Denny Vitty
{{Short description|Northern Irish unionist politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Denny Vitty
|office = Member of Castlereagh Borough Council
|constituency = Castlereagh Central
|term_start = 9 December 2010
|term_end = 22 May 2014
|predecessor = Joanne Bunting
|successor = Council abolished
|constituency1 = Castlereagh East
|term_start1 = 15 May 1985
|term_end1 = 17 May 1989
|predecessor1 = District created
|successor1 = Iris Robinson
|constituency2 = Castlereagh Area C
|term_start2 = 20 May 1981
|term_end2 = 15 May 1985
|predecessor2 = Bryan Davidson
|successor2 = District abolished
|office3 = Member of North Down Borough Council
|constituency3 = Abbey
|term_start3 = 17 May 1989
|term_end3 = 19 May 1993
|predecessor3 = Ivy Cooling
|successor3 = Ivy Cooling
|office4 = Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for
Belfast East
|term_start4 = 1982
|term_end4 = 1986
|birth_date = 1949
|birth_place =
|death_date =
|party = DUP (before 1996; since 1998)
|otherparty = UK Unionist Party (1996 - 1998)
}}
Denny Vitty (born 1949) is a Northern Irish unionist politician.
Career
Vitty was elected to Castlereagh Borough Council for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 1981, despite only taking 35 first preference votes, as he received transfers from Peter Robinson.{{cite web|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcastlereagh.htm|title=Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Castereagh|publisher=Ark.ac.uk|accessdate=9 July 2010}}
He was then elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982, as a member of the Democratic Unionist Party for Belfast East - having won only 235 first preference votes.{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/election/ra1982.htm|title=CAIN: Politics: Elections: Assembly Election (NI)|publisher=Cain.ulst.ac.uk|date=20 October 1982|accessdate=15 June 2017}}
In 1989, Vitty stood down from Castlereagh Borough Council and was instead elected to North Down Borough Council,{{cite web|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgnorthdown.htm|title=Local Government Elections 1985-1989: North Down|publisher=Ark.ac.uk|accessdate=15 June 2017}} In 1991, he served as the Mayor of North Down.{{cite web|url=http://www.northdownac.co.uk/photogallery.asp?mode=dispPic&pID=1851|title=North Down|publisher=Northdownac.co.uk|accessdate=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928070853/http://www.northdownac.co.uk/photogallery.asp?mode=dispPic&pID=1851|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead}} He then stood unsuccessfully for the Westminster seat of North Down at the 1992 UK general election, taking only 9.8% of the vote. In 1993, he did not restand for the council.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
Vitty left the DUP and joined the UK Unionist Party (UKUP) in the 1990s. He stood for the UKUP at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election. He was the last candidate to be eliminated in Belfast East.{{cite web|author=Dr Nicholas Whyte|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/98eb.htm|title=East Belfast 1998|publisher=Ark.ac.uk|accessdate=15 June 2017}}
Subsequently, he rejoined the DUP and was co-opted to fill a vacancy on Castlereagh Borough Council in December 2010.[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/south-belfast/news/vitty-joins-dup-councillors-15025553.html Vitty joins DUP councillors] Belfast Telegraph, 9 December 2010. He was re-elected at the 2011 local elections. At the 2014 local elections, he stood in the Ormiston District Electoral Area of Belfast City Council, but was unsuccessful.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-26 |title=Agenda for Strategic Policy and Resources Committee on Monday, 26th June, 2023, 3.00 pm |url=https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/modern-gov-template |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Belfast City Council |language=en}}{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
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Category:Members of Castlereagh Borough Council
Category:Members of North Down Borough Council
Category:Mayors of places in Northern Ireland
Category:Democratic Unionist Party councillors
Category:Northern Ireland MPAs 1982–1986