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	Ulster Democratic Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) were a small (A worker who belongs to a trade union) unionist (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 UDP played a role in the loyalist cease-fire of 1994 and contested the 1996 elections to the Northern Ireland Forum, winning two seats entitling the party a place in the all-party talks that led to the 1998 (additional info and facts about Belfast Agreement) Belfast Agreement.
		The party officially supported the establishment of devolution for Northern Ireland and the creation of an (A group of persons gathered together for a common purpose) assembly but in this they were at odds with the UDA and much of the party's membership.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/ul/ulster_democratic_party.htm (312 words)

	CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'U'
		In June 1981 the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party (ULDP) was established to replace the NUPRG.
		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.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/organ/uorgan.htm (7200 words)

	Encyclopedia: Democratic Unionist Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley.
		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.
		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/Democratic-Unionist-Party (3516 words)

	Farewell to the UDP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The UDP was crippled by its association with the UDA, despite the access which that association gave it to the corridors of power in London, Dublin and Washington DC in the aftermath of the original Combined Loyalist Military Command ceasefire in 1994.
		The UDP was embarrassed last May when it had to admit that it had neglected to register as a political party under new laws.
		Frank McCoubrey, the only UDP councillor in Belfast, resigned from the party in protest at this neglect and went on to be elected as an independent candidate.
	www.ulsternation.org.uk /farewell_to_the_udp.htm (619 words)

	ipedia.com: Ulster Unionist Party Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Ulster Unionist Party is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972.
		The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972.
		Throughout this period the party was affiliated to the National Union of the Conservative Party and Ulster Unionist MPs at the Westminster Parliament were a part of the conservative block.
	www.ipedia.com /ulster_unionist_party.html (1101 words)

	Articles - Ulster Defence Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland, outlawed as a terrorist group in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is perceived by its supporters as defending the unionist community from Irish Republican terrorism.
		The group's political party was the Ulster Democratic Party (UDP), which was dissolved in November 2001, and recently trying to draw the organisation into the political process has been problematic.
		According to the Sutton database of deaths at the University of Ulster's CAIN project[3], the UDA was responsible for 112 killings during the Troubles.
	www.afinest.com /articles/Ulster_Defence_Association (769 words)

	BBC - History - War and Conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1989 the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party became the Ulster Democratic Party and its leader Ken Kerr won a seat to Derry City Council.
		Tension between the pro-Agreement UDP and the anti-Agreement UDA could no longer be contained and on 28th November 2001 senior UDA commanders announced that the party was being dissolved "without rancour or ill-will".
		The decision followed a series of disagreements between UDP leader Gary McMichael and the leadership of the UDA which continued to engage in violence while maintaining that its ceasefire was still in force.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/troubles/factfiles/udp.shtml (585 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Loyalist party dissolved
		The UDP leadership statement said: "During the past months intensive discussions have taken place within the Ulster Democratic Party regarding the future electoral and representative viability of the party.
		The UDP was involved in the all-party Mitchell negotiations which led to the signing of the Agreement.
		The party said in the June elections that it could not afford to stand candidates in the local government elections.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/1680977.stm (699 words)

	Irish American Post
		The Ulster Democratic Party is to disband after a fallout with loyalist paramilitaries over backing for the Good Friday Agreement.
		A UDP statement said: "During the past months intensive discussions have taken place within the Ulster Democratic Party regarding the future electoral and representative viability of the party.
		Martin McGuinness, the party's Mid- Ulster MP and education minister at the Northern Ireland Assembly, said the UDA and republicans who rejected the Belfast Agreement should consider their actions.
	www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2001/11november/news/news12.html (595 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Loyalist party 'left with little option'
		It was seven years ago that the Ulster Democratic Party found its place on Northern Ireland's political stage - put there by a ceasefire announced by the Combined Loyalist Military Command.
		Politically, the UDP would emerge as the representatives of the UDA, while the other loyalist party, the Progressive Unionist Party, would speak for the UVF and the Red Hand Commando.
		The party failed to register for this year's council elections and its members had to stand as independents and, in July, the UDA leadership withdrew its support for the Good Friday Agreement - an Agreement its political representatives helped negotiate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/1681828.stm (539 words)

