Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |
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![]() Incumbent since 17 May 2021Doug Beattie MLA | |
Appointer | Elected by party |
Inaugural holder | Edward James Saunderson |
Formation | 1905 |
The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party is the most senior position within the party ranks. Since 2021 the leader has been Doug Beattie MLA.[1]
List
No. | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Colonel Edward Saunderson | 1905 | 1906 | Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party |
2 | ![]() | Walter Hume Long | 1906 | 1910 | Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party |
3 | ![]() | Sir Edward Carson | 1910 | 1921 | Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party |
4 | ![]() | The Viscount Craigavon | 1921 | 1940 | 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland |
5 | ![]() | John Miller Andrews | 1940 | 1946 | 2nd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland |
6 | ![]() | The Viscount Brookeborough | 1946 | 1963 | 3rd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland |
7 | ![]() | Captain Terence O'Neill | 1963 | 1969 | 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland |
8 | ![]() | James Chichester-Clark | 1969 | 1971 | 5th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland |
9 | ![]() | Brian Faulkner | 1971 | 1974 | 6th and final Prime Minister of Northern Ireland |
10 | ![]() | Harry West | 1974 | 1979 | |
11 | ![]() | James Molyneaux | 1979 | 1995 | |
12 | ![]() | David Trimble | 1995 | 2005 | First Minister of Northern Ireland |
13 | ![]() | Sir Reg Empey | 2005 | 2010 | |
14 | ![]() | Tom Elliott | 2010 | 2012 | |
15 | Mike Nesbitt | 2012 | 2017 | Leader of the Opposition | |
16 | ![]() | Robin Swann | 8 March 2017 | 9 Nov 2019 | |
17 | ![]() | Steve Aiken | 9 Nov 2019 | 27 May 2021 | |
18 | ![]() | Doug Beattie | 27 May 2021 |
See also
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Ulster Unionist Party Presidents and General Secretaries
References
- ^ "Doug Beattie is elected new leader of Ulster Unionist Party" Archived 17 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 17 May 2021, accessed 17 May 2021
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related organisations
- Progenitor: Irish Unionist Alliance
- Allies: Labour Unionists/Liberal Unionist/Conservatives
- Offshoots: Vanguard (1973–78)/NI21 (2013-16)
- Electoral alliance: UCUNF (2009)