfast City Council, representing Area A, in 1981.^[5] He was also elected in the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, taking a seat in Belfast East.^[6] He stood in the equivalent seat at the 1983 UK general election, taking 24.8% of the vote.^[7]

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.^[8]