Leaders of the Ulster Unionist Party

The Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party is the most senior position within the party ranks. Since 2017 the leader has been Steve Aiken MLA.[1] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 & was re-elected in the 2016 & 2017 Assembly Elections.

Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Incumbent
Steve Aiken MLA
since 9 November 2019
AppointerElected by party
Inaugural holderEdward James Saunderson
Formation1905

List
No. Image Name Term start Term end Notes
1Colonel Edward Saunderson19051906Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
2Walter Hume Long19061910Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
3Sir Edward Carson19101921Also leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
4The Viscount Craigavon192119401st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
5John Miller Andrews194019462nd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
6The Viscount Brookeborough194619633rd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
7
Captain Terence O'Neill196319694th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
8James Chichester-Clark196919715th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
9Brian Faulkner197119746th and final Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
10Harry West19741979
11James Molyneaux19791995
12David Trimble19952005First Minister of Northern Ireland
13Sir Reg Empey20052010
14Tom Elliott20102012
15Mike Nesbitt20122017Leader of the Opposition
16Robin Swann8 March 20179 Nov 2019
17Steve Aiken9 Nov 2019Incumbent

See also

References
  1. "Ulster Unionist Party confirm Robin Swann as new leader" BBC News, 8 April 2017, accessed 11 April 2017
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