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Encyclopedia > Ulster Democratic Party

The Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) were a small unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1989 when the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party dropped the 'loyalist' out of their name, they managed to win a few council seats in their early years. The UDP were linked to the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).


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 Belfast Agreement. In January 1998 the UDP voluntarily withdrew from the peace talks before they were expelled in response to a number of murders committed by the Ulster Freedom Fighters.


The party officially supported the establishment of devolution for Northern Ireland and the creation of an assembly but in this they were at odds with the UDA and much of the party's membership. The UDP failed to win any seats at the 1998 elections for the assembly.


The disagreement over the Belfast Agreement between the UDP leadership and the UDA, and within the UDP itself continued until in November 2001 the party dissolved. Its role has largely been taken over by the Ulster Political Research Group.


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CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'U' (7200 words)
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.
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