Biography:
Lady Sylvia Hermon was re-elected MP for North Down on May 7th 2015 with 17689 votes, taking 49.2% of the vote.
She was born on a farm in County Tyrone, and educated at Dungannon High School for Girls between 1967 and 1974
She attended Aberystwyth University 1974-1978 where she was top prize-winner in each year, graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in Law.
She then became law lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast 1978-1988, specialising in European Community Law, Constitutional Law and International Law.
She has been Member of Parliament for North Down since 2001; the first woman to be returned to Westminster from Northern Ireland in almost 30 years.
Hobbies:
Ornithology, swimming and fitness training, proof-reading and letter writing.
Constituency: North Down
Constituency Address: 17a Hamilton Road, Bangor,
BT20 4LF
Constituency Tel: 028 9127 5858
Date of Birth: 11 August 1955
Party: Independent
Personal Website: http://sylviahermon.org/
Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Westminster Tel: 02072193000
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladyhermonmp
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/northdownmp