UUP MP quits party

The Ulster Unionist Party’s only MP resigned from the party today and announced her intention to stand in the general election as an independent.

UUP MP quits party
Thu, 25 Mar, 2010 - 10:48

The Ulster Unionist Party’s only MP resigned from the party today and announced her intention to stand in the general election as an independent.

North Down representative Lady Sylvia Hermon’s widely anticipated departure from the UUP comes after she voiced opposition to the party’s electoral alliance with the Conservative Party.

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