Martin Smyth was an MP of ‘integrity and Christian principle’, service told

The coffin is taken from the church after a Service of Thanksgiving for the former Ulster Unionist Party MP Rev Martin Smyth (PA) - (PA Wire)

Former Ulster Unionist MP Rev Martin Smyth had a career defined by integrity and strong Christian principle, a church service has heard.

Rev Smyth, a Presbyterian minister who served as South Belfast MP for more than 20 years and also led the Orange Order during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, died last week at the age of 94.