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The pro-agreement parties win a clear majority of seats (52 to 26), but a substantial minority inside the Ulster Unionist Party oppose the agreement. The agreement is supported by the nationalist Social Democratic & Labour Party, the unionist Ulster Unionist Party & the moderate unionist & cross-community Alliance Party
A communique announces an agreement is issued, which later becomes known as the Sunningdale Agreement.
An attempt to end the Northern Ireland troubles by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists.
The Agreement has three parts, an elected Northern Ireland Assembly, a power-sharing cross-community Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
The Sunningdale Agreement is fiercely repudiated Unionists and the Ulster Unionist Party ceases to support the Conservatives at Westminster contributing to Heaths downfall.
Supports the Sunningdale Agreement as an attempted Northern Ireland power-sharing settlement.
Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement
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