- Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue
The Forum for Political Dialogue met between 1996 and 1998 in Belfast as part of the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement.
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
This is one of the 14 delegations in the convention, accounting for 31 of 164 people who took part.
Members (31):
| Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antony Alcock | Visualize | Antony Alcock was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue as a top-up candidate. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Tom Benson | Visualize | Tom Benson was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Strangford | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| David Brewster | Visualize | David Brewster LL.B. Brewster was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the support team. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Londonderry. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| David Browne | Visualize | North Belfast | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| David Campbell | Visualize | David Campbell was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Lagan Valley. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Jim Clarke | Visualize | Jim Clarke was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for South Belfast. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Robert Coulter | Visualize | Robert Coulter was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for North Antrim. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Ivan Davis | Visualize | Ivan Davis was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Lagan Valley. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Jeffrey Donaldson | Visualize | Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson PC. Donaldson was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the support team. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Lagan Valley. Donaldson resigned from the UUP in 2003 to join the DUP, and was the leader of the DUP from from 2021 to 2024. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) |
| Reg Empey | Visualize | Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey, OBE. Empey was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. He was a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Belfast. He went on to lead the UUP from 2005 to 2010. Empey was also twice Lord Mayor of Belfast. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) |
| Sam Foster | Visualize | Sam Foster was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Sam Gardiner | Visualize | Alderman Samuel Gardiner MBE JP. Gardiner was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Upper Bann. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Joe Gaston | Visualize | Joe Gaston was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for North Antrim. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| John Gorman | Visualize | John Gorman was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a UUP top-up member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue, which he chaired. Top-Up Candidate for the Ulster Unionist Party | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| John Hunter | Visualize | John Hunter was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the support team. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum on Political Dialogue for South Antrim. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Derek Hussey | Visualize | Derek Hussey was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for West Tyrone. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| John Junkin | Visualize | John Junkin was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Mid-Ulster. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Peter King | Visualize | Peter King was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for South Antrim. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Ken Maginnis | Visualize | Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass. Maginnis was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the support team. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum on Political Dialogue for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Maginnis was the UUP MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1983 to 2001. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) |
| Alan McFarland | Visualize | Alan McFarland was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for North Down. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Dermot Nesbitt | Visualize | Dermot Nesbitt was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for South Down. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| UUP Representative | Visualize | Statements, decisions and papers attributed to the UUP delegation. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) |
| Tim Robinson | Visualize | Thomas Daniel Robinson was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Antrim. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Jim Rodgers | Visualize | Jim Rodgers was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Belfast. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Jim Speers | Visualize | Jim Speers was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Newry and Armagh. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| May Steele | Visualize | May Steele was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. She was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Antrim. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Robert Stoker | Visualize | Robert Stoker was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for South Belfast. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| John Taylor | Visualize | John David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI). Taylor was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Strangford. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| David Trimble | Visualize | William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC. Trimble was the leader of the UUP from 1995 to 2005, and the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002. As party leader, Trimble was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Upper Bann. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland International Body on Arms Decommissioning 1995-1996) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) |
| Peter Weir | Visualize | Peter James Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme. Weir was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party negotiations, and a member of the support team. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for North Down. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| John White | Visualize | Robert John White OBE was a UUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Londonderry. | Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |