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The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. [5] The party was founded as the Ulster Unionist Council in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
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.
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 ...
These are the results of the 2001 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland.The election was held on 7 June 2001 and all 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,191,009 people were eligible to vote, up 13,040 from the 1997 general election. 68.63% of eligible voters turned out, up 1.2 percentage points from the last general election.
Under Beattie's leadership, the UUP returned to the House of Commons at the 2024 general election following Robin Swann's victory in South Antrim. [4] The party selected Colin Crawford to succeed Swann as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antirm in July 2024. [5]
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).
Michael Nesbitt, MLA (born 11 May 1957) is a Northern Irish politician and former broadcaster [1] currently serving as the Minister of Health since 28 May 2024. He has been the Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) since 30 August 2024 following his successful candidacy in the 2024 leadership election after previously serving in the role from 2012 to 2017. [2]