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Sylvia Hermon

Personal data
Date of birth11 August 1955(age 55)
Place of birthGalbally, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyIndependent
Other partyUlster Unionist Party (1998-2010)
SpouseSir Jack Hermon
Alma materUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth
Succeeded byIncumbent
Member of Parliament
for North Down
Assumed office7 June 2001
Majority14,364 (42.9%)
Preceded byRobert McCartney

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Sylvia Eileen Hermon, Lady Hermon (née Paisley; born 11 August 1955) is a Northern Irish politician. Since 2001, she has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of North Down, first elected for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), but now an independent. She is the widow of Sir Jack Hermon, former Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

On 25 March 2010, Lady Hermon announced that she was quitting the Ulster Unionist Party, and would fight the next general election as an Independent candidate. Her decision was triggered by the UUP's alliance with the Conservative Party. She successfully retained her seat at the May 2010 election with a large gain in her share of the vote, increasing her majority.

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John Harris goes to Northern Ireland, where MP Sylvia Hermon is taking a stand against the controversial Conservative-Ulster Unionist alliance
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DUP MLA for Strangford Simon Hamilton speaking during the Assembly debate on the devolution of Policing and Justice to Northern Ireland. The motion was ultimately carried by a cross-community vote of the Assembly with only the Ulster Unionist Party opposing it despite criticism for this stance by the Conservative Party and the sole UUP MP Lady Sylvia Hermon.
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North Down DUP MLA Peter Weir commenting on the decision by the UUP to proceed with their UCUNF project alongside the Conservative Party which has seen their only MP Lady Sylvia Hermon oppose the deal and declare that she will not stand as a Conservative & Union
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Sylvia Lady Hermon MP throwing the first bowl of the Bangor Tournament 2011
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At least now, the UUP's blinkers will probably come off - Slugger O'Toole Tweet this news
Slugger O'Toole--It was one thing to lose Alan McFarland and -Sylvia Hermon- over a deal with the Conservative Party. Having done so it is quite another thing to then also lose the Tory link. In fact it is downright daft. It leaves a position where t - Date : Mon, 09 May 2011 09:12:44 GMT+00:00
Coleraine Coastguard wins leadership award - Coleraine Today Tweet this news
Coleraine Today--Nikki scored consistently highly in all of these events, and was presented with a silver trophy by Lady -Sylvia Hermon-. She was also congratulated by Chris Reynolds, the Director of the Irish Coast Guard, and by Richard Newell, Rescue Co - Date : Wed, 18 May 2011 13:04:05 GMT+00:00
Coastguard might be saved as cuts 'reduced' - Belfast Newsletter Tweet this news
Belfast Newsletter--NORTH Down MP Lady -Sylvia Hermon- has welcomed a row back by government on proposals that threatened to close Northern Ireland's only Coastguard station. Belfast Coastguard - based at Bregenz House in Bangor - had been placed in - Date : Fri, 20 May 2011 07:59:25 GMT+00:00
UUP a fading force facing self-inflicted death - Belfast Telegraph Tweet this news
Belfast Telegraph--Almost a year ago -Sylvia Hermon-, the UUP's sole MP, resigned in protest at the party's links with the Conservatives. For the first time in its history it emerged from the subsequent General Election with no seats. Mr Elliott - Date : Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:01:38 GMT+00:00
Hermon - Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) Tweet this news
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)--Independent MP Lady -Sylvia Hermon- called on the Minister to praise the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve. Responding, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson stated that the member for Bournemout - Date : Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:04:20 GMT+00:00
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee hears from University of Ulster on Northern ... - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) Tweet this news
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)--I do apologise. Sitting suspended for a Division in the House. Chair: Back in session-sorry about that. -Sylvia-? Q118 Lady -Hermon-: Thank you very much indeed, Chairman. Just to recap where we were before the - Date : Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:32:28 GMT+00:00
Meeting over Bangor Coastguard 'closure' - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--Independent MP for North Down Lady -Sylvia Hermon- said the issue of the coastguard centre was one of the few issues that unite all of the political parties in Northern Ireland. "All of them who had representatives here this evening wer - Date : Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:10:26 GMT+00:00
Coastguard 'SOS' Received By Penning - 4ni.co.uk Tweet this news
4ni.co.uk--Backed by the SDLP's South Down MP, Margaret Ritchie, and the independent Unionist, Lady -Sylvia Hermon- MP - who were continuing their support for the retention of the facility - he heard about the local concerns. Lady Hermon said: &q - Date : Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:02:48 GMT+00:00
Coastguard closure 'not dangerous' - Belfast Telegraph Tweet this news
Belfast Telegraph--First Minister Peter Robinson, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and MP Lady -Sylvia Hermon- met Sir Alan during his visit to express their opposition to the changes. Ian Graham, Northern Ireland branch secretary of the Public and - Date : Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:59:17 GMT+00:00
HAPPENINGS: Hemingway, Johnsonville - Jan. 19, 2011 - South Carolina Now Tweet this news
South Carolina Now--Pictured are: Gale Tyler, Nancy Turner, Gale Elliott, -Hermon- Parker, Gerri Rogers, Joe Grier, Faye Davis, Rebecca Evans, Mary Hunter, Karen West, ... - Date : Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:04:48 GMT+00:00

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert McCartney
Member of Parliament for North Down
2001 - present
Incumbent

Parliamentarians in Northern Ireland

Westminster
Gerry Adams * Gregory Campbell * Nigel Dodds * Pat Doherty * Jeffrey Donaldson * Mark Durkan * Michelle Gildernew * Sylvia Hermon * Naomi Long * Willie McCrea * Alasdair McDonnell * Martin McGuinness * Conor Murphy * Ian Paisley Jr. * Margaret Ritchie * David Simpson * Sammy Wilson
European Parliament
Bairbre de Brún * Diane Dodds * Jim Nicholson



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