Career
After receiving little response, they founded the Northern Ireland Women"s Coalition, to stand in the election themselves. Sagar was second on the party"s list in East Belfast, but failed to be elected. However, as the party took ninth place overall in the election, it was entitled to two top-up seats, and it gave one to Sagar.
Sagar stood unsuccessfully for Belfast City Council in 1997, and she was again unsuccessful in East Belfast in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998.
Following her defeat, she became a consultant to the Vital Voices project She was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the New Year"s Honours.
