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Michael "Mike" Nesbitt (born 11 May 1957) is a British politician and former broadcaster who has been the Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party since 2012 and the Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford since 2011.
Nesbitt worked as a sports reporter at BBC Northern Ireland and progressed to presenting Good Morning Ulster on BBC Radio Ulster from 1986 to 1990. Nesbitt joined UTV as a presenter and reporter in 1992, being joined by his wife Lynda Bryans to co-present evening news programme UTV Live in 1996.
Nesbitt and Bryans also co-presented weekly religious series Sunday Morning for Anglia Television from 1999 to 2001, and two series of home and garden series Home Sweet Home for UTV.
Nesbitt also hosted Counterpoint and made a guest appearance in comedy programme Everything You Know Is Wrong in 1998.
In 2006, Nesbitt announced he was not renewing his presenting contract with UTV. His final edition of UTV Live was broadcast on 10 February 2006.
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt is taken to task by Tara Mills on BBC Newsline about double standards and hypocrisy in relation to republican and loyalist paramilitaries.
Mike Nesbitt MLA Northern Ireland Assembly 28/02/2014
I’m asking for you to vote for me, Mike Nesbitt, in Strangford, on the 5th of May.
Copyright belongs to Clipstorm/ The Belfast Telegraph By Kirsten Elder The first results have been declared in the Northern Ireland Assembly election. Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said he was "shocked" to top the Strangford poll to win election
This is an news update from UTV Live presented by Mike Nesbitt
Mike Nesbitt tells The Irish News about how he tried to secure an electoral pact with the SDLP and also the prospect of his wife Lynda Bryans running in next year's Westminster election
Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Mike Nesbitt MLA accepts the Ice Bucket Challenge at Moneyrea Primary School
We know that Asda mums could hold the key to the General Election – and so do the party leaders. In a recent Mumdex survey we found 80% of Asda mums plan to vote but many of them were undecided who to vote for. We’ve invited the party leaders to record special video messages to Asda mums to help them make their choice on May 7th. Watch more video messages from party leaders here: http://bit.ly/1DJjvUg or find out more at: http://your.asda.com/mumdex
Mike Nesbitt at Carrickfergus United Loyalists cultural parade. 4 May 2013