The Lady has a firm grip on unionist heartland
CONSTITUENCY PROFILE: NORTH DOWN:TRUE TO its form as a unique constituency, North Down presents novel aspects to the wider Westminster campaign.
This was the seat where Lady Sylvia Hermon held on to what became the sole Ulster Unionist seat in the House of Commons in 2005. It was a glorious election for the DUP which very nearly steam-rollered its unionist rival, raising its Westminster total to nine seats and killing off the House of Commons career of David Trimble in the process.