Richie McPhillips

Richie McPhillips
McPhillips in 2016
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
In office
5 May 2016  30 January 2017
Preceded byPhil Flanagan
Succeeded byJemma Dolan
Member of
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
In office
22 May 2014  5 May 2016
Preceded byNew council
Succeeded byGarbhan McPhillips
ConstituencyErne East
Personal details
Born
Richard Patrick McPhillips

(1957-07-07) 7 July 1957
Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySocial Democratic and Labour Party
SpouseAgnes McPhillips
Children3
ResidenceLisnaskea
Websitehttp://www.sdlp.ie/people/ritchie-mcphillips/

Richard Patrick "Richie" McPhillips (born 7 July 1957) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician from Northern Ireland. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from the 2016 Assembly election until his defeat 10 months later at the 2017 election.

Having previously worked as an insurance broker, he was elected in the 2014 Local Council Elections to serve as a councillor for the newly established Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (amassing 1,015 first preference votes (12.9%) in the Erne East DEA).