Jeff Dudgeon
| Jeff Dudgeon MBE | |
|---|---|
| Member of Belfast City Council | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | New DEA |
| Constituency | Balmoral |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Residence | Windsor, Belfast |
| Alma mater | Magee University College Trinity College, Dublin |
| Profession | Historian |
| Religion | Anglican |
Jeffrey Edward Anthony "Jeff" Dudgeon MBE is a Northern Irish gay political activist.
He is mainly known for Dudgeon v United Kingdom, the case which led to the legalisation of homosexuality in Northern Ireland.
He has also published a study of Roger Casement's "Black Diaries", which accepted them as genuine.
He was the Labour Integrationist candidate for Belfast South in the 1979 General election.
He is a member of the Ulster Unionist Party.[1] He currently serves as chairman of the party in the South Belfast constituency area.[2]
In the Northern Ireland local elections, 2014 he was elected for the Balmoral area to Belfast City Council.[3] He is one of three openly gay politicians elected to the City Council along with Mary Ellen Campbell of Sinn Féin and Julie-Anne Corr of the Progressive Unionist Party.[4]
Personal life
He is originally from east Belfast and attended Campbell College then Magee University College and Trinity College, Dublin. He has a long term partner.
Honours
As part of the 2012 New Year Honours, Dudgeon was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for "services to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in Northern Ireland".[5]
References
- ↑ "Gay rights campaigner defends Ulster Unionist membership". The Guardian. 4 June 2013.
- ↑ "Dudgeon elected chair of Ulster Unionists in South Belfast". Ulster Unionist Party. 9 February 2012.
- ↑ "Belfast City Council results". UTV. 17 May 2014.
- ↑ "Three openly gay politicians on newly elected Belfast City Council". Belfast Telegraph. 26 May 2014.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60009. pp. 13–15. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-02.