NI Conservative
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Northern Ireland Conservatives
Páirtí Coiméadach Thuaisceart Éireann Norlin Airlann Conservative Pairty |
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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 |
| NI Assembly |
0 / 90
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| NI Local Councils |
1 / 462
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House of Commons (NI Seats) |
0 / 18
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| House of Lords |
3 / 798
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| Website | |
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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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Northern Ireland Conservatives is a section of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party that operates in Northern Ireland. The party attracted 0.4% of the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016.
In 2009, the party entered 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. The party's only elected representative in Northern Ireland is one councillor, who sits in the Causeway Coast and Glens local government district.
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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