Ivan Davis (politician)

Ivan Davis
Mayor of Lisburn
In office
1991–1993
Preceded byWilliam McAllister
Succeeded bySeamus Close
Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party on Lisburn Borough Council
In office
2001 – 5 May 2011
Member of Lisburn Borough Council
In office
19 May 1993 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byRoy Young
ConstituencyLisburn Town South
In office
15 May 1985 – 19 May 1993
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyLisburn Town
In office
30 May 1973 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byCouncil established
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyLisburn Area D
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Lagan Valley
In office
25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byNorah Beare
Northern Ireland Forum Member
for Lagan Valley
In office
30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Preceded byNew forum
Succeeded byForum dissolved
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Antrim
In office
20 October 1982 – 1986
Personal details
Born(1937-04-16)16 April 1937
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Died13 March 2020(2020-03-13) (aged 82)
Political partyUlster Unionist Party (from 1987)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Unionist Party (until 1987)
Other organisationsOrange Order member,
Apprentice Boys member,
Lisburn Citizens Advice Bureau member,
Lisburn Sports Advisory Council member,
Partnership of Peace & Reconciliation Committee member,
Lisburn Swimming Club vice-president,
Lisburn Amateur Boxing Club vice-president

Ivan Davis (16 April 1937 – 13 March 2020) was a Northern Irish unionist politician. Davis was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 1998 to 2003.

Background

Born in Lisburn, Davis was elected to Lisburn Borough Council in 1973, representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He was also elected to represent South Antrim at the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election.

In 1987, Davis resigned from the DUP and instead joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). Under this new party label, he served as Mayor of Lisburn from 1991 to 93. He was also elected for Lagan Valley at the Northern Ireland Forum election in 1996 (with Jeffrey Donaldson and David Campbell), and narrowly held this seat at the 1998 Assembly election. During the course of the Assembly, he became UUP chief whip.

Lagan Valley UUP controversially did not select Davis as a candidate for the 2003 Assembly election,[1] so he resigned and stood instead as an independent Unionist.[2] He received 2,223 first-preference votes, but this did not prove sufficient to see him elected despite polling more first preferences than one successful candidate.[3]

Despite this, Davis continued to sit as a UUP member, and leader of the UUP group, on Lisburn City Council until 2011.[4]

Davis died on 13 March 2020, at the age of 82.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ BBC report
  2. ^ UTV report Archived 15 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ ARK
  4. ^ Lisburn City Council Elections 1993 - 2011
  5. ^ "Ivan Davis: Tributes pour in for 'man of the people'". The News Letter. Belfast. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Former Mayor of Lisburn Ivan Davis dies at the age of 82". Belfast Telegraph. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

Bibliography

Northern Ireland Forum
New forum Member for Lagan Valley
1996–1998 		Forum dissolved
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
New assembly MPA for South Antrim
1982–1986 		Assembly abolished
Northern Ireland Assembly
New assembly MLA for Lagan Valley
1998–2003 		Succeeded by
Civic offices
Unknown Mayor of Lisburn
1991–1993 		Succeeded by