Ulster Unionist Chief Whip

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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]

2001: Ivan Davis

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

^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, pp.129
^ The Government of Northern Ireland
^ The Government of Northern Ireland
^ Biography - Jim Wilson Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Assembly
^ "McNarry wasn't sacked, says UUP leader", Ballymoney and Moyle Times, 24 September 2008
^ "John McCallister is the new Ulster Unionist Chief Whip replacing Fred Cobain. Hopes to still be deputy leader." BBC
^ "New UUP leader announces assembly team reshuffle"

v t e Ulster Unionist Party
Leaders	Saunderson Long Carson Craigavon Andrews Brookeborough O'Neill Chichester-Clark Faulkner West Molyneaux Trimble Empey Elliott Nesbitt Swann Aiken Beattie
Deputy Leaders	McCusker Taylor Empey & Beggs Kennedy McCallister Butler
Chairman	Rogan Cooper Campbell Empey Kennedy
President	Hamilton Craig J. M. Andrews Dixon Brooke Graham J. L. O. Andrews J. G. Cunningham Clark J. Cunningham Smyth Rogan White Steele (honorary)
General Secretary	Gibson Bates Hungerford Douglas Bailie Hutton Millar Wilson Boyd Patterson Rea Corry Wilson C. McCusker
Leadership elections	1969 1971 1974 1979 March 1995 September 1995 2000 2004 2005 2010 2012 2017 2019 2021 2024
Organisational structure	Young Unionists
History and related organisations	Progenitor: Irish Unionist Alliance Allies: Labour Unionists/Liberal Unionist/Conservatives Offshoots: Vanguard (1973–78)/NI21 (2013-16) Electoral alliance: UCUNF (2009)
Lists	List of Ulster Unionist Party MPs Ulster Unionist Party Presidents and General Secretaries List of Ulster Unionist Party Peers
Other topics	Chief Whip Election results Electoral history

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Assistant Whips

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See also