DUP set to announce successor to Paisley

DUP Assembly members will today decide who should succeed the Reverend Ian Paisley as party leader.

Mon, 14 Apr, 2008 - 09:52

DUP Assembly members will today decide who should succeed the Reverend Ian Paisley as party leader.

Stormont Finance Minister Peter Robinson is the runaway favourite to be chosen by the party’s 36 Assembly members as Mr Paisley’s successor and Northern Ireland’s First Minister Designate.

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CourtsDUP leadership votePlace: Northern IrelandPlace: BelfastPlace: Co MonaghanPlace: ClontibretPlace: EastPlace: East BelfastPlace: Castlereagh CouncilPlace: StrangfordPlace: StormontPerson: ReverendPerson: Ian PaisleyPerson: Finance MinisterPerson: Peter RobinsonPerson: PaisleyPerson: RobinsonPerson: Bill CraigPerson: Regional Development MinisterPerson: Minister for Finance and PersonnelPerson: IrisPerson: Nigel DoddsPerson: East BelfastPerson: DoddsPerson: BelfastPerson: MPPerson: Brian CowenPerson: CowenPerson: Deputy First MinisterPerson: Martin McGuinnessOrganisation: DUPOrganisation: PaisleyOrganisation: DUP AssemblyOrganisation: StormontOrganisation: Ulster UnionistsOrganisation: Fianna FáilOrganisation: Irish GovernmentOrganisation: Sinn Féin
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