Andrew Hunter (British politician)

Andrew Robert Frederick Ebenezer Hunter[1] (born 8 January 1943) is a British politician and a member of the Orange Order.

He stood in Lagan Valley in the 2003 Northern Ireland election, but failed to gain a seat, coming seventh in the six-seat constituency.

[5] On 10 December 2004, he announced that he had joined the DUP Parliamentary Group in the House of Commons,[6] the first mainland Member of Parliament in Great Britain to represent a party based in Northern Ireland since T.P.

[citation needed] In February 2005, Hunter raised the case of Jeremy Bamber in Parliament, questioning his conviction for murdering his adoptive family.

[7] Hunter stepped down from the House of Commons at the 2005 general election[8] and suggested he would move to Northern Ireland to become more involved with DUP politics.