Tommy Kirkham
Tommy Kirkham  | |
|---|---|
| Member of Newtownabbey Borough Council | |
| In office 21 May 1997 – 5 May 2011  | |
| Preceded by | Billy Boyd | 
| Succeeded by | Thomas Hogg | 
| Constituency | Macedon | 
| In office 17 May 1989 – 19 May 1993  | |
| Preceded by | William McDonnell | 
| Succeeded by | Arthur Templeton | 
| Constituency | Antrim Line | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rathcoole, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland | 
| Political party | Independent Unionist (since 2001)  Ulster Democratic (1995 - 2001)  | 
| Other political affiliations  | DUP (before 1995) | 
Tommy Kirkham is a Northern Ireland loyalist political figure and former councillor. Beginning his political career with the Democratic Unionist Party, he was then associated with the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Ulster Political Research Group although he has since been expelled from both groups. He was a former deputy mayor of Newtownabbey and sat on Newtownabbey Borough Council as an Independent Loyalist.