Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 1979

The Ulster Unionist Party leadership election of 1979 saw James Molyneaux succeed Harry West as leader on 7 September.^[1] At a specially convened meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council at the Ulster Hall, Belfast in early September, Molyneaux (MP for South Antrim) beat Reverend Robert Bradford (MP for Belfast South) by a three to one majority (with Austin Ardill coming a distant third).^[2] Molyneaux had previously been parliamentary leader of the United Ulster Unionist Council since 22 October 1974 (West had lost his seat in that month's general election).

Notes

↑ "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1979". Cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
↑ Ann Purdy, Molyneaux: The Long View (Greystone Books, 1989), p. 73.

Ulster Unionist Party

Leaders	Saunderson Long Carson Craigavon Andrews Brookeborough O'Neill Chichester-Clark Faulkner West Molyneaux Trimble Empey Elliott Nesbitt

Deputy Leaders	McCusker Taylor Empey & Beggs Kennedy McCallister Currently vacant

Chairman	Rogan Cooper Campbell Empey

President	Hamilton Craig J.M. Andrews Dixon Brooke Graham Andrews J.G. Cunningham Clark Cunningham Smyth Rogan White Steele

General Secretary	Gibson Bates Hungerford Douglas Bailie Hutton Millar Wilson Boyd Patterson Rea Corry Wilson C. McCusker

Leadership elections	1969 1971 1979 1995 (Mar) 1995 (Sep) 2000 2004 2005 2010 2012

Organisational structure	Ulster Unionist Council (Party Executive Constituency Association District Branches) Ulster Womens Unionist Council Young Unionists

History and related organisations	Progenitor: Irish Unionist Alliance Allies: Labour Unionists/Liberal Unionist/Conservatives Offshoot: Vanguard (1973-78) Electoral alliance: UCUNF (2009)

Other topics	Chief Whip Election results Electoral history

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