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UUP conference: Nesbitt to be confirmed as new party leader

The former broadcaster took over at the helm of the UUP in March 2012 when Tom Elliott stood down after just 18 months in the job.

Nesbitt is well known for his long and high-profile career as a television news presenter.

Born in 1957 in Belfast, he attended Campbell College and ran 400 metre hurdles for an Irish Schools athletics team.

He became a sports presenter at the BBC, and he also anchored the flagship Good Morning Ulster radio programme.

At UTV, he presented its evening news programme for 10 years and, during that time, co-presented with his wife Lynda Bryans.

In 2008, he was appointed Victims’ Commissioner, a role designed to promote the interests of victims of the Troubles.

However, he left the commission when he joined the Ulster Unionists in 2010.

He ran as a candidate for the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force in the 2010 Westminster elections, but was defeated by DUP candidate Jim Shannon.

Nesbitt was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 as a representative for Strangford.


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