Ian Richard Kyle Paisley1970
Elected member of Parliament for the North Antrim constituency, which he has retained since then and is now the longest serving Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland
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Elected member of Parliament for the North Antrim constituency, which he has retained since then and is now the longest serving Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland
Elected First Minister of the Northern Ireland assembly
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
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