The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) have confirmed that they will field a candidate in Belfast East in the general election. Ryan Warren will contest the seat currently held by the DUP, and with Alliance close behind.
Gavin Robinson has been ratified as the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party at the launch of their general election campaign in Lisburn, and he has outlined their strategy in the upcoming general election.
DUP leader Gavin Robinson has today announced that Jonathan Buckley MLA will stand for his party in Lagan Valley. A seat held by Jeffrey Donaldson since 1997, it’s a seat the DUP will want to retain, but Alliance are close behind, and the UUP are confident too.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced today that the next general election will be held on 4 July. Rumours have been circulating all day about the possibility of a summer election, and it’s now been confirmed by Rishi Sunak outside Downing Street.
The Democratic Unionist Party’s former Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Ivor Wallace, has resigned from the party stating he is ‘unhappy with recent events’.
The Democratic Unionist Party have selected Eddie Thompson as their new councillor for Bangor East and Donaghadee on Ards and North Down Council, following Janice McArthur stepping down.
Serving as MP for East Belfast, Robinson has been deputy leader of the DUP since June 2023, he has been an ally of Jeffrey Donaldson and was involved in the negotiations that lead to power-sharing being re-established.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has stepped down as leader of the DUP and has been suspended by the party after being charged with ‘historical sex offences’. Gavin Robinson MP is to serve as interim party leader.
With Labour expected to come into power later this year, their Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has been meeting with ministers and parties at Stormont.
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