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	Protestant Unionist Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP) were a political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971.
		The PUP campaigned for the retention of the union, preferential treatment for Protestants in employment, and for total freedom for Orange parades.
		Later in the 1987 general election, George Seawright, a former DUP candidate, defied an official pact between the Unionist parties and revived the Protestant Unionist label for his candidature.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Protestant_Unionist_Party (259 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ulster-Unionist-Party
		The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972.
		The UUP came into existence as the Irish Unionist Party in 1905 to resist any granting of home rule to Ireland within the United Kingdom, which was the main demand of the Irish Parliamentary Party under leaders Isaac Butt, William Shaw, Charles Stewart Parnell and John Redmond.
		Progressive Unionist Party (1) The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ulster_Unionist_Party (6224 words)

	Democratic Unionist Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The party withdrew in protest when Sinn Féin, a republican party with ties to the Irish Republican Army (IRA), was allowed to participate after the IRA ceasefire.
		In the 2005 general election the party reinforced its position as the largest unionist party, winning nine seats, making it the fourth largest party in the British House of Commons behind Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
		In August 1997, David Ervine, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (which is linked to the UVF), maintained in an interview that the DUP had tried to persuade unionist paramilitaries not to call ceasefires in 1994.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/DUP (564 words)

	BBC NEWS \| VOTE2001 \| PARTIES \| Democratic Unionist Party
		It is engaged in a bitter battle with rival unionist party the Ulster Unionists.
		The party is vocally and strongly opposed to Sinn Fein's involvement in the new power-sharing executive.
		The party is defending the Westminster seats held by Mr Paisley in north Antrim, Peter Robinson in east Belfast, and William McCrea in south Antrim.
	news.bbc.co.uk /vote2001/hi/english/parties/newsid_1179000/1179157.stm (475 words)

	Progressive Unionist Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In 1994 PUP leader Hugh Smyth became Lord Mayor of Belfast, and in the 1996 elections to the Northern Ireland Forum they secured two seats, with Billy Hutchinson and David Ervine both being elected.
		The PUP supported the Belfast Agreement and in the 1998 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly they also won two seats, with representatives elected from the Belfast North and East constituencies.
		Their position on the left of the political spectrum differentiates them from the other unionist parties (such as the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party) which tend to be more conservative in outlook.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Progressive_Unionist_Party (220 words)

	Term Paper on "The Ulster Unionist Party was primarily responsible for the development of sectarian politics in ...
		Term Paper on "The Ulster Unionist Party was primarily responsible for the development of sectarian politics in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972".
		Title: "The Ulster Unionist Party was primarily responsible for the development of sectarian politics in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972".
		"The Ulster Unionist Party was primarily responsible for the development of sectarian politics in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972".
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/The_Ulster_Unionist_Party_was-150383.html (269 words)

	Main Unionist Party Agrees to Support Peace Accord
		William Thompson, an Ulster Unionist lawmaker who has vowed to vote against the accord when it is subjected to a referendum on May 22 in Northern Ireland, said the campaign to scrap it would not end with the vote Sunday.
		But half of the Ulster Unionists' 10 members in the British Parliament have criticized or condemned important aspects of the compromise: early releases for Irish Republican Army prisoners; a role for Sinn Fein in the new assembly, and requirements that the new administration cooperate in a North-South ministerial council with the Irish Republic.
		Unionists' protests illustrated the depth of division remaining among Protestants over the wisdom of compromise.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/041298ireland-unionists.html (606 words)

	Bryne & Carter: Social Cubism
		Unionists are loyal to the monarch in her role as head of the established church as well as head of the British state.
		Protestant opposition to direct rule from London in 1972, the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, and the 1995 Framework for Peace further illustrates the depth of Protestant fear and betrayal as well as the strategy of intra-Protestant cooperation to protect their ethnoreligious identity and resist what they perceive as a forced incorporation into a united Ireland.
		Protestants are a majority of the population in Northern Ireland, but a minority of the over-all population in the UK and in any future united Ireland.
	www.gmu.edu /academic/pcs/bryce.htm (8280 words)

	CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'U'
		The Ulster Unionist Party was also known as the Official Unionist Party during the 1970s because of the fact that it represented the remnants of the Unionist Party which governed Northern Ireland at Stormont between 1921 and 1972.
		Although the party was a branch of the British Conservative Party ('the Conservative and Unionist Party') the decision of the Conservative government, led by Edward Heath, in March 1972 to prorogued the parliament at Stormont and introduce 'Direct Rule' from Westminster virtually broke the link between the two parties.
		It was formed by a group of people who had been members of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and who supported Brian Faulkner after the proposals contained in the Sunningdale Agreement had been rejected by most of the members of the UUP.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/organ/uorgan.htm (7200 words)

