Eric Smyth is a Northern Irish Unionist politician and Presbyterian minister.Smyth was first elected to Belfast City Council for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 1981, representing 'Area F' which was equivalent to the modern wards of Falls, Clonard, Blackstaff and Shaftesbury. However Area F was abolished in 1985, and Smyth moved to the Court district electoral area which covered the Greater Shankill area.