Democratic Unionist Party

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political party right-wing party unionist party

The Democratic Unionist Party is a major right-wing unionist political party in Northern Ireland known for its hardline stance on maintaining the union with Great Britain and its prominent role in the region’s contentious politics and peace process.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Protestant Unionist Party 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
right-wing party ⓘ
unionist party ⓘ
abbreviation DUP ⓘ
coalitionPartnerOf Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Conservative Party (2017–2019 confidence and supply)
color blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralPosition one of the largest parties in Northern Ireland ⓘ
electoralStronghold Belfast ⓘ
County Antrim ⓘ
County Down ⓘ
foundedBy Desmond Boal ⓘ
Ian Paisley ⓘ
foundedOn 1971-09-30 ⓘ
hasWebsite https://mydup.com/ ⓘ
hasWing Democratic Unionist Association ⓘ
hasYouthWing Young Democrats ⓘ
headquartersLocation Belfast ⓘ
ideology British nationalism ⓘ
right-wing populism ⓘ
social conservatism ⓘ
unionism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableEvent became largest party in Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 ⓘ
notableLeader Arlene Foster ⓘ
Edwin Poots ⓘ
Ian Paisley ⓘ
Jeffrey Donaldson ⓘ
Peter Robinson ⓘ
operatesIn Northern Ireland ⓘ
opposes Irish language act (historically) ⓘ
Irish reunification ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup DUP Westminster group ⓘ
participatedIn Northern Ireland peace process ⓘ
positionOnBrexit supported Brexit ⓘ
positionOnSpectrum right-wing ⓘ
precededBy Democratic Unionist Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Unionist Party
region Northern Ireland ⓘ
religiousOrientation Protestant ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Local councils in Northern Ireland ⓘ
Northern Ireland Assembly ⓘ
signedAgreement 2017 confidence and supply agreement with Conservative Party ⓘ
stanceOnAbortion socially conservative on abortion ⓘ
stanceOnSameSexMarriage opposes same-sex marriage (historically) ⓘ
supports United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Union of Northern Ireland with Great Britain

devolution within the United Kingdom ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ulster Protestants → associatedPoliticalParties → Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
British unionism → associatedWith → Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Ulster Unionist Party → electoralCompetition → Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Ian Paisley → founded → Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention → hasPart → Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Anglo-Irish Agreement → opposedBy → Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
The Troubles → participant → Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Ian Paisley → politicalParty → Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Democratic Unionist Party → precededBy → Democratic Unionist Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Protestant Unionist Party