Jennifer 'Jenny' Palmer (born 1 May 1959) is an

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movem ...

(UUP) politician who served as a

Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs; ga, Comhaltaí den Tionól Reachtach; sco-ulster, Laa-Makkan Forgaitherars) are representatives elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly. About The Northern Ireland Assembly has 90 ...

(MLA) for

Lagan Valley The Lagan Valley (, Ulster Scots: ''Glen Lagan'') is an area of Northern Ireland between Belfast and Lisburn. The River Lagan rises on Slieve Croob in County Down and flows generally northward discharging into Belfast Lough. For a section, the ...

from 2016 to 2017. Palmer is well known for her defection from the

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years. Currently led by J ...

(DUP), following the

Red Sky scandal The Red Sky scandal was a political scandal in Northern Ireland that emerged in 2010 following a ''Spotlight'' investigation into Red Sky, a company based in Belfast which was awarded a maintenance contract by the Northern Ireland Housing Execut ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Jennifer 1959 births Living people Ulster Unionist Party MLAs Democratic Unionist Party politicians Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly People from Lisburn