Adrian Cochrane-Watson
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|name = Adrian Cochrane-Watson
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|caption = Cochrane-Watson in 2015
|office3 = Member of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
| constituency3 = Antrim
|term_start3 = 22 May 2014
|term_end3 = 29 June 2015
|predecessor3 = Council established
|successor3 = Jim Montgomery
|office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly
for South Antrim
|assembly2 = Northern Ireland
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|term_start2 = 29 June 2015
|term_end2 = 7 May 2016
|predecessor2 = Danny Kinahan
|successor2 = Steve Aiken
| office4 = Member of Antrim Borough Council
| constituency4 = Antrim Town
| term_start4 = 21 May 1997
| term_end4 = 22 May 2014
| predecessor4 = Jack Allen
| successor4 = Council abolished
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|birth_place = Antrim, Northern Ireland
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|nationality = British
|party = Independent (since 2019)
|otherparty = UUP (until 2019)
|spouse = Heather
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|children = 4
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Adrian Cochrane-Watson (born 18 February 1967) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim between 2015 and 2016. He previously served as an Antrim Councillor for the Antrim Town DEA from 1997 to 2014.
Career
Cochrane-Watson was first elected to Antrim Borough Council in the 1997 local elections, representing the Antrim Town District.
He was re-elected in 2001, and was later one of three UUP candidates in South Antrim at the 2003 Assembly election, though he was not elected to the Assembly.
Cochrane-Watson was re-elected at the 2005 and 2011 local elections. He was elected onto the newly-formed Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in 2014, representing the Antrim DEA.
In 2015, he was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly, succeeding South Antrim MLA,Danny Kinahan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.antrimtimes.co.uk/news/local-news/watson-new-south-antrim-mla-1-6814846 |title=Watson new South Antrim MLA |access-date=24 June 2015 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626145143/http://www.antrimtimes.co.uk/news/local-news/watson-new-south-antrim-mla-1-6814846 |url-status=dead }}
Cochrane-Watson lost his seat at the 2016 Assembly election, and was unable to regain it at the subsequent election in 2017.
He stood as an Independent candidate, in his former Antrim District, at the 2019 Council election but was not elected.
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Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016
Category:People from Antrim, County Antrim
Category:Ulster Unionist Party MLAs
Category:Politicians from County Antrim
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