Unionist Party
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Unionist Party may refer to:
United Kingdom
Main article: Unionism in the United Kingdom
- Conservative and Unionist Party, the formal name of the Conservative Party
Northern Ireland
- Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland
- Protestant Unionist Party, formed by Ian Paisley in 1966 out of the Ulster Protestant Action (UPA) movement
- Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), the smaller and more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland
- Progressive Unionist Party (PUP), minor loyalist party formed in 1979
- Ulster Unionist Labour Association (or Labour Unionist Party)
Defunct parties include:
- Independent Unionist Association (or Independent Unionist Party), existed from 1937 to late 1940s
- Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (Ulster Vanguard), existed from 1973 and 1978
- Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, 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, existed from 1980 to 1995
- UK Unionist Party, existed 1995 to 2008
- Northern Ireland Unionist Party, existed 1999 to 2008
Scotland
Main article: Unionism in Scotland
- Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, full name of what is usually referred to as 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
- Unionist Party (Scotland), centre-right party that existed between 1912 and 1965, dominant force in Scottish politics until the late 1950s
India (under British rule)
- Unionist Party (Punjab), a major political party in the former Punjab Province until 1947
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See also
- Unionism (disambiguation)
- Unionist (disambiguation)
- Separatism
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