	Progressive Unionist Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Theywere formed from the Independent Unionist Group operating in the Shankill area of Belfast becoming the PUP in 1979.Linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) they are theleft-wing party of unionism in Northern Ireland, withtheir main support base in the Protestant working class communities of Belfast.
		The PUP supported the Belfast Agreement and in the 1998 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly they also won twoseats, with represenatives elected from the Belfast North and East constituencies.
		Their position on the left of the political spectrum differentiates them from the other unionist parties (such as the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party) as they tend to beconservative in outlook.
	www.therfcc.org /progressive-unionist-party-91604.html (182 words)

	Democratic Unionist Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline (A worker who belongs to a trade union) Unionist party in (A division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland) Northern Ireland led by (Click link for more info and facts about Ian Paisley) Ian Paisley.
		It is the largest unionist party at both the (Click link for more info and facts about Northern Ireland Assembly) Northern Ireland Assembly level and in the (Click link for more info and facts about Westminster Parliament) Westminster Parliament.
		In the (Click link for more info and facts about 2005 general election) 2005 general election the party reinforced its position as the largest unionist party, winning nine seats, making it the fourth largest party in the British House of Commons behind Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/De/Democratic_Unionist_Party.htm (460 words)

	CNN - Leaders of N. Ireland's key pro-British party back accord - April 11, 1998
		Half of the Ulster Unionists' 10 members in the British Parliament have criticized or condemned key aspects of the compromise: early releases for IRA prisoners, a role for the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party in the new Assembly, and requirements that this new administration cooperate in a north-south council with the Irish Republic.
		The second biggest Protestant Unionist party, the Democratic Unionist Party of the fiery Rev. Ian Paisley, is campaigning against the new accord.
		Paisley accused Trimble of being a "traitor" to the pro-British unionist cause.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9804/11/n.ireland/index.html (999 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Election 2005 \| Issues \| Profile: Democratic Unionist Party
		The party, which opposed the Good Friday Agreement, overtook the Ulster Unionist Party by securing 30 seats, a 33% increase on its 1998 election result.
		The party is engaged in a long-running bitter battle with rival unionist party the Ulster Unionists, whom it claims betrayed unionism by entering government with Sinn Fein before full decommissioning of IRA weapons had been achieved.
		The DUP is defending the Westminster seats held by Mr Paisley in North Antrim, Peter Robinson in East Belfast, Nigel Dodds in North Belfast, Jeffrey Donaldson in Lagan Valley, Gregory Campbell in East Londonderry, and Iris Robinson in Strangford.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4350721.stm (447 words)

	BBC Politics 97
		The second major Unionist grouping, the Democratic Unionist Party was formed in 1971 by its current leader, the Rev Ian Paisley, and the then MP for Shankill, Desmond Boal.
		Under the Protestant Unionist Party label, Dr Paisley was first elected as MP for North Antrim in the 1970 General Election.
		In protest, unionist MPs resigned their seats in November 1985, to fight an election; in support, the electorate voted them each back into their seats.
	www.bbc.co.uk /politics97/parties/padup.shtml (351 words)

	Northern Ireland Unionist Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) is a small (An organization to gain political power) political party operating in (A division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland) Northern Ireland.
		The NIUP was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the (Click link for more info and facts about UK Unionist Party) UK Unionist Party (UKUP).
		In its first electoral test, the party polled very poorly in the (Click link for more info and facts about 2001 General Election) 2001 General Election and in the local elections held on the same day, winning no MPs or local councillors.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/No/Northern_Ireland_Unionist_Party.htm (387 words)

	Ulster Unionist Party resumes power-sharing with Sinn Fein
		The meeting was made possible by the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) narrowly backing its leader David Trimble on Saturday and agreeing to retake their seats in the Assembly.
		Ulster Unionist MP William Ross warned, "There are very few occasions in the past where a party leader has carried on with 47 percent of his party against him.
		Ian Paisley, the leader of the rival Democratic Unionist Party, accused the UUP of “surrender Unionism” and said his party would soon represent the majority of Loyalist voters.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/may2000/ire-m31.shtml (968 words)

