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James Hugh "Jim" Allister, QC (born 2 April 1953) is a Northern Ireland Unionist politician and senior barrister. He is the leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) political party, serving as MLA in the Northern Ireland Assembly, where he represents Antrim North.
He was formerly a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), for which he successfully stood for election in 2004 to the European Parliament (succeeding Ian Paisley). He continued as a member of the European Parliament following his resignation from the DUP, and his subsequent establishment of the TUV, but failed to retain his seat at the 2009 European parliamentary elections. In the European Parliament, although an avowed Euro-sceptic, he was also a strong supporter of the Common Agricultural Policy.[citation needed]
Allister was born at Crossgar in County Down. After attending Regent House Grammar School in Newtownards, Allister graduated with a Bachelor of Law with Honours in Constitutional Law from Queen's University of Belfast. He was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland as a barrister in 1976, where he specialised in criminal law, and later called to the Senior Bar as a QC; he "took silk" in 2001.
Jim Allister - Easter Rising "some foreign old grubby rebellion"
Hypocrisy of Jim Allister
Sammy Wilson calls Jim Allister a thug
Jim Allister MLA Speaking on the election of a Sinn Fein Speaker
u got stroked m8
Jim Allister & Brendan Smith discuss Dublin interference in the Brexit referendum
Jim Allister v Gerry Kelly (Nolan Show 2014)
George Galloway debates Jim Allister on Israel/Gaza War - BBC Radio Ulster - 13th August 2014
Stephen Brimstone grilled by Jim Allister
Jim Allister at TUC confernce 2015
Jim Allister's World Of Shite
Jim Allister wins Trinity College Dublin debate
Jim Allister -v- Ian Paisley Jnr. (2010) 1 of 2
Jim Allister -v- Ian Paisley Jnr. (2010) 2 of 2