Unionist Party may refer to:

United Kingdom

* Conservative and Unionist Party, the formal name of the Conservative Party * Liberal Unionist Party, 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 ...

, a coalition government of the two parties

Northern Ireland

Current organisations

* Democratic Unionist Party (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 m ...

(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, 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 Un ...

(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, 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 ...

, existed from 1980 to 1995 * UK Unionist Party, existed 1995 to 2008 * Northern Ireland Unionist Party, 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 ...

, 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 full name of the party since 1965 more often called the Scottish Conservative Party * Scottish Unionist Party (1986), 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

Croatia

* Unionist Party (Kingdom of Croatia), existed from 1861 to 1918

Denmark

Faroe Islands

* Union Party (Faroe Islands)

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) *

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

South Africa

* Unionist Party (South Africa)

Thailand

* Sahaphum Party ("Unionist Party" in English)

Tunisia

* Unionist Democratic Union

United States

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