Ulster Unionist Chief Whip Explained

This is a list of people who served as Chief Whip of the Ulster Unionist Party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Parliament of the United Kingdom

1886: William Ellison-Macartney and Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald[1]

James Kilfedder

1974: Robert Bradford

1975: Harold McCusker

1978: William Ross

1997: Martin Smyth

2001: Roy Beggs

2005: Post vacant

2015: None appointed

Parliament of Northern Ireland

Until 1969, Chief Whips were given the title "Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".[2]

1921: Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran

1942: Sir Norman Stronge

1944: Sir Wilson Hungerford

1945: Lancelot Curran

1947: Walter Topping

1956: Brian Faulkner

1959: Isaac George Hawthorne

1963: William Craig

1963: James Chichester-Clark

1966: Post vacant

1968: Roy Bradford

1969: John Dobson

1971: John Brooke

Assistant Whips

Until 1969, Assistant Whips were given the title "Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".[3]

1921: Thomas Henry Burn

1925: Henry Mulholland

1929: Sir Basil Brooke

1933: Sir Wilson Hungerford

1941: Sir Norman Stronge

1942: Robert Corkey

1943: vacant

1945: John Edgar Bailey

1958: Harry West

1958: William James Morgan

1961: William Fitzsimmons

1963: James Chichester-Clark

1963: vacant

1965: Isaac George Hawthorne

1966: Roy Bradford and Samuel Magowan

1967: Samuel Magowan and vacancy

1968: Samuel Magowan and Joseph Burns

1969: Samuel Magowan and John William Kennedy

Northern Ireland Assembly

1973

Lloyd Hall-Thompson

1975

Austin Ardill

1982

William Douglas

1996

Robert Coulter

1998

Jim Wilson[4]

2004: David McClarty

2007: David McNarry

2008: Fred Cobain[5]

2011: John McCallister[6]

2012: Robin Swann[7]

2017: Steve Aiken

2019: Robbie Butler

2021: John Stewart

See also

  1. John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, pp.129
  2. http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/administration.html The Government of Northern Ireland
  3. http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/administration.html The Government of Northern Ireland
  4. http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs_03/wilson_jim.htm Biography - Jim Wilson
  5. "McNarry wasn't sacked, says UUP leader", Ballymoney and Moyle Times, 24 September 2008
  6. https://twitter.com/BBCGarethG/status/68289009134219264 "John McCallister is the new Ulster Unionist Chief Whip replacing Fred Cobain. Hopes to still be deputy leader."
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17594332 "New UUP leader announces assembly team reshuffle"