The Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard | |
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.jpg) Elliott in 2024 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 16 August 2024 Life peerage | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| In office 5 May 2022 – 27 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Rosemary Barton |
| Succeeded by | Diana Armstrong |
| In office 26 November 2003 – 27 June 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Foster |
| Succeeded by | Neil Somerville |
| Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| In office 8 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Michelle Gildernew |
| Succeeded by | Michelle Gildernew |
| Chair of the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| In office 6 February 2024 – 27 September 2024 | |
| Deputy | Declan McAleer |
| Preceded by | Declan McAleer (2022) |
| Succeeded by | Robbie Butler |
| Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |
| In office 22 September 2010 – 31 March 2012 | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Reg Empey |
| Succeeded by | Mike Nesbitt |
| Member of Fermanagh District Council for Erne North | |
| In office 11 June 2001 – 9 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Caldwell McClaughry |
| Succeeded by | Rosemary Barton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Beatty Elliott 11 December 1963 County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Spouse |
Anne (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Enniskillen College of Agriculture |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Unit | |
| Battles/wars | The Troubles |
Thomas Beatty Elliott, Baron Elliott of Ballinamallard (born 11 December 1963), is a Northern Irish unionist politician and farmer. He was the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 2010 to 2012,[1] and was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 2022 until 2024, having previously served from 2003 to 2015. Elliott was Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 2015 to 2017 and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2024.
Elliott was a soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) from 1982 to 1992, and its successor the Royal Irish Regiment from 1992 to 1999.[2] He backed a Leave vote in the 2016 Brexit referendum.[2]
- ^ Gareth Gordon (23 September 2010). "Ulster Unionists pick Tom Elliott as new party leader". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Borderline fear: Brexit jitters awake past anxieties", Irish Times, 7 November 2016; retrieved 8 June 2017.