North Antrim picks Unionist candidates

UUP Assemblyman the Rev Dr Robert Coulter is to run for March’s Assembly elections in the North.

The President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster, Robin Swann, was also selected by the North Antrim constituency association.

They said: “The Ulster Unionist Party is going into this election as a united party, on an agreed manifesto and with clear leadership and direction.

“In this respect, we hope the pro-Union community in North Antrim will support us in bringing stable, legislative and devolved government back to the country we all cherish so dearly.”

Dr Coulter and Mr Swann are members of the loyal orders.

Dr Coulter, former minister of Clough Presbyterian Church, has been Assemblyman for North Antrim since 1998, defending his seat in 2003. He is a Stormont Commissioner and party spokesman on health.