Conservatives in Northern Ireland
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NI Conservatives
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| President | Baroness Pidding |
| Chairman | Alan Dunlop |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Andras House, 60 Great Victoria Street Belfast, BT2 7ET |
| Membership (2012) | 450 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism British unionism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Conservative Party |
| Colours | Blue, Green |
| NI Assembly |
0 / 90
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| NI Local Councils |
1 / 462
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| Website | |
| NI Conservatives | |
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Northern Ireland Council Seats
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| Antrim and Newtownabbey |
0 / 40
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| Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon |
0 / 41
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| Belfast City |
0 / 60
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| Causeway Coast and Glens |
1 / 40
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| Derry and Strabane |
0 / 40
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| Fermanagh and Omagh |
0 / 40
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| Lisburn and Castlereagh |
0 / 40
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| Mid and East Antrim |
0 / 40
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| Mid-Ulster |
0 / 40
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| Newry, Mourne and Down |
0 / 41
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| North Down and Ards |
0 / 40
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The Northern Ireland Conservatives is the section of the Conservative and Unionist Party of the United Kingdom that operates in Northern Ireland. The party has a small support base, attracting 0.4% of the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016, making it the 12th largest party.
In 2009 the party agreed to an electoral alliance with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), whereby the two parties fielded joint candidates for elections to the House of Commons and the European Parliament under the banner of "Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force". Literature and the web site for the 2009 European Parliament election used "Conservatives and Unionists" as the short name. The alliance ended after the 2010 UK General Election. In the 2014 European elections, the party failed to retain its deposit, and in the local government elections the same year, the party lost its only council seat in Northern Ireland.
The Conservative Party was first represented in Ireland in the form of the Irish Conservative Party, which operated across the island. The Irish Conservatives became part of the Irish Unionist Alliance (IUA) in 1891. By this stage, the Conservative's electoral base was largely restricted to Ulster and Dublin. The IUA's Members of Parliament took the Conservative Party whip at Westminster, but the organisation retained a level of independence. Following the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, the IUA dissolved. Its successor in Northern Ireland was the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
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