Billy Bell (politician)

William Bradshaw Bell, OBE, JP (born 9 October 1935 – died 9 June 2020), was a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland and former Lord Mayor of Belfast.

Billy Bell

Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Lagan Valley
In office
25 June 1998  7 March 2007
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byBasil McCrea
Personal details
Born09 October 1935
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died09 June 2020
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Resting placeDundonald Cemetery
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
WebsiteProfile, archive.org

He served as a Councillor on Belfast City Council from 1976 to 1985 and was Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1979 to 1980. He also served on Lisburn Council (1989–2007) and was Mayor of the City of Lisburn in 2003.

He was Personal Assistant to MP Rt Hon Sir James Molyneaux from 1976 to 1997. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (1975–1976) for North Belfast, and to the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Lagan Valley constituency in 1998 and again in 2003. In 1996 he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Northern Ireland Forum election in Lagan Valley.[1] Bell stood in the 2007 election after re-selection by his party, however he lost his seat to fellow UUP candidate, Basil McCrea.

He was appointed a Justice of the peace in 1985, and is a former member of the Northern Ireland Housing Council.

References

Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
New convention Member for North Belfast
1975–1976
Convention abolished
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
New assembly MPA for South Antrim
1982–1986
Assembly abolished
Northern Ireland Assembly
New assembly MLA for Lagan Valley
1998–2007
Succeeded by
Basil McCrea
Civic offices
Preceded by
David Cook
Lord Mayor of Belfast
1979–1980
Succeeded by
John Carson
Preceded by
Betty Campbell
Mayor of Lisburn
2002–2003
Succeeded by
Cecil Calvert


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