Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force: Information from Answers.com

Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force (UCUNF) is the name of a bipartisan electoral alliance between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Conservative Party, for the purposes of the 2009 European Parliament election and certain subsequent elections in Northern Ireland. There is no formally constituted group of this name, instead the name is a registered description of the Ulster Unionist Party and of the Conservative Party^[1]

References

^ The Electoral Commission

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House of Commons (646):	Labour (352, including 29 Labour Co-operative)^* · Conservatives (195) · Liberal Democrats (63) · DUP (9) · SNP (7) · Sinn Féin^† (5) · Plaid Cymru (3) · SDLP (3) · Independent (4) · Independent Conservative (1) · Ind KHHC (1) · Independent Labour (1) · Respect (1) · UUP (1)

House of Lords (738):	Labour (211) · Crossbencher (207) · Conservatives (205) · Liberal Democrats (77) · Bishops (26) · non-affiliated (12) · UKIP (2) · Conservative Independent (1) · Plaid Cymru (1) · Independent Labour (1) · Independent (1)

Scottish Parliament (129):	SNP (47) · Labour (46) · Conservatives (17) · Liberal Democrats (16) · Scottish Greens (2) · Independent (1)

National Assembly for Wales (60):	Labour (26) · Plaid Cymru (15) · Conservatives (12) · Liberal Democrats (6) · Independent (1)

Northern Ireland Assembly (108):	DUP (36) · Sinn Féin (28) · UUP (18) · SDLP (16) · Alliance (7) · Greens (NI) (1) · PUP (1) · Independent (1)

London Assembly (25):	Conservatives (11) · Labour (8) · Liberal Democrats (3) · Greens (E&W) (2) · British National Party (1)

European Parliament (72 of 736):	Conservatives (ECR, 25, including 1 UCUNF)^‡ · UKIP (EFD, 13) · Labour (PES, 13) · Liberal Democrats (ELDR, 11) · BNP (Non-Inscrit, 2) · Greens (E&W) (EGP, 2) · SNP (EFA, 2) • Plaid Cymru (EFA, 1) · Sinn Féin (EUL-NGL, 1) · DUP (Non-Inscrit, 1) · Independent (Non-Inscrit, 1)

Other national and regional parties:	Christian Peoples Alliance · Christian · Communist Party of Britain · Communist Party of Scotland · English Democrats · Forward Wales · Independent Working Class Association · Liberal · Mebyon Kernow · National Front · Official Monster Raving Loony · Scottish Senior Citizens Unity · Scottish Socialist · Social Democratic · Socialist Labour · Socialist · Socialist Workers · Solidarity · Traditional Unionist Voice · United Unionist Coalition · Veritas · Workers' Party of Ireland

Notes: ^Co-operative Party candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party as “Labour and Co-operative Party” candidates. ^†Although Sinn Féin have five elected members and have offices at Westminster, they are abstentionist and therefore do not take their seats. ^‡Some Ulster Unionist Party candidates stand jointly with the Conservative Party as “Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force”* candidates.

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