“I have been a Unionist political activist for over 35 years. I am a member of the Executive of the Progressive Unionist Party and last year I represented the party together with the party leader, David Ervine, at a cross-party Unionist Convention in South Africa. I constantly make representations to statutory agencies on behalf of my community on housing, policing, racism and many other issues. I am active in voluntary community work in the Ballymena area and I am an advocate of the principle of participative democracy.”