Alderman Leslie Cree MBE MLA, MAYOR of North Down
I have been a member of the Ulster Unionist Party for over twenty years and a Member of North Down Borough Council for nineteen years, and am currently Mayor of North Down.
Outside of politics I was formerly employed as a Senior Executive and Director of a major International Energy Company.
I am involved full time in a political career that involves working as an MLA for the Northern Ireland Assembly in which I am Chief Party spokesman for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Northern Ireland Policing Board. I am also a Director of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Business Trust, and a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
As an Alderman on North Down Borough Council I serve in the following capacities on behalf of the people of the Borough of North Down:-
Chair Economic Development Committee, Trustee Somme Advisory Council, Member Belfast City Airport Forum, Representative European Edge Cities Network, Director Local Strategy Partnership, Member Economic Development Forum, Member Comet Interreg Partnership, Director of Holywood and Bangor Town Centre Management Company, Director North Down Business Village Company, Member of Rural development Partnership.
My interests include economic and environmental issues, researching military history, aviation and youth work. I also play an active role as an Elder and Secretary of my local Church.
