Guy Spence

Guy Spence resigns from DUP and will retire from Belfast City Council at the end of March

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on March 7, 2020, 7:19 pm

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A surprising announcement from Councillor Guy Spence this evening states that he resigned from the DUP on Friday afternoon and will step back from politics and retire from Belfast City Council at the end of March. Aged 19, Spence was first elected to council in May 2011, becoming Deputy Lord Mayor in 2015. Back in April 2015 during the election campaign, his car and home were pelted with eggs. In early 2019, his local party organisation selected former UUP MLA Fred Cobain as the DUP candidate for Castle ahead of the sitting councillor, though the central party subsequently added Spence to the ticket.

DUP illustrate unionist leadership as #RuthPatterson is in court

John Ó Néill on August 23, 2013, 12:57 pm

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Yesterday Ruth Patterson attended court for her Facebook post and provided an interesting piece of optics for the television cameras. In a considered move, a variety of DUP ministers and other public representatives, including Edwin Poots, Sammy Wilson, Jonathan Bell and Guy Spence (to name a few), attended the court hearing or accompanied her to and from the court, clearly with an eye on the cameras. Other unionist glitterati in attendance included Willie Frazer and others taunting Patterson to get …