Jack Allen is a former Northern Irish unionist politician and businessman from Derry.
Working as a businessman, Allen became a member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
[3] In June 1984, Allen was appointed to the prominent role of Chairman of the Devolution Report Committee within the Assembly.
In this position, he wrote three times to leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party John Hume proposing discussions, but was rebuffed.
[6] At the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, he was again unsuccessful in Foyle, despite coming fourth on first preference votes in the six seat constituency.