Member for North Down since 2001. Committees: Vice-Chair, Dignity at Work Group since 2003, All-Party Police Group since 2002; Member, All-Party Groups on Muscular Dystrophy, Fibromyalgia, diabetes, telecommunications, town-centre management. Political career: UUP Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport since 2002, Home Affairs since 2001, Youth and Women's Issues since 2001, Trade and Industry 2001-02. Special political interests: Policing, human rights, European affairs, health, education. Education: Dungannon High School for Girls; Aberystwyth University, Wales. Affiliations: Member, Friends of Bangor Community Hospital since 2000; Chair, North Down Support Group Marie Curie Cancer Care since 1998. Languages spoken: French, German. Author of: A Guide to EEC Law in Northern Ireland (1986). Hobbies: Fitness training, swimming, ornithology, letter-writing, proofreading.
b. 11 August 1955. Married with two children.

2005				2001
UUP HOLD	Votes	%	+/- %	Votes	%
UUP	16,268	50.4	-5.6	20,833	56.0
DUP	11,324	35.1	-	-	-
Alliance Party	2,451	7.6	-	-	-
SDLP	1,009	3.1	-0.3	1,275	3.4
Conservative	822	2.5	0.3	815	2.2
Independent	211	0.7	-0.5	444	1.2
Sinn Fein	205	0.6	-0.2	313	0.8
UKUP	-	-	-	13,509	36.3
Majority	4,944	15.3		7,324	19.7
Turnout	32,290	54.0	-4.8	37,189	58.8