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Born in Belfast, Lewsley attended the University of Ulster before working as a cook and an advice worker
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Patricia Lewsley
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She stood unsuccessfully for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (Social Democratic and Labour Party) at the 1997 local elections in Belfast. In 1998, she was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Lagan Valley, a seat she held in 2003. During her time as an Modern Language Association she chaired All-Party Assembly Groups on Children and Young People, Disability, Diabetes, Anti-Poverty, and Ethnic minorities.
On the day the Assembly was suspended in 2002, she had been due to introduce a Private Members Bill to strengthen child protection arrangements in Northern Ireland, by placing Area Child Protection Committees on a statutory footing.
In 2001, she was elected to Lisburn City Council. On 19 December 2006, Lewsley resigned from the Assembly in order to take up a post as Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, and took up that post on 8 January 2007.
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to children"s rights in Northern Ireland.
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1st Northern Ireland Assembly. 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly]
She was previously a member of the Northern Irish Assembly, and a councillor in Lisburn.
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Social Democratic and Labour Party