Progressive Unionist Party
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For the political group founded in 1938, see Ulster Progressive Unionist Association. For the Egyptian political group, see National Progressive Unionist Party.
Not to be confused with Protestant Unionist Party.
The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) is a minor unionist[6] political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed from the Independent Unionist Group operating in the Shankill area of Belfast, becoming the PUP in 1979. Linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando (RHC), for a time it described itself as "the only left of centre unionist party" in Northern Ireland, with its main support base in the loyalist working class communities of Belfast.[7]
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Progressive Unionist Party Páirtí Aontachtach Forásach | |
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Abbreviation | PUP |
Leader | Russell Watton |
President | Billy Hutchinson |
Chairman | Brian Lacey |
Founder | Hugh Smyth |
Founded | 1979 (1979) |
Headquarters | 182 Shankill Road, Belfast, BT13 2BH |
Paramilitary wing | Ulster Volunteer Force Red Hand Commando |
Ideology | British unionism Ulster loyalism Democratic socialism[1][2] Social democracy |
Political position | Centre-left[3][4] to left-wing[5] |
Colours | Blue and red |
Northern Irish seats in the House of Commons | 0 / 18 |
Northern Ireland Assembly | 0 / 90 |
Local government in Northern Ireland | 1 / 462 |
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Since the Ulster Democratic Party's dissolution in 2001, the PUP has been the sole party in Northern Ireland representing paramilitary loyalism.[8]