Ulster Unionist Party: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Useful treatments of recent trends in Unionism include Feargal Cochrane, Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism Since the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1997); and Norman Porter, Rethinking Unionism: An Alternative Vision for Northern Ireland, new ed. (1998).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Queen's University Belfast - Ulster Unionist political thought in the era of the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968-1998 (PDF). | Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ulster University - CAIN Archive - Ulster Unionist Party (PDF). | Dec 30, 2024 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2023 | ||
| Added the results of the 2022 elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly. | May 20, 2022 | ||
| Added the results of the 2019 election. | Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Noted that the UUP lost its seats in the British House of Commons in the June 2017 election. | Jun 13, 2017 | ||
| Added the results of the 2016 and March 2017 elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly. | Mar 07, 2017 | ||
| Noted the changing nature of the links between the UUP and the Conservative Party and described the origins of the UUP in the Ulster Unionist Council and the Unionist Party. | Jun 22, 2016 | ||
| Updated for the 2015 British general election. | May 08, 2015 | ||
| Updated for the 2011 Northern Ireland elections. | May 09, 2011 | ||
| Revised the statement of significance to mention party's waning influence after 1985. | May 10, 2010 | ||
| Final editorial review. | May 07, 2010 | ||
| The UUP won no seats in the 2010 British general election. | May 07, 2010 | ||
| Changed "Belfast Agreement" to "Good Friday Agreement." | Feb 11, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Ulster Unionist Party. | Aug 02, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 06, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 18, 2003 | ||
| New article added. | Feb 15, 2001 |
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