Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998

A model of this round of all-party talks, often known as the "Mitchell Talks", is forthcoming in Autumn 2024.

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)

This is one of the 12 delegations in the convention, accounting for 30 of 115 people who took part.

Members (30):

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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
David Browne Visualize North Belfast Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue) , 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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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) (This negotiation) , Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)
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 Forum for Political Dialogue)