	Irish Council of Churches Briefing Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The UDA spawned a political wing, the New Ulster Political Research Group, which in 1981 metamorphosed into a formal political party, the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party, (which became the Ulster Democratic Party) espousing the idea of an independent Ulster.
		These parties were elected to the Northern Ireland Forum and took part in the multi-party talks as the Loyalist ceasefire remained in place.
		The UDP announced in July 2001 that it no longer supports the Agreement and in November 2001 the party was dissolved.
	www.irishchurches.org /Briefing_Paper/Loyalists/body_loyalists.html (500 words)

	Sinn Fein barred as Major warns of 'bumps' ahead
		JOHN MAJOR warned the people of Ulster last night to accept that the all-party talks on the future of Northern Ireland would be "bumpy" and marred by setbacks, as the first day of the negotiations was marked by high-profile protests and squabbling.
		As the talks opened in Belfast, the London and Dublin governments were attacked by both Unionists and republicans, as Sinn Fein demonstrated against its exclusion and Unionists resisted the appointment of George Mitchell, the former US senator, as overall chairman.
		Included in round-table negotiations for the first time were the Progressive Unionist Party and the Ulster Democratic Party, both of which have close links to loyalist paramilitary organisations that have held their ceasefire.
	telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/06/11/nire11.html (876 words)

	NI peace process: Ulster Democratic Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An angry Gary McMichael, noting how his party was suspended for 4 weeks yet Sinn Fein may be removed for only 2, accused the governments of double standards and said Mr Blair should not meet Gerry Adams while Sinn Fein were suspended.
		Mr Gary McMichael, leader of the UDP, has warned that the exclusion of his party would "fuel instability" in Northern Ireland but pledged to do all he could to help maintain the loyalist ceasefire of 1994.
		He stated that his party was seeking a Bill of Rights, a Supreme Court to uphold constitutional law and comprehensive agreements for co-operation between Northern Ireland and other regions of the United Kingdom.
	quis.qub.ac.uk /qubcu/ni/niudp.htm (473 words)

	:: Ulster Defence Association :: :: Quis Separabit
		This was replaced in 1981 by the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party (ULDP) which advocated independence for Northern Ireland.
		But the party failed to make an impression at a by-election in East Belfast in 1981 and in the 1982 Assembly elections its two candidates polled 0.2% of the vote.
		When the Chief Constable blamed the UDA for these killings and another killing on New Year's Eve, the UDA admitted breaking its cease-fire and the Ulster Democratic Party, which represents their views, was suspended from the Lancaster House talks for several weeks.
	www.freewebs.com /ulsterdefenceassociation (912 words)

	An Ulster Voice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He explains his father’s prominent role in the Ulster Defence Association and his own political awakening in 1985 when the British and Irish governments signed the notorious Hillsborough Pact.
		He describes his early role in the Ulster Clubs movement, the UDA’s Commonsense document and the emergence of the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party, which later became the UDP.
		I believe that Cllr McMichael is leading the UDP into a bleak cul-de-sac, but in his columns he comes across as a sincere man seeking to do his best for his homeland.
	www.ulsternation.org.uk /an_ulster_voice.htm (235 words)

	CAIN: Review of the Peace Process, Oct-Nov 1999: Keynote Statement by the Ulster Democratic Party (UDP), 16 November ...
		Keynote Statement by the Ulster Democratic Party (UDP), 16 November 1999
		The UDP has always considered the backbone of the Good Friday Agreement to be the Northern Ireland Assembly, returning locally-elected, accountable and democratic government to Northern Ireland.
		However, for that Executive to be credible an adherence to purely peaceful and democratic means by those parties represented within the executive was always an imperative.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /events/peace/docs/udp161199.htm (289 words)

	CNN In-Depth Specials - Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Formed in 1989, the UDP supports the Good Friday Agreement and endorses a progressive brand of unionism, in which Northern Ireland would remain part of Britain but with a devolved legislative parliament ("We oppose any attempt to explicitly or implicitly dilute our British citizenship through economic or political coercion," it says).
		It emerged from the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party, which had been set up by the Ulster Defence Association in 1981.
		The UDP, which has strong links with the banned loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Freedom Fighters, walked out of the peace talks in January 1998 after the UFF admitted taking part in the killing of three Catholics.
	edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/n.ireland/profiles/groups/udp.html (108 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Ulster Democratic Unionist Party can be traced clear back to the policies of the Official Unionist Party in the 1960's.
		Within the next few weeks, the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party talked to the Protestant Unionist Associations explaining the need to put country before party and that the Protestant Unionist Party should disband and give its full support to the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party.
		Since when it was first formed, the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party has continually gained support and has become a major factor in talks with other political parties.
	www.earlham.edu /~pols/17Fall96/donovle/homepage3.6.html (169 words)

