Ulster Unionist Party

Doug Beattie steps down as UUP leader due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ with party officers

The Upper Bann Assembly member said leading the Ulster Unionist Party had been a ‘lonely’ experience at times

Doug Beattie, like other UUP leaders, struggled to figure out what the party stood for

Current deputy leader Robbie Butler the most likely to step into the Ulster Unionist Party breach but whoever the next leader is they will face the same internal party tensions

Westminster elections leave Northern Ireland parties with choices and questions

Turnout for the UK general election was down in each of Northern Ireland’s constituencies. Forecasting is a hazardous business, but where does this leave political parties?

Unionism needs to build a pro-union majority, not fall back into finger-pointing and name-calling

Movement needs to focus on Northern Ireland that works and stops looking like outlier in UK

NI election: Sinn Féin now biggest party in Westminster, Stormont and council after DUP losses

Alliance makes history with first non-DUP MP in Lagan Valley, while TUV unseats Ian Paisley

How did Northern Ireland vote? A full breakdown of how each constituency voted in the UK election

Full results for the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies

Northern Ireland voters go to the polls in general election with several constituencies hotly contested

Sinn Féin is seeking to cement its position as the largest party after securing most seats in recent Assembly and local council polls

DUP has most reason to be anxious as North’s parties prepare for Westminster vote

As Sinn Féin learned earlier this month in the South, the difference between success and failure is often about expectations

The election countdown may be on, but it feels as if Northern Ireland is still getting used to it

With the DUP under pressure, Sinn Féin could overtake it to have the greatest number of seats at council, Assembly and Westminster level

Can Sinn Féin pull off its left-right, North-South balancing act?

The party may move economically left and socially right in the Republic - but it needs to stay the course in Northern Ireland

Agreement to run non-party unionist candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone seat proposed

Current Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew rules herself out of defending seat as she is running in European elections

Northern Irish political parties gear up for July election with Sinn Féin seeking to overtake DUP

The DUP has eight MPs, while ‘abstentionist’ Sinn Féin has seven

Unionist parties are not about to merge – it’s hard enough holding them together individually

A choice of parties may be essential for unionism’s long-term health; the implosion of the Scottish National Party is a warning about putting all your eggs in one basket

Jeffrey Donaldson, at the heart of Northern Irish politics for nearly 40 years

From Enoch Powell to post-Brexit negotiations, former DUP leader has been an influential figure for decades

Who could take ministerial roles in a new Stormont Assembly?

Devolved government is set to return to Northern Ireland for the first time in two years on Saturday. These representatives could take the most prominent roles in the new Assembly

Stormont returns: who are the likely ministers in the new Northern Ireland Executive?

First step is the election of a speaker – the prerequisite for all other Northern Ireland Assembly business

Ireland and Britain must work on ‘Plan B’ if DUP does not end Stormont boycott - Michelle O’Neill

A further attempt to recall Northern Ireland’s powersharing government failed on Wednesday, when the DUP did not support the nomination of a Speaker in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Jeffrey Donaldson destroyed David Trimble. Is he about to do the same to himself?

Donaldson will have to tread carefully to avoid splitting the DUP the way he split the UUP and prevent the civil war that transformed the UUP into a basket case

Senior Sinn Féin and unionist politicians set up ‘secret group’ to discuss deadlock in peace process

State papers: UUP leader David Trimble was seemingly unaware of meetings being held in 2001 with members of his own party

Peace process has taught politicians how to grow tribal vote through stubbornness

Newly released State papers shed light on the years immediately after the Belfast Agreement, so much of which is still in dispute or open to interpretation

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