Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 2017

Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 2017
8 April 2017

 
Candidate Robin Swann
Party UUP
Popular vote Unopposed
Leader before election

Mike Nesbitt

 Elected Leader

Robin Swann

Northern Ireland
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An election for the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) was held on 8 April 2017 at the party's Annual General Meeting.[1] Elections are held each year, with the incumbent usually reelected unopposed. The 2017 contested election was triggered after incumbent Leader Mike Nesbitt, elected in 2012, announced following the 2017 assembly election his intention to step down as party leader.[2] While initially, Robin Swann and Steve Aiken were expected to run against each other (with candidacies by Doug Beattie, Robbie Butler and Roy Beggs, Jr. also considered possible),[1] in the end only Swann ran and was elected unopposed.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "NI Election: Swann and Aiken front runners in quest to be the new leader of Ulster Unionists". Belfast Telegraph. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  2. ↑ "Mike Nesbitt steps down as UUP leader". BBC News. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  3. ↑ "Ulster Unionist Party confirm Robin Swann as new leader". BBC News. 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
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