| Jim Speers | |
| Office: | Member of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council |
| Constituency: | Cusher |
| Term Start: | 22 May 2014 |
| Term End: | 18 May 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Council created |
| Successor: | Keith Ratcliffe |
| Office1: | Member of Armagh City and District Council |
| Constituency1: | The Orchard |
| Term Start1: | 15 May 1985 |
| Term End1: | 22 May 2014 |
| Predecessor1: | District created |
| Successor1: | Council abolished |
| Constituency2: | Armagh Area B |
| Term Start2: | 18 May 1977 |
| Term End2: | 20 May 1981 |
| Predecessor2: | Nelson Huddleston |
| Successor2: | District abolished |
| Office3: | Member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Newry and Armagh |
| Term Start3: | 30 May 1996 |
| Term End3: | 25 April 1998 |
| Predecessor3: | Forum established |
| Successor3: | Forum dissolved |
| Office4: | Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Armagh |
| Term Start4: | 1983 |
| Term End4: | 1986 |
| Predecessor4: | Seamus Mallon |
| Successor4: | Assembly dissolved |
| Birth Date: | 20 May 1946 |
| Birth Place: | County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Party: | Ulster Unionist Party |
James Alexander Speers (born 20 May 1946), known as Jim Speers, is a Northern Irish farmer and former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician, active in County Armagh.
Speers works as a businessman and part-time farmer. He was elected to Armagh City and District Council in 1977 for the Ulster Unionist Party.[1]
He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but was elected to the Assembly the following year in a by-election caused by the disqualification of Seamus Mallon, a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) member of the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly, who had been a member of Seanad Éireann at the time of his election.[2] The SDLP called on voters to boycott the election, which Speers contested as the UUP candidate. He easily beat the only other candidate, Tom French of the Workers' Party, and served on the Assembly until it was abolished in 1986.[3]
Speers contested Newry and Armagh at the 1992 United Kingdom general election, and took second place, with 36% of the vote.[4] In 1996, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, as a UUP representative for Newry and Armagh. However, he failed to take a seat at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[5]
Speers later served on the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, and is the Chairperson of the UUP's Newry & Armagh Constituency Association,[6] while continuing to sit on Armagh Council.