United Kingdom Unionist Party

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a political party (1995–2008), based in Northern Ireland: it was non-sectarian but opposed to a united Ireland

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Parties' share of the vote (in %) Local Party Westminster '97 government '97 Forum '96 UUP 32.7 27.8 24.2 DUP 13.6 15.6 18.8 UKU 1.6 .6 3.7 PUP 1.4 2.3 3.5 UDP - 1.2 2.2 Con 1.2 * .5 Total U bloc 50.5 47.5 52.9 Average: 50.3 SDLP 24.1 20.7 21.4 SF 16.1 16.9 15.5 Total N bloc 40.2 37.6 36.9 Average: 38.2 APNI 8 6.5 6.6 Average 7 Total: U + N + APNI 98.7 91.6 96.4 Other 1.3 ** 8.4 3.6 Notes: (i) Key to Parties: UKU = United Kingdom Unionist Party; Con = Conservative and Unionist Party; DUP = Democratic Unionist Party; PUP = Progressive Unionist Party; UUP = Ulster Unionist Party; SDLP = Social Democratic and Labour Party; SF = Sinn Fein; Others = Workers' Party, Natural Law Party, NI Women's Coalition, Independents etc.

Northern Ireland: La Fin de Siecle, the twilight of the second Protestant ascendancy and Sinn Fein's second coming