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Many southern unionist politicians quickly became reconciled with the new Irish Free State, sitting in its Senate or joining its political parties, while in Northern Ireland the existence of a separate Ulster Unionist Party became entrenched as it took control of the new Government of Northern Ireland, established in 1921.
Although Beattie failed to win Mid Ulster, he was declared elected after the winning candidate was found to be ineligible, but was then in turn disqualified as ineligible. A new by-election was held, which the Ulster Unionist Party did not contest.
An election for the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) was held on 14 September 2024 at an extraordinary meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council following the resignation of incumbent leader Doug Beattie on 19 August 2024.
An Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) councillor who was at the centre of a selection row over an Assembly seat has quit the party. ... Nesbitt had previously won a contest in 2012 to become leader, but ...
The alliance was launched in 2009. [3] Conservatives and Unionists candidates were first selected for the 2009 European Parliament election. [4] The first candidate to stand for election using this description was Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson, [5] who polled 82,893 votes, 17.0% of the total, and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
The Ulster Unionist Party held the majority of Northern Ireland seats in most elections for the Westminster Parliament between 1922 and 2001. Since then its representation has been low or non-existent, having been eclipsed by the Democratic Unionist Party . [ 1 ]
5 Left the party to become an Independent Unionist before forming the Ulster Popular Unionist Party. 6 Resigned from the party at the 1945 general election in protest at being subject to a reselection due to the retirement of Viscount Castlereagh , the other Ulster Unionist MP for the two member Down constituency and held his seat as an ...
In Northern Ireland, the United Ulster Unionist Council continued to support an arrangement between the Ulster Unionist Party, the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party and the Democratic Unionist Party not to contest against each other in their joint opposition to the Sunningdale Agreement, while former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Brian ...