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Eileen Bell MLA
Name: Mrs Eileen Bell
Party: Alliance
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Place and Date of Birth: Dromara, Co Down
15.08.43
Married: Yes
Family: Sons
Daughters
Education: Dominican College, Belfast
University of Ulster
BA HONS Graduate in History and Politics
Occupation and brief outline of career: Civil Servant to 1968 and thereafter from 1971-1973
Marks and Spencer (Personnel Department), 1974-1978
Various short periods until 1986
Alliance Party (General Secretary), 1986-1990
Peace People/Peace Train, 1990-1995
Peace Activist in different areas
Brief outline of public/political career
(Members of council, public body, chairman, mayor) please give dates.
Elected to North Down Council, 1993
Member of Alliance Talks Team at Brooke-Mayhew Talks, 1991-1992
Elected to Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue, 1996
Member of the Dublin Forum for Peace and Reconciliation, 1994-1996
Member of Alliance Talks Team at Castle Buildings Talks, 1996-1998
Member of the New Northern Ireland Assembly, 1998-present
Deputy Party Leader, 2001-present
Other memberships/ interests/ achievements/ awards (political, community, sporting, public service) please give dates.: Memberships
N.I Probation Board, 1997-present
North Down Partnership, 1996-2001
Local Government Research Consortium Warwick University


Interests
Community Development
Reading
Current Affairs