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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.
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).
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.
Retired Colonel Tim Collins will run for the Ulster Unionist Party in the next general election, the party has announced. Col Collins, known for a rousing pre-battle speech he made while serving ...
An Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) councillor who was at the centre of a selection row over an Assembly seat has quit the party. Causeway Coast and Glens councillor Darryl Wilson revealed on social ...
Thomas Beatty Elliott, Baron Elliott of Ballinamallard (born 11 December 1963), is a Northern Irish unionist politician and farmer. He was the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 2010 to 2012, [1] and was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 2022 until 2024, having previously served from 2003 to 2015.
This is a list of Ulster Unionist Party MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing the Ulster Unionist Party or its forerunner, the Irish Unionist Party, since 1918. Members of the European Parliament, the Northern Ireland House of Commons or the Northern Ireland Assembly are not listed.
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]