Patrick Roche (Northern Ireland politician)

Patrick Roche
Deputy leader of the Northern Ireland Unionist Party
In office
January 1999 – 10 March 2008
LeaderCedric Wilson
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Lagan Valley
In office
25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byJeffrey Donaldson
Personal details
Born1940
County Down, Northern Ireland
Political partyTUV (2008 - present)
Other political
affiliations
NI Unionist (1999 - 2008)
UK Unionist Party (1996 - 1998)
Alma materDurham University, Trinity College, Dublin

Patrick J. "Paddy" Roche (born 1940) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician and banker who served as Deputy leader of the Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) from 1999 to 2008, and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 1998 to 2003.