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William Stratton Mills (born 1 July 1932), is a retired solicitor and former politician in Northern Ireland. He was the only Member of Parliament (MP) to have sat for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in the British House of Commons, until Naomi Long won Belfast East in 2010. LifeThe son of Dr V.J.S. Mills, CBE, RM, Mills was educated at Campbell College, Belfast and Queen's University, Belfast. A solicitor by profession, Mills was elected as the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP for Belfast North in the 1959 general election. He held his seat in subsequent elections, but in 1972 he refused to join the other UUP MPs in resigning the Conservative Party whip. He instead resigned from the UUP, describing himself as an independent Unionist and Conservative MP.[1] In August 1969, at the outset of The Troubles, Mills travelled with Robin Bailie to the United States to counter the fund raising efforts of Bernadette Devlin, and to promote the Unionist point of view to an American audience.[2] In 1973, Mills joined the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.[3] He retired from the House in 1974. He lives in Malone Park, was partner in a solicitors firm, and currently serves on Northern Ireland's Historic Buildings Council, and is a member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and the Irish Georgian Society.[4] References1. ^James Downey, "Stratton Mills to keep Tory party Whip", Irish Times, 1 February 1973 2. ^Henry Raymont, "Ulster 'Truth Squad' Pursues Miss Devlin to U.S.",New York Times, 30 August 1969 3. ^North Belfast 1950-1970 election results at ARK 4. ^New Appointments to Historic Buildings Council
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| title = Member of Parliament for {{nowrap|Belfast North}} | years = 1959–1974 | before = H. Montgomery Hyde | after = John Carson }}{{S-end}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2010}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Stratton}}{{NorthernIreland-UK-MP-stub}} 13 : 1932 births|Living people|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland MPs|Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom|Solicitors from Northern Ireland|UK MPs 1959–64|UK MPs 1964–66|UK MPs 1966–70|UK MPs 1970–74|People educated at Campbell College|Alumni of Queen's University Belfast|People from Belfast|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (since 1922) |
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