Education
Burchill studied at Campbell College and Queen"s University, Belfast, then became chair of the Ulster Young Unionist Council.
Burchill studied at Campbell College and Queen"s University, Belfast, then became chair of the Ulster Young Unionist Council.
At the 1979 United Kingdom general election, he stood in North Antrim, taking second place, with 23.4% of the vote. Burchill was elected to Belfast City Council, representing Area A, in 1981. He was also elected in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982, taking a seat in Belfast East.
He stood in the equivalent seat at the United Kingdom general election, 1983, taking 24.8% of the vote.
1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)]
He contested the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election in Belfast South in 1975, and was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party, becoming the youngest member of the convention. Outside politics, Burchill was a member of both the Northern Ireland and English Bar, but had more recently worked as a consultant to financial service companies.