Trimble to become Conservative member of House of Lords

Former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is to join the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, it emerged tonight.

Trimble to become Conservative member of House of Lords
Mon, 16 Apr, 2007 - 21:00
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Former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is to join the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, it emerged tonight.

Trimble, who has been a peer since June last year and was the former First Minister in the North, is to leave the UUP which he led between 1995 and 2005.

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