	Northern Ireland elections: Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein gain support
		The party led by the right-wing demagogue, Reverend Ian Paisley, increased its share of the 108 seats in the Assembly from 20 to 30, taking seats from the minority unionist parties such as the UK Unionist Party and the Progressive Unionist Party.
		Despite the polarisation apparent in the results, 76 percent of the population voted for pro-Agreement parties and even among those who voted for the DUP and the anti-Agreement unionists, outside the most die-hard bigots, paramilitaries and sections of the security services, there is no widespread belief that the old militarised Protestant ascendancy can be restored.
		When a huge majority of nationalists and Catholics and a smaller majority of Protestants and unionists voted in 1998 for the Good Friday Agreement and the new Assembly, it was because they sought a means of overcoming the long misery of “the Troubles” and an end to sectarian division and poverty.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/dec2003/nire-d03.shtml (1679 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Protestants are generally seen as the larger, more organized dominant party but signs of internal weakness have been showing recently between the unionist in favor of the peace plan and the minority of unionist who are opposed to it.
		The Ulster Unionists are the largest Protestant/ Unionist party, their headquarters are in a run down neighborhood in the capital city of Belfast.
		The APNI is another important party in Northern Ireland, it is one of the largest Protestant parties.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~cemulshi/protestant.html (462 words)

	Northern Ireland: Ulster Unionist Party split inevitable
		The crisis in the UUP is one symptom of the crisis in the Protestant community.
		These facts have helped to solidify the idea amongst many Protestants that the Catholic population has made all the gains, even though there is no evidence to back this up.
		The hardening of attitudes that flows from this and from their failure to deliver any tangible benefit from the peace process in working class areas must eventually reflect itself politically in the strengthening of the more extreme wings of unionism and nationalism.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2003/07/16.html (780 words)

	USATODAY.com - Clashes continue in Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Protestants describe the parades as a celebration of their cultural heritage; Catholics call them a provocation.
		When Protestant marchers passed by a run-down Catholic neighborhood in north Belfast, residents tried to block their path and wound up in a pitched battle with riot police.
		Nigel Dodds of the hard-line Protestant Democratic Unionist Party described the fighting as "vicious attacks" on police by Catholic rioters.
	usatoday.com /news/world/2001/07/13/ireland.htm (816 words)

	New Statesman: The Democratic Unionist Party is 25 this week. And no amount of talk of deals and ceasefires will upset ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		While the Ulster Unionist Party had a firm grip on the Stormont parliament his claims that Ulster was in peril fell on death ears.
		The launch of the Democratic Unionist Party in late October 1971, instead of placing Paisley at the centre of Unionism, reaped little improvement on the rump of evangelicals who had long supported his radical street politics.
		But Unionists might have won all three, so a single constituency with three seats was created, turning the election into a beauty contest.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_n4312_v125/ai_19087237 (1521 words)

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	CNN.com - IRA arms pledge a 'hollow gesture' - Jul 28, 2005
		The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) poured cold water on the statement issued by the IRA on Thursday ordering its members to halt its armed campaign to end British rule.
		The unionists have said they will not participate again in talks until the IRA -- which ultimately supports reuniting the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland with the Catholic majority in the Republic of Ireland in the south -- ceases its illegal and violent activities.
		Adams said demands from the unionists for the group to specifically renounce its criminal activities would come to nothing because the IRA does not consider its activities criminal.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/07/28/ira.denounce/index.html (1000 words)

	Radical Protestant party tops N. Irish assembly election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The radical Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which campaigns against the 1998 Good Friday peace accord, became the biggest party in the new Northern Ireland assembly by winning 30 seats, official voting results showed Friday.
		The DUP secured a three-seat lead over its rival, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) which was the largest party at the 1998 assembly poll.
		The Protestant UUP and DUP are committed to keeping the union with Britain while the SDLP and Sinn Fein want to unite with the Irish Republic.
	english.people.com.cn /200311/29/print20031129_129276.html (494 words)

	CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'D'
		During 1999 DL merged with the Irish Labour Party (based in the Republic of Ireland) and the joint party became The Labour Party.
		Boal said the party would be "right wing in the sense of being strong on the Constitution, but to the left on social policies".
		The Dunloy Residents Group was established to protest at the number of Loyal Institution parades that took place in the village.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/organ/dorgan.htm (1834 words)

	BBC - History - War and Conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The party ruled Northern Ireland as a one party state from 1921 until the Stormont parliament was prorogued in 1972.
		The party, fearful of the minority Catholic community which it considered the enemy within, engaged in electoral malpractice to ensure it held power in constituencies where Catholics were in the majority.
		The party won the majority of seats in the 1998 Assembly elections and Trimble was appointed First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/troubles/factfiles/unionist.shtml (497 words)

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