	Unionist Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There was also a Unionest Party in Saskatchewan in the 1980s
		The major party in the Punjab from the 20s till about 1940.
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unionist_Party (123 words)

	CNN - Pro-British party expelled from N. Ireland talks - Jan. 26, 1998
		That official announcement came about an hour after the UDP itself said at a news conference that the party was withdrawing from the talks.
		"The UDP was no longer eligible to participate in the talks," said Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam at a joint news conference with Irish Foreign Minister David Andrews in London, where talks had resumed Monday.
		However, she also said that both London and Dublin did not rule out the possibility that the UDP might be readmitted to the talks after a review period of a few weeks, provided a "complete, unequivocal and unqualified cease-fire were demonstrated and established through word and deed."
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9801/26/n.ireland (577 words)

	CNN - Protestant militia calls off N. Ireland attacks - Jan. 23, 1998
		The UFF, the pro-British military wing of the Ulster Democratic Party, said it was abiding by a cease-fire declared by the UDP in 1994.
		By formally distancing itself from members who may have taken part in the violence, the outlawed militia hopes to prevent the UDP from being expelled from the talks.
		The British and Irish governments along with eight political parties representing nationalists and unionists -- including Sinn Fein and the UDF -- are participating.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9801/23/n.ireland (694 words)

	uda
		The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a loyalist paramilitary organisation that exists "to protect the Loyalist community from attempts to persecute them by armed attack and political subversion." The Ulster Democratic Party is the political wing of the outlawed Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
		Led by Gary McMichael, the UDP is one of two fringe loyalist party to take part in the 1997 peace talks and holds a similar position to that of the PUP.
		The UDA attracted many thousands of members (at its peak the estimated membership was 40,000) and very quickly became a formidable force particularly in Belfast.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /ulsteronline/uda.htm (803 words)

	EIPS - Ulster Democratic Unionist Party Conference Speech
		Destruction of Ulster is the aim and the IRA is the instrument of the entire Judas Iscariot strategy.
		The great objective is to discredit the loyal Unionist majority and seek, by the most underhand schemes, to turn the Democratic Unionist Party into another easy pushover spineless organisation, as has happened to the Ulster Unionist Party.
		We pledge to work for the province‑wide practice of the basic principle upon which this Party was founded - All men equal under the law, and all men equally subject to the law.
	www.ianpaisley.org /article.asp?ArtKey=dupspeech (1764 words)

	Seats changing hands at General Elections since 1974
		† These ‘gains’ are technical only, due to the reordering of Northern Ireland politics and creation of new parties in 1970-74.
		1 Ulster Democratic Unionist Party gain from Vanguard Unionist Political Party
		1 Ulster Democratic Unionist Party gain from United Ulster Unionist Party
	www.election.demon.co.uk /changes.html (350 words)

	United Kingdom Parliamentary Election Results: Links and Bibliography
		They have however altered the presentation in some ways, including using alternative party abbreviations and not attempting to ascertain the title of female candidates.
		Politico’s Guide to the History of UK Political Parties was published in February 2001.
		Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections 1885-1974 by F.W.S. Craig sets out the individual elections and candidates fought by minor parties.
	www.election.demon.co.uk /pollinks.html (1488 words)

	Politics at Services 24
		On this page you will find links to UK political websites.
		Just select the party that you want to visit.
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	www.services-24.com /society/politics.htm (30 words)

	Northern Ireland links U.Hudds
		UTOPIA - Ulster Today Online Press Information Archives
		Communist Party of Ireland, Submission to National Forum for Peace and Reconciliation
		ULSTER'S CHILDREN: WAITING FOR THE PRINCE OF PEACE
	www.hud.ac.uk /hip/nire/nire.html (116 words)

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