Thomas Daniel Robinson (born 1950 or 1951), known as Tom Robinson, is a former unionist politician in

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. Robinson worked as an Independent Financial Advisor. He joined the

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movem ...

(UUP), and was elected to

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at the 1977 Northern Ireland local elections. He held his seat in

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, and was elected Deputy Mayor of Larne in 1982, then Mayor in 1983. Robinson was elected for the Coast Road district at the local 1985, 1989, 1993 and 1997 local elections.Larne Borough Council Elections 1993-2011
, Northern Ireland Elections He was also elected to the

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in 1996, representing East Antrim.East Antrim
, Northern Ireland Elections By 2000, Robinson had become a prominent critic of UUP leader

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. He lost his council seat in

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, and subsequently defected to the

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(UKUP).UKUP committed to post-election talks
, ''

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'', 13 November 2003 He stood for this new party at the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but took only 1.8% of the vote and was not elected. Robinson stood again for Larne Borough Council at the 2005 local elections, this time as an

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candidate, but took only 57 votes and was again unsuccessful. He also failed to win a seat at the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, standing again for the UKUP, and subsequently joined the

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'', 9 November 2009

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Thomas 1950 births People from Larne Mayors of places in Northern Ireland Members of the Northern Ireland Forum Traditional Unionist Voice politicians UK Unionist Party politicians Members of Larne Borough Council Ulster Unionist Party councillors Living people Politicians from County Antrim