Great Britain · Politics / Unionist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Paisley, along with Noel Doherty establishes the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, which in turn establishes the paramilitary organisation Ulster Protestant Volunteers at a parade in the Shankill area of Belfast
Paisley oopposes the controversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic on a legal but not constitutional levelcontroversial all-island Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic
In the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections, the DUP overtake the UUP to become the largest party in Northern Ireland, achieving thirty seats to the UUPs twenty-seven
In the 2005 UK general election the DUP win almost twice the UUP vote share and take nine seats to the UUPs one (successfully unseating then UUP leader David Trimble) and becoming the fourth largest party in the British House of Commons
In the 2005 UK general election the DUP win almost twice the UUP vote share and take nine seats to the UUPs one (successfully unseating then UUP leader David Trimble) and becoming the fourth largest party in the British House of Commons
Power sharing in Northern Ireland is back after an historic agreement between Rev Ian Paisley & Gerry Adams
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