Billy Hutchinson

Billy Hutchinson
President of the Progressive Unionist Party
Assumed office
14 June 2023
LeaderRussell Watton
Preceded byHugh Smyth
Leader of the Progressive Unionist Party
In office
15 October 2011 – 14 June 2023
DeputyNigel Gardiner
John Kyle
Russell Watton
Preceded byBrian Ervine
Hugh Smyth (Interim)
Succeeded byRussell Watton
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
6 January 2014 – 20 May 2023
Preceded byHugh Smyth
Succeeded byRon McDowell
ConstituencyCourt
In office
21 May 1997 – 5 May 2005
Preceded byFred Rodgers
Succeeded byFred Cobain
ConstituencyOldpark
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast North
In office
25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded byNew creation
Succeeded byKathy Stanton
Personal details
Born
William Hutchinson

December 1955 (age 68) [1]
Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyProgressive Unionist Party
OrganizationUlster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Criminal chargeMurder

Billy "Hutchie" Hutchinson (born December 1955) is a Northern Irish Ulster Loyalist politician and activist who served as leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) from 2011 to 2023, now serving as party president. He was a Belfast City Councillor, representing Oldpark from 1997 to 2005, and then Court from 2014 to 2023. Hutchinson was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North from 1998 to 2003. Before this, he had been a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and was a founder of their youth wing, the Young Citizen Volunteers (YCV).

  1. ^ "William Hutchinson (CLLR)". Companies House. Retrieved 4 September 2024.