Northern Ireland Conservatives

Northern Ireland Conservatives
ChairmanPaul Leeman
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
HeadquartersScottish Provident Building, 7 Donegall Square West, Belfast, BT1 6JH
Youth wingYoung Conservatives
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[citation needed]
National affiliationConservative Party
European affiliationEuropean Conservatives and Reformists
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union
Colours  Blue
House of Commons
(NI Seats)
0 / 18
House of Lords
1 / 806
NI Assembly
0 / 90
Local government[1]
0 / 462
Website
niconservatives.com

The Northern Ireland Conservatives is a section of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party that operates in Northern Ireland. The Conservatives are the only major British party to field candidates within Northern Ireland and typically contests only a fraction of seats in elections. The party won 0.03% of the vote in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election and 0.1% of the vote in the 2024 United Kingdom General election in Northern Ireland.

In 2009–2010, the party was in an electoral alliance with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), whereby the two parties fielded joint candidates for the 2009 European Parliament election and 2010 UK general election under the banner of "Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force".[2]

  1. ^ "Open Council Data UK – compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Lady Hermon under 'no pressure'". Northern Ireland: BBC News. 27 February 2009.