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21/09/2004
UUP leader's wife to stand in Lagan Valley
The wife of Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble is set to stand as a UUP candidate for Lagan Valley.
Daphne Trimble said she wanted to contest the seat, which is currently held by former UUP stalwart Jeffrey Donaldson, because it was a traditional "Ulster Unionist seat and the people have always been represented by Ulster Unionists".
Mrs Trimble said it was up to Ulster Unionist constituency members to decide who they wanted to contest the seat but that she was putting her name forward to the party "if they want to have me as their candidate".
Jeffrey Donaldson, who left the party for the DUP in January this year, topped the poll with just over 14,000 first preference votes during last November's assembly election. In the 2001 general election, he received almost 26,000 votes - the highest figure for all Northern Ireland constituencies.
"Jeffrey's vote has always been an Ulster Unionist vote. It was Ulster Unionist voters who elected him and I think they deserve to have a representative at Westminster," Mrs Trimble said.
Daphne Trimble practised as a solicitor for several years before taking up the post as constituency organiser for her husband in his Upper Bann constituency.
(MB/GMCG)
Daphne Trimble said she wanted to contest the seat, which is currently held by former UUP stalwart Jeffrey Donaldson, because it was a traditional "Ulster Unionist seat and the people have always been represented by Ulster Unionists".
Mrs Trimble said it was up to Ulster Unionist constituency members to decide who they wanted to contest the seat but that she was putting her name forward to the party "if they want to have me as their candidate".
Jeffrey Donaldson, who left the party for the DUP in January this year, topped the poll with just over 14,000 first preference votes during last November's assembly election. In the 2001 general election, he received almost 26,000 votes - the highest figure for all Northern Ireland constituencies.
"Jeffrey's vote has always been an Ulster Unionist vote. It was Ulster Unionist voters who elected him and I think they deserve to have a representative at Westminster," Mrs Trimble said.
Daphne Trimble practised as a solicitor for several years before taking up the post as constituency organiser for her husband in his Upper Bann constituency.
(MB/GMCG)
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