Nesbitt wins race for UUP leadership | Latest Newry News, Newry Sport and Newry Business for Newry City

Nesbitt wins race for UUP leadership

South Down Ulster Unionist John McCallister today conceded the race for the Ulster Unionist Party leadership as members elected former BBC and UTV presenter Mike Nesbit.

Approximately two thousand members were eligible to vote in the election at the party’s annual general meeting today in Belfast. 536 voted for Nesbitt, while McCallister received 129 votes.

Nesbitt told members he wants the UUP to have a new sense of purpose, “I want everyone in this country to get out of bed with a sense of purpose. I want this party to wake up with a sense of purpose. I want us to reach out to become the party of choice for every pro-union voter in Northern Ireland, including those who still say they want a United Ireland, but privately accept there is no longer a single reason not to enjoy their continued membership of the United Kingdom.”

Related Articles:
UUP stage leadership debate ahead of election

Short URL: https://newrytimes.com/?p=9998

Posted by on Mar 31 2012. Filed under News, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Leave a Reply







Find us on Facebook

Log in | Designed by Gabfire themes