Herbert Ditty (politician)

Herbert Ditty
Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office June 1992 – June 1993
Deputy	Frank Millar
Preceded by	Nigel Dodds
Succeeded by	Reg Empey
Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office June 1991 – June 1992
Preceded by	Eric Smyth
Succeeded by	Frank Millar
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office January 1985 – January 1986
Preceded by	Andrew Cairns
Succeeded by	Jim Kirkpatrick (1990)
Member of Belfast City Council
In office 15 May 1985 – 19 May 1993
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Christopher McGimpsey
Constituency	Court
In office 30 May 1973 – 20 May 1981
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Joseph Coggle
Constituency	Belfast Area G
Personal details
Born	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	1998
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party
Other political affiliations	Ulster Protestant Action (1956-1966)

Herbert Ditty (died 1998) was a Northern Irish Ulster loyalist politician and activist who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from June 1992 to 1993, having previously been deputy lord mayor from 1991 to 1992. A member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), he was a Belfast City Councillor from 1973 to 1981, then 1985 until 1993.

Background

Ditty was first elected onto Belfast City Council at the 1973 local elections, representing the Belfast Area G District. He was later unseated by the Democratic Unionist Party's Joe Coggle in the 1981 local elections.

Ditty returned to the council in 1985, this time for the successor Court District.

In June 1992, Ditty was appointed Lord Mayor of Belfast. He lost his council seat at the May 1993 local elections, while still serving as lord mayor.