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Robert Law McCartney

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Robert McCartney

Born: 24 April 1936

Education

Grosvenor Grammar School, Belfast

Queen's University, Belfast

Barrister

Elections fought

9 June 1983		North Down	Official Unionist Party	8,261	20.26
11 June 1987		North Down	Real U	14,467	35.44
15 June 1995		North Down	U Free U	10,124	36.97
15 June 1995 Bob McCartney was opposed to the Anglo-Irish framework documents for peace in Northern Ireland, claiming they only addressed the issue of peace on the mainland of Britain.
May 1996 Robert McCartney founds the United Kingdom Unionist Party.
1 May 1997		North Down	UKUP	12,817	35.05
10 June 1999		Northern Ireland	UK U	20,283	2.99
7 June 2001		North Down	UKU	13,509	36.33