Jim Nicholson (Northern Ireland politician)

Jim Nicholson
Member of the European Parliament
for Northern Ireland
In office
15 June 1989 – 1 July 2019[1][2]
Preceded byJohn Taylor
Succeeded byNaomi Long
Member of Parliament
for Newry and Armagh
In office
9 June 1983 – 17 December 1985
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySeamus Mallon
Personal details
Born (1945-01-29) 29 January 1945 (age 79)
Armagh, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
SpouseElizabeth Gibson (m. 1968–2015; her death)
Children7
ProfessionFarmer
WebsiteOfficial Website
Video-Introduction

James Frederick Nicholson (born 29 January 1945) is a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Northern Ireland from 1989 to 2019.

Prior to his election to the European Parliament, Nicholson had been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newry and Armagh from 1983 until his defeat in the by-elections of 1986, when he and others resigned and stood again to protest against the Anglo-Irish Agreement; Nicholson lost his seat to Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), the only seat to be lost.

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.