Ruth Patterson (politician)

Ruth Patterson
Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
June 2011  June 2012
Preceded byWilliam Humphrey
Succeeded byTierna Cunningham
In office
1 June 2006  2007
Preceded byPat Convery
Succeeded byBernie Kelly
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office
18 January 2004  January 2005
Preceded byMargaret Clarke
Succeeded byDavid Browne
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
22 May 2014  2 May 2019
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byÁine Groogan
ConstituencyBotanic
In office
7 June 2001  22 May 2014
Preceded byHarry Smith
Succeeded byChristopher Stalford
ConstituencyBalmoral
Personal details
BornOctober 1955 (age 69)
Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Political partyTUV (since 2021)
DUP (1998 - 2015)
Other political
affiliations
Independent Unionist (2015-2019)

Ruth Patterson (born October 1955) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who was deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast between 2006 and 2007, then 2011 to 2012. Additionally, she served as High Sheriff of Belfast from 2004 to 2005. Patterson was a Belfast City councillor from 2001 to 2019, initially for the Balmoral DEA, later Botanic.