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Party offices
Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party
In office 1 April 2012 – 23 December 2019
Leader
Mike Nesbitt Robin Swann Steve Aiken
Preceded by
David Campbell
Succeeded by
Danny Kennedy
13th Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
In office 24 June 2005 – 22 September 2010
Deputy
Danny Kennedy
Chairman
David Campbell
President
The Lord Rogan John White
Preceded by
David Trimble
Succeeded by
Tom Elliott
United Ulster Unionist Party
1977–1984
Deputy Leader
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
1974–1975
Chairman
Ministerial offices
Minister for Employment and Learning
In office 8 May 2007 – 27 October 2010
Preceded by
Carmel Hanna
Succeeded by
Danny Kennedy
Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
In office 1 July 1998 – 14 October 2002
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Nigel Dodds
Local government offices
46th and 50th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office 1 June 1993 – 1 June 1994
Deputy
Hugh Smyth
Preceded by
Herbert Ditty
Succeeded by
Hugh Smyth
In office 1 June 1989 – 1 June 1990
Deputy
vacant
Preceded by
Nigel Dodds
Succeeded by
Fred Cobain
9th Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office 1 June 1988 – 1 June 1989
Lord Mayor
Nigel Dodds
Preceded by
Dixie Gilmore (1987)
Succeeded by
Eric Smyth (1990)
Member of Belfast City Council
In office 17 May 1985 – 5 May 2011
Constituency
Pottinger
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Niall Ó Donnghaile
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 January 2011 Life Peerage
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office 25 June 1998 – 5 May 2011
Constituency
Belfast East
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Michael Copeland
Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
In office 30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Constituency
Belfast East
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
In office 1 May 1975 – 6 March 1976
Constituency
Belfast East
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Personal details
Born
Reginald Norman Morgan Empey
(1947-10-26) 26 October 1947 (age 76) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality
British
Political party
Ulster Unionist Party (Before 1973; 1984–2011; 2011-)
Other political affiliations
Ulster Vanguard (1973–1975) United Ulster Unionist Party (1975–1984) Conservatives (2011)
Spouse
Stella Empey (died 2023)
Children
2
Alma mater
Queen's University Belfast
Profession
Businessman
Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey, OBE (born 26 October 1947), best known as Reg Empey, is a Northern Irish politician who served as the acting First Minister of Northern Ireland in 2001. He was the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 2005 to 2010 and served as chairman of the party from 2012 to 2019. Empey was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Belfast from 1998 to 2011.
Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey, OBE (born 26 October 1947), best known as RegEmpey, is a Northern Irish politician who served as the acting...
soon after. The ensuing leadership election was won by RegEmpey. In May 2006 UUP leader Empey attempted to create a new assembly group that would have...
football player Ralph Empey (1904–1960), Australian rules footballer RegEmpey (born 1947), Northern Ireland politician Walton Empey (born 1934), former...
of voting the election was won by Sir RegEmpey. Nominations for the leadership closed on 17 June. Sir RegEmpey Alan McFarland David McNarry The following...
Naomi Long, giving Alliance its first elected MP in Westminster. Sir RegEmpey, leader of the UUP/Conservative alliance (UCUNF), standing for the first...
leaders David Trimble (who briefly served as Vanguard Deputy Leader) and RegEmpey, who served as Vanguard chairman from 1974 to 1975. Former deputy speaker...
centres or bin collection, such as district councils in England; Unionist RegEmpey, the Lord Mayor of Belfast; Alasdair McDonnell; North Down was Northern...
East Belfast Convention member (and future Ulster Unionist Party leader) RegEmpey. They left Vanguard and formed the United Ulster Unionist Movement. Initially...
Preceded by RegEmpey Succeeded by Arlene Foster Minister for Social Development In office 24 October 2001 – 14 October 2002 First Minister RegEmpey (acting)...
March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Northern Ireland), 21 March 2011. "Sir RegEmpey steps down as minister in UUP reshuffle". BBC News. 27 October 2010. "John...
weeks. Vacancies have occurred on four occasions to date: First Minister RegEmpey for David Trimble (1 July 2001 – 6 November 2001) Arlene Foster for Peter...
May, David Trimble resigned as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party; Sir RegEmpey was elected as his successor at an Ulster Unionist Council meeting on...
(1995–2005) First Minister of Northern Ireland David Trimble (1998–2002) RegEmpey (acting July–November 2001) Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland...
political institutions was an "enormous prize". Ulster Unionist Party leader RegEmpey described the agreement as the "Belfast Agreement for slow learners"....
Support for the SDLP continues to be party policy. In July 2008, under RegEmpey, Ulster Unionists sought to restore the historic link to the Conservative...
child, Dearbháil. His nephew Mark H. Durkan is an SDLP MLA for Foyle. RegEmpey served as Acting First Minister from 1 July to 6 November 2001. During...
race". BBC News Online. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2014. Profile: Sir RegEmpey BBC News, 1 February 2007 "Hermon: why she rejected Tory deal". Belfast...
September 1995 – 24 June 2005 Deputy John Taylor RegEmpey Preceded by James Molyneaux Succeeded by RegEmpey Member of the Legislative Assembly for Upper...
Justice stated that it planned to stay aligned to UEN. The next day, Sir RegEmpey, the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), suggested that the UUP...
the North Down by-election over the favourite for the nomination, Sir RegEmpey, but was beaten in the election by Robert McCartney. He was again beaten...
implications. Following the general election in 2005, the UUP elected RegEmpey to replace David Trimble as leader. Trimble himself was appointed as a...
1st Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland RegEmpey (born 1947), unionist political leader Frank Gault (1826–1896), member...
forming a breakaway group under the Movement for European Reform. Sir RegEmpey, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has committed his party thereunto...
the vote behind the incumbent DUP MP Peter Robinson, the UUP candidate RegEmpey, and the Alliance candidate Jim Hendron. Dines was elected as Member of...
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