Unionist Party may refer to:

United Kingdom

Conservative and Unionist Party The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. ...

, the formal name of the Conservative Party *

Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...

, existed from 1886 to 1912 **

Unionist government, 1895–1905 A coalition of the Conservative and Liberal Unionist parties took power in the United Kingdom shortly before the 1895 general election. Conservative leader Lord Salisbury was appointed Prime Minister and his nephew, Arthur Balfour, became Lead ...

, a coalition government of the two parties

Northern Ireland

Current organisations

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years. Currently led by J ...

(DUP), the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland *

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movem ...

(UUP), the smaller and more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland *

Progressive Unionist Party The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) is a minor unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed from the Independent Unionist Group operating in the Shankill area of Belfast, becoming the PUP in 1979. Linked to the Ulster Volunte ...

(PUP), minor loyalist party formed in 1979 *

Traditional Unionist Voice The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. In common with all other Northern Irish unionist parties, the TUV's political programme has as its sine qua non the preservation of Northern Ireland's place ...

(TUV), minor loyalist party formed in 2007 *

Ulster Unionist Labour Association The Ulster Unionist Labour Association (UULA) was an association of trade unionists founded by Edward Carson in June 1918, aligned with the Ulster Unionists in Ireland. Members were known as Labour Unionists. In Britain, 1918 and 1919 were marke ...

(or Labour Unionist Party)

Defunct organisations

Protestant Unionist Party The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP)Not to be confused with the Progressive Unionist Party. was a unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971. It was the forerunner of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and emerged ...

, former political party formed by Ian Paisley in 1966 out of the Ulster Protestant Action (UPA) movement *

Independent Unionist Association The Independent Unionist Association or Independent Unionist Party was a political party in Northern Ireland. The organisation was founded in 1937, shortly before the announcement of the 1938 Northern Ireland general election. It consisted of a ...

(or Independent Unionist Party), existed from 1937 to late 1940s *

Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party The Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (VUPP), informally known as Ulster Vanguard, was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1978. Led by William Craig, the party emerged from a split in the Ulster Unio ...

(Ulster Vanguard), existed from 1973 and 1978 *

Unionist Party of Northern Ireland The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974. Formation The party emerged following splits in the Ulster Unionist Party in 1973 and 1974 over the British government's white paper ''Nor ...

, existed from 1974 and 1981 *

United Ulster Unionist Party The United Ulster Unionist Party (UUUP) was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1975 and 1984. It emerged from a division in the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party in the late 1970s. Vanguard had traditional ...

, existed from 1975 and 1982, splinted from the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party due to a disagreement over power-sharing *

Ulster Popular Unionist Party The Ulster Popular Unionist Party (UPUP) was a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1980 by James Kilfedder, independent Unionist Member of Parliament for North Down, who led the party until his death in 1995. For a b ...

, existed from 1980 to 1995 *

UK Unionist Party The UK Unionist Party (UKUP) was a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2008 that opposed the Good Friday Agreement. It was nominally formed by Robert McCartney, formerly of the Ulster Unionist Party, to contest the ...

, existed 1995 to 2008 *

Northern Ireland Unionist Party The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) was a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the UK Unionist Party (UKUP). This split was caused by disagreement between the five UKU ...

, existed 1999 to 2008

Scotland

Unionist Party (Scotland) The Unionist Party was the main centre-right political party in Scotland between 1912 and 1965. Independent of, although associated with, the Conservative Party in England and Wales, it stood for election at different periods of its history i ...

, centre-right party which existed between 1912 and 1965, the dominant force in Scottish politics until the late 1950s *

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...

, the full name of the party since 1965 more often called the Scottish Conservative Party *

Scottish Unionist Party (1986) The Scottish Unionist Party (SUP) is a minor political party in Scotland. As a unionist party, it advocates keeping Scotland (along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland) in the United Kingdom. It is also anti-devolution, advocating the abol ...

, Scottish minor party of traditionalist Unionists disillusioned with the Conservative government's signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement

India (under British rule)

Unionist Party (Punjab) The National Unionist Party was a political party based in the Punjab Province during the period of British rule in India. The Unionist Party mainly represented the interests of the landed gentry and landlords of Punjab, which included Muslims ...

, a major political party in the former Punjab Province until 1947

Canada

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, existed from 1917 to 1920 *

Unionest Party The Unionest Party was a provincial political party in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the early 1980s, that advocated union between the four western provinces of Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and the United States. The ...

Croatia

Unionist Party (Kingdom of Croatia) Croatian-Hungarian Party ( hr, Hrvatsko-ugarska stranka) was the name of a 19th-century political party in the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia which advocated closer ties between Croatia and Hungary. It was officiall ...

, existed from 1861 to 1918

Denmark

Faroe Islands

Union Party (Faroe Islands) The Union Party ( fo, Sambandsflokkurin, also translated Unionist Party) is a conservative-liberal, agrarian political party on the Faroe Islands. The party wants to maintain the Faroe Islands' union with Denmark. On 24 October 2015 Bárður � ...

Greenland

* Unionist Party (Greenland)

Egypt

National Progressive Unionist Party The National Progressive Unionist Party ( ar-at, حزب التجمع الوطني التقدمي الوحدوي, Ḥizb al-Tagammu' al-Watani al-Taqadomi al-Wahdawi, commonly referred to as Tagammu) is a socialist political party in Egypt. Origi ...

Guatemala

Unionist Party (Guatemala, 1920) The Unionist Party was a short-lived Guatemalan political party founded and dissolved in the 1920s. History After his cousin's exile, the conservative leader Manuel Cobos Batres managed to convince prominent conservatives José Azmitia, Táci ...

Unionist Party (Guatemala) The Unionist Party (''Partido Unionista'') is a conservative political party in Guatemala, who advocates the re-creation of a Central American union. At the legislative elections, 9 November 2003, the party won 6.2% of the popular vote and 7 out ...

Nicaragua

Central American Unionist Party The Central American Unionist Party (Spanish: ''Partido Unionista Centroamericano'' - PUCA) is a center-right Nicaraguan political party. PUCA was originally established as a cultural grouping advocating 'Central Americanization' in 1904. Renamed t ...

South Africa

Unionist Party (South Africa) The Unionist Party ( af, Unionisteparty, UP) was a pre-apartheid South African political party, which contested elections to the Union of South Africa parliament from the 1910 South African general election until its merger into the South Africa ...

Thailand

Sahaphum Party The Sahaphum Party ( th, พรรคสหภูมิ, sometimes translated as "United Land" or "Unionist Party") was a political party in Thailand. It was founded on 21 June 1957 by Sukich Nimmanheminda. Behind the scenes, the party was formed ...

("Unionist Party" in English)

Tunisia

Unionist Democratic Union The Unionist Democratic Union ( ar, الاتحاد الديمقراطي الوحدوي; french: Union démocratique unioniste) is a political party in Tunisia with pan-Arabist ideology. History and profile The party was founded on 30 November 19 ...

United States

Unionist Party (United States) The Unionist Party, later known as the Unconditional Union Party in the Border states (American Civil War), border states, was a political party in the United States started after the Compromise of 1850 to define politicians who supported the Com ...