Denny Vitty (born 1949) is a

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. Vitty was elected to

Castlereagh Borough Council Castlereagh may refer to: People * Marquess of Londonderry, subsidiary title Viscount Castlereagh, used as courtesy title for the Marquess's eldest son; in particular ** Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769–1822), later 2nd Marquess of Lo ...

for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 1981, despite only taking 35 first preference votes, as he received transfers from Peter Robinson. He was then elected to the

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, as a member of the Democratic Unionist Party for Belfast East - having won only 235 first preference votes. In 1989, Vitty stood down from Castlereagh Borough Council and was instead elected to

North Down Borough Council North Down Borough Council was a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ards Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become North Down and Ards District Council. Its m ...

, In 1991, he served as the Mayor of North Down. He then stood unsuccessfully for the Westminster seat of North Down at the 1992 UK general election, taking only 9.8% of the vote. In 1993, he did not restand for the council. Vitty left the DUP and joined the

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(UKUP) in the 1990s. He stood for the UKUP at the

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. He was the last candidate to be eliminated in Belfast East. Subsequently, he rejoined the DUP and was co-opted to fill a vacancy on Castlereagh Borough Council in December 2010.Vitty joins DUP councillors
Belfast Telegraph, 9 December 2010. He was re-elected at the 2011 local elections. At the 2014 local elections, he stood in the Ormiston District Electoral Area of

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, but was unsuccessful.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vitty, Denny 1949 births Living people Members of Castlereagh Borough Council Members of North Down Borough Council Mayors of places in Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party councillors Northern Ireland MPAs 1982–1986 UK Unionist Party politicians Democratic Unionist Party parliamentary candidates