William John "Willie" Thompson (26 October 1939 – 12 December 2010) was a

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(UUP) politician. He served as

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(MP) for West Tyrone from 1997 to 2001. He was one of the UUP members opposed to the

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Elections in the 1970s and 1980s

He had previously been elected from the Mid Ulster constituency as an Ulster Unionist for the

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and

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Assemblies and the

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in 1975. In 1983 he sought election to Westminster in the Mid Ulster constituency, however he finished fourth with 7,066 votes, losing to the DUP's Willie McCrea.Mid Ulster, 1983–1992
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* Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (since 1922) UK MPs 1997–2001 Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1973–1974 Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention Northern Ireland MPAs 1982–1986 Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom 1939 births 2010 deaths {{NorthernIreland-UK-MP-stub