David Browne (politician)

David Browne
Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
June 2008  June 2009
Preceded byBernie Kelly
Succeeded byDanny Lavery
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office
January 2005  January 2006
Preceded byRuth Patterson
Succeeded byWilliam Humphrey
Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party on Belfast City Council
In office
22 May 2014  2 May 2019
LeaderMike Nesbitt
Robin Swann
Succeeded bySonia Copeland
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
19 May 1993  4 May 2019
Preceded byFrank Millar
Succeeded byMal O'Hara
ConstituencyCastle
Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for Belfast North
In office
30 May 1996  25 April 1998
Preceded byNew forum
Succeeded byForum dissolved
Personal details
BornBelfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party

David Hugh Browne MBE is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who was deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast from June 2008 to 2009, as well as High Sheriff of Belfast between January 2005 to 2006. Latterly, he had been leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) on Belfast City Council from 2014 to 2019, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Castle DEA from 1993 to 2019.