UK Elections Info

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Ian Paisley

Born: 6 April 1926

Died: 12 September 2014

Baron Bannside - 18 June 2010

Member of Privy Council - 21 October 2005

son of Rev J Kyle Paisley

Ballymena Technical College

Model School, Ballymena

South Wales Bible College

Reformed Presbyterian Theological College, Belfast

Reverend

Clergyman

18 June 1970	North Antrim	Protestant Unionist	24,130	41.15
5 October 1971 Dr Ian Paisley founds the Ulster Democratic Unionist Party.
28 February 1974	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	41,282	63.52
10 October 1974	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	43,186	72.59
3 May 1979	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	33,941	51.67
7 June 1979	Northern Ireland	Democratic Unionist Party	170,688	29.83
9 June 1983	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	23,922	54.15
17 December 1985 Resignation of Rev Ian Paisley over the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
14 June 1984	Northern Ireland	Democratic Unionist Party	230,251	33.60
23 January 1986	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	33,937	97.38
11 June 1987	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	28,383	68.72
15 June 1989	Northern Ireland	Democratic Unionist Party	160,110	29.94
9 April 1992	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	23,152	50.88
9 June 1994	Northern Ireland	Democratic Unionist Party	163,246	29.16
1 May 1997	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	21,495	46.54
10 June 1999	Northern Ireland	Democratic Unionist Party	192,762	28.40
7 June 2001	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	24,539	49.86
5 May 2005	North Antrim	Democratic Unionist Party	25,156	54.78