This is a list of Ulster Unionist Party MPs. It includes all

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representing the

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or its forerunner, the

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, since 1918. Members of the

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or the

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are not listed.

MPs elected since 1918

:¹ Defected to the New Party. :² Elected in 1974 for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party. :³ Defected to the

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. :⁴ Elected in 1956 as an Independent Unionist. :⁵ Left the party to become an Independent Unionist before forming the Ulster Popular Unionist Party. :⁶ Resigned from the party at the

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in protest at being subject to a reselection due to the retirement of

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, the other Ulster Unionist MP for the two member Down constituency and held his seat as an Independent Ulster Unionist. :⁷ Refused to follow the other Ulster Unionists in resigning the Conservative

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; later joined the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. :⁸ Previously Conservative MP for

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1950–1974. :⁹ Left the party on 25 March 2010 to become an Independent Unionist.

MPs elected in 1918

William James Allen Lt Col Sir William James Allen KBE DSO (15 October 1866 – 20 December 1947) was a Northern Irish unionist politician, soldier and businessman. Early life The son of Joseph and Catherine Allen, Allen was educated at Lurgan College. His f ...

, Armagh North * Hugh Alfred Anderson, Londonderry North * Edward Mervyn Archdale, Fermanagh North *

Thomas Watters Brown Thomas Watters Brown, KC, PC, PC(NI) (17 March 1879 – 7 October 1944) was an Irish lawyer and politician. Thomas Watters Brown was born at The Square in Newtownards, County Down on 17 March 1879 and was the son of James A. Brown, a wool d ...

, Down North * Edward Carson, Belfast Duncairn *

William Coote William Coote (1863 – 14 December 1924) was an Irish Unionist politician. He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for South Tyrone at the February 1916 by-election caused by the death of the incumbent Andrew Horner. He was re-elected ...

, Tyrone South *

Charles Curtis Craig Charles Curtis Craig (18 February 1869 – 28 January 1960) was an Irish Unionist and later Ulster Unionist politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in County Antrim from 1903 to 1929, taking his seat in the House of Co ...

, Antrim South * James Craig, Down Mid * Herbert Dixon, Belfast Pottinger * Maurice Edward Dockrell, Dublin Rathmines * Denis Stanislaus Henry, Londonderry South *

Peter Kerr Kerr-Smiley Peter Kerr Kerr-Smiley (22 February 1879 – 23 June 1943) was a Northern Irish Member of Parliament. Family background and early life He was born at Larne as Peter Kerr Smiley, the second son of Sir Hugh Smiley, 1st Baronet. He was educated a ...

, Antrim North *

William Arthur Lindsay William Arthur Lindsay (1866-1936) was a British politician and Irish Unionist. He was the Member of Parliament for Belfast South between 1917 until 1918 when the seat was abolished. He then served as MP for Belfast Cromac between 1918 and 1 ...

, Belfast Cromac * James Rolston Lonsdale, Mid Armagh *

Robert John Lynn Sir Robert John Lynn (31 January 1873 – 5 August 1945) was a British Ulster Unionist Party politician. In March 1924 he was knighted. Parliamentary career He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast Woodvale from 1918 gene ...

, Belfast Woodvale * Robert Chaine Alexander McCalmont, Antrim East *

Thomas Moles Thomas Moles (13 November 1871 – 3 February 1937) was a journalist and Ulster Unionist politician. Life Born in Belfast in 1871, Moles was the son of Edward Moles and Margaret née Carson and was educated at the Collegiate School, Ballymena. ...

, Belfast Ormeau * Hugh O'Neill, Mid Antrim * David Douglas Reid,

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Arthur Warren Samuels Arthur Warren Samuels (19 May 1852 – 11 May 1925) was an Irish Unionist Alliance Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. The Irish Unionists were the Irish wing of the Conservative Party. Biography ...

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William Whitla Sir William Whitla (15 September 1851 – 11 December 1933) was an Irish people, Irish physician and politician. Early life Born and raised at The Diamond in Monaghan Town, William was the fourth son of Robert Whitla (originally Whitlaw), a ...

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Daniel Martin Wilson Daniel Martin Wilson, (1862 – 5 January 1932) was an Irish politician and judge. He was born in Limerick, the son of Rev. David Wilson, and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and at Trinity College Dublin. He was marrie ...

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