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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Ideology | Ulster unionism |
| Official colours | Red, White and Blue |
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a Northern Irish political party1 founded on 7 December 2007, as an anti-St Andrews Agreement splinter group from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Its first Leader is MEP Jim Allister who sits as an independent, having been elected for the DUP in 2004.23
The four founding principles of the new movement are 4
- retention of the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain
- commitment to a form of devolution that rejects mandatory coalition
- that the rule of law must prevail in every part of Northern Ireland and be administered without fear or favour
- support for traditional family values
Dromore By-Election
The party's first electoral contest was the Dromore local government by-election for Banbridge District Council5 which took place on Wednesday 13 February 2008 6with their candidate being Dromore solicitor, Keith Harbinson. He took 19.5% of the 1st preference votes cast.
TUV were the last party to be eliminated, and more of their votes transferred to the UUP than to the DUP, enabling the former to retain its seat.7
| Dromore By-Election – 14th February 2008 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||||
| Democratic Unionist | Paul Stewart | 1069 | 1074 | 1127 | 1178 | 1508 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Carol Black | 912 | 937 | 1119 | 1194 | 1571 | ||||
| Traditional Unionist Voice | Keith Harbinson | 739 | 742 | 801 | 828 | -828 | ||||
| Alliance | David Griffin | 357 | 479 | -479 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Gribben | 350 | 507 | 567 | -567 | |||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | John Drake | 290 | -290 | |||||||
| Green (NI) | Helen Corry | 59 | -59 | |||||||
| Electorate=9688, valid=3776, spoiled=17, quota=1889 | ||||||||||
References
- ^ The Electoral Commission : Regulatory issues : Political parties : Registers : Register of political parties
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | New unionist group to be launched
- ^ Northern Ireland News - Allister Announces 'Alternative Ulster' Voice
- ^ Traditional Unionist Voice Leaflet
- ^ TUV to contest Dromore by-election
- ^ by-election date
- ^ http://www.eoni.org.uk/dromore_result.pdf
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