The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. Having gathered support in Northern Ireland during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the party governed Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. It was supported by most unionist voters throughout the conflict known as the Troubles, during which time it was often referred to as the Official Unionist Party (OUP). Between 1905 and 1972 its MPs took the Conservative whip at Westminster, considered as part of the Conservative Party.
The 1970 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 18 June 1970. It resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, which defeated the governing Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The Liberal Party, under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, lost half their seats. The Conservatives, including the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), secured a majority of 31 seats. This general election was the first in which people could vote from the age of 18, after passage of the Representation of the People Act the previous year.
John Robert Beggs, commonly known as Roy Beggs, is a Northern Ireland politician.
West Tyrone is a county constituency in Northern Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Mid Ulster is a parliamentary constituency in the British House of Commons.
Fermanagh and South Tyrone is a parliamentary constituency in the British House of Commons. The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is Michelle Gildernew of Sinn Féin (SF) who first won in the 2001 general election by 53 votes. In 2010 she obtained a majority of just four votes, less than 0.01% of the turnout. After losing to the Ulster Unionist Party's Tom Elliott in 2015, she regained the seat at the 2017 general election.
South Antrim is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons represented since 2017 by Paul Girvan of the Democratic Unionist Party.
Belfast North is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Belfast South is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. It has been represented since 2017 by Emma Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionist Party.
Lagan Valley is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Strangford is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
North Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Sylvia Hermon, first elected in the 2001 general election. Hermon represented the constituency on behalf of the Ulster Unionist Party until 2010, subsequently sitting as an Independent.
Elections in Northern Ireland are held on a regular basis to local councils, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to the European Parliament.
The Commonwealth Labour Party (CWLP) was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1942 by Harry Midgley, former leader of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), in order to pursue his brand of labour unionism.
The Down by-election was held on 6 June 1946, following the death of James Little, the independent Unionist Member of Parliament for Down.
The 2005 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 5 May 2005 and all 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. The election resulted in the Ulster Unionist Party losing its place as the largest Northern Irish political party at Westminster, being replaced by the Democratic Unionist Party. Both the DUP and Sinn Féin increased their share of the vote as well as their number of seats. The Social Democratic and Labour Party were unable to regain its formerly held status as the largest nationalist political party in Northern Ireland, though they retained 3 seats overall, albeit with a reduced share of the vote.
The Antrim by-election of 1943 was held on 11 February 1943. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent UUP MP, Joseph McConnell. It was won by the UUP candidate John Dermot Campbell.
The North Down by-election of 1922 was held on 21 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the assassination of the incumbent UUP MP, Henry Wilson who had been elected in the February 1922 North Down by-election. It was won unopposed by the UUP candidate John Morrow Simms.
The West Down by-election of 1921 was held on 5 July 1921. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Recorder of Belfast of the incumbent UUP MP, Daniel Martin Wilson. It was unopposed and the UUP candidate Thomas Browne Wallace was elected.
