- Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
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.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
This is one of the 14 delegations in the convention, accounting for 25 of 164 people who took part.
Members (25):
| Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Beattie | Visualize | May Margaret Beattie was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. She was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Antrim. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Robert Bolton | Visualize | Robert Bolton was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Londonderry. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Cecil Calvert | Visualize | Cecil Calvert was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Lagan Valley. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Gregory Campbell | Visualize | Gregory Lloyd Campbell CBE. Campbell was a DUP 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 as a top-up candidate. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Mervyn Carrick | Visualize | William Mervyn Carrick. Carrick was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Upper Bann. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Sam Clyde | Visualize | Sam Clyde was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for South Antrim. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Nigel Dodds | Visualize | Nigel Alexander Dodds, Baron Dodds of Duncairn, OBE, PC. Dodds was a DUP 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 North Belfast. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Oliver Gibson | Visualize | Oliver Gibson was a 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 West Tyrone. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) |
| Trevor Kirkland | Visualize | Trevor Kirkland was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for South Antrim. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| St Clair McAlister | Visualize | St Clair McAlister was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for North Down. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| William McCrea | Visualize | Reverend Robert Thomas William McCrea, Baron McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown. McCrea was a DUP delegate to the 1991-1992 and the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) |
| Jack McKee | Visualize | Jack McKee was a delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Antrim. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Maurice Morrow | Visualize | Maurice George Morrow, Baron Morrow. Morrow was a DUP 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. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Ian Paisley Jr | Visualize | Ian Richard Kyle Paisley Jr was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for North Antrim. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Ian Paisley | Visualize | Reverend Doctor Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC. Paisley was leader of the DUP from 1971 to 2008 and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008. As party leader, he was a DUP delegate to the 1991-1992 and 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 North Antrim. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Joan Parkes | Visualize | Joan Parkes was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for South Belfast. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Edwin Poots | Visualize | Edwin Poots was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Lagan Valley. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| DUP Representative | Visualize | Statements, decisions and papers attributed to the DUP delegation. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) |
| Iris Robinson | Visualize | Iris Robinson was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. She was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Strangford. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Peter Robinson | Visualize | Peter David Robinson. A founding member of the DUP, he led the party from 2008 until 2015, and served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2008 until 2016. Robinson was a DUP delegate to the 1991-1992 and 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 East Belfast. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) |
| Jim Shannon | Visualize | Richard James Shannon was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for Strangford. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Eric Smyth | Visualize | Eric Smyth was a DUP 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. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| William Snoddy | Visualize | William Snoddy was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for North Belfast. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Desmond Stewart | Visualize | Robert Desmond "Dessie" Stewart was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Londonderry. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |
| Sammy Wilson | Visualize | Samuel Wilson was a DUP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. He was also a delegate to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue for East Belfast. | Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (This negotiation) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992) , Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) |