Baron Reginald (Reg) Norman Morgan Empey; OBE. Born 26 October 1947. UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. UUP delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Belfast. MLA for East Belfast, 1998-2011. UUP Leader, 2005-10. Chairman of the UUP, 2012-19. Empey was also twice Lord Mayor of Belfast.