Unionist Party

noun

(formerly, in Northern Ireland) the major Protestant political party, closely identified with union with Britain. It formed the Northern Ireland Government from 1920 to 1972 See also Ulster Democratic Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Council

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Stormont Communities Minister Gordon Lyons, of the Democratic Unionist Party, previously said the Northern Ireland Executive did not have the resources to mitigate Labour's plans.

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Members will gather for the first time since Allister got elected to Westminster, after he won the North Antrim seat from Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party in the general election in July.

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Also making headlines in the margins of the dinner was the former Democratic Unionist Party MP for North Antrim, Ian Paisley.

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Steve Aiken took part in Washington St Patrick's Day trips as the chief executive of the British-Irish Chamber of Commerce and later as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.

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Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, of the Democratic Unionist Party, has said she will go to Washington DC, saying it was important to "maintain long and rewarding" relationships with the US.

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