James Leslie (UK politician)
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James Leslie (born 1 March 1958) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Born in Singida, Tanzania, Leslie studied at Queen's College, Cambridge, before becoming a merchant banker. Despite having no experience in politics, he was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim in 1998.[1]
Leslie did not stand in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003. In 2006, he resigned from the UUP and joined the Conservatives in Northern Ireland.[2]
Leslie stood for the Conservatives in North Down at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007, but was not elected.
