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Sylvia Eileen, 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 resigning from 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.〔(MP Lady Sylvia Hermon quits Ulster Unionists ) BBC News, 25 March 2010〕 She successfully retained her seat in the May 2010 election with a large gain in her share of the vote, increasing her majority,〔(General Election 2010 – North Down ) BBC News〕 doing so again in the May 2015 election.〔(Election 2015 North Down Parliamentary constituency ) BBC News〕 ==Background== Born Sylvia Eileen Paisley in Galbally, Dungannon, County Tyrone, her father was Robert Paisley, a farmer, and she had three sisters. The family saw tragedy when Hermon's mother accidentally drowned when Hermon was four. She went to Dungannon High School before studying Law at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.〔(UUP biography ) 〕 She went on to lecture in Law at the Queen's University of Belfast at the same time as David Trimble. She did not enter politics until 1998 when she joined the Ulster Unionist Party, having been impressed by the role the UUP played in negotiating the Belfast Agreement. On 6 November 2008 her husband Sir Jack Hermon died. Shortly afterward, her father also died.〔(Lady Sylvia: Part 2, by James O'Fee ) Impala Publishers Blog Page, 2 April 2009〕 She is a longstanding supporter of the Alzheimer's Research Trust and helped launch its Northern Ireland network centre.〔(Latest news – The leading UK research charity for dementia ) Alzheimer's Research Trust, 22 February 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sylvia Hermon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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