Unionist Party may refer to:

United Kingdom

Conservative and Unionist Party The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Cent ...

, the formal name of the Conservative Party *

Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...

, existed from 1886 to 1912 **

Unionist government, 1895–1905 A coalition of the Conservative and Liberal Unionist parties took power in the United Kingdom shortly before the 1895 general election. Conservative leader Lord Salisbury was appointed Prime Minister and his nephew, Arthur Balfour, became Le ...

, a coalition government of the two parties

Northern Ireland

Current organisations

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist, Ulster loyalism, loyalist, British nationalist and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who ...

(DUP), the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland *

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded as the Ulster Unionist Council in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it l ...

(UUP), the smaller and more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland *

Progressive Unionist Party The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) is a minor unionist 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 Volunte ...

(PUP), minor loyalist party formed in 1979 *

Traditional Unionist Voice The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. In common with all other Northern Irish unionist parties, the TUV's political programme has as its '' sine qua non'' the preservation of Northern Ireland's pl ...

(TUV), minor loyalist party formed in 2007 *

Ulster Unionist Labour Association The Ulster Unionist Labour Association (UULA) was an association of trade unionists founded by Edward Carson in June 1918, aligned with the Ulster Unionists in Ireland. Members were known as Labour Unionists. In Britain, 1918 and 1919 were marke ...

(or Labour Unionist Party)

Defunct organisations

Protestant Unionist Party The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP)Not to be confused with the Progressive Unionist Party. was a unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971. It was the forerunner of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and emerged ...

, former political party formed by Ian Paisley in 1966 out of the Ulster Protestant Action (UPA) movement *

Independent Unionist Association The Independent Unionist Association or Independent Unionist Party was a political party in Northern Ireland. The organisation was founded in 1937, shortly before the announcement of the 1938 Northern Ireland general election. It consisted of a ...

(or Independent Unionist Party), existed from 1937 to late 1940s *

Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party The Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (VUPP), informally known as Ulster Vanguard, was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1978. Led by William Craig, the party emerged from a split in the Ulster Un ...

(Ulster Vanguard), existed from 1973 and 1978 *

Unionist Party of Northern Ireland The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974. Formation The party emerged following splits in the Ulster Unionist Party in 1973 and 1974 over the British government's white paper ''Nor ...

, existed from 1974 and 1981 *

United Ulster Unionist Party The United Ulster Unionist Party (UUUP) was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1975 and 1984. It emerged from a division in the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party in the late 1970s. Vanguard had traditionall ...

, existed from 1975 and 1982, splinted from the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party due to a disagreement over power-sharing *

Ulster Popular Unionist Party The Ulster Popular Unionist Party (UPUP) was a Unionists (Ireland), unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1980 by James Kilfedder, independent Unionist Member of Parliament for North Down (UK Parliament constituency), No ...

, existed from 1980 to 1995 *

UK Unionist Party The UK Unionist Party (UKUP) was a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2008 that opposed the Good Friday Agreement. It was nominally formed by Robert McCartney, formerly of the Ulster Unionist Party, to contest t ...

, existed 1995 to 2008 *

Northern Ireland Unionist Party The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) was a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland that campaigned against the Belfast Agreement. History It was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the UK Unionist Party (UKUP). Thi ...

, existed 1999 to 2008

Scotland

Unionist Party (Scotland) The Unionist Party was the main centre-right political party in Scotland between 1912 and 1965. Independent of, although associated with, the Conservative Party in England and Wales, it stood for election at different periods of its history ...

, centre-right party which existed between 1912 and 1965, the dominant force in Scottish politics until the late 1950s *

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (), known as Scottish Tories, is part of the UK Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party active in Scotland. It currently holds 5 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Ki ...

, the full name of the party since 1965 more often called the Scottish Conservative Party * Scottish Unionist Party (1986), Scottish minor party of traditionalist Unionists disillusioned with the Conservative government's signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement

India (under British rule)

Unionist Party (Punjab) The National Unionist Party was a political party based in the Punjab Province during the period of British rule in India. The Unionist Party mainly represented the interests of the landed gentry and landlords of Punjab, which included Muslims ...

, a major political party in the former Punjab Province until 1947

Canada

Unionist Party (Canada) The Unionist Party was a centre to centre-right political party in Canada, composed primarily of former members of the Conservative party with some individual Liberal members of Parliament. It was formed in 1917 by MPs who supported the " Union ...

, existed from 1917 to 1920 *

Unionest Party The Unionest Party was a political party in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the early 1980s. The party advocated for a union between the four Western Canadian provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba—and the United States. The ...

Croatia

Unionist Party (Kingdom of Croatia) Croatian-Hungarian Party () was the name of a 19th-century political party in the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia which advocated closer ties between Croatia and Hungary. It was officially named in 1841 when it par ...

, existed from 1861 to 1918

Denmark

Faroe Islands

Union Party (Faroe Islands) The Union Party (, ), also translated Unionist Party, is a conservative-liberal, agrarian political party on the Faroe Islands. The party wants to maintain the Faroe Islands' union with Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic cou ...

Greenland

* Unionist Party (Greenland)

Egypt

National Progressive Unionist Party The National Progressive Unionist Rally Party (, commonly referred to as Tagammu, meaning "Rally" in English) is a socialist political party in Egypt. Originally known as the National Progressive Unionist Rally Organization, it was established ...

Guatemala

Unionist Party (Guatemala, 1920) The Unionist Party was a short-lived Guatemalan political party founded and dissolved in the 1920s. History After his cousin's exile, the conservative leader Manuel Cobos Batres managed to convince prominent conservatives José Azmitia, Tác ...

Unionist Party (Guatemala) The Unionist Party (''Partido Unionista'') is a conservative political party in Guatemala, who advocates the re-creation of a Federal Republic of Central America, Central American union. The party has been a member of the centre-right Internati ...

Nicaragua

Central American Unionist Party The Central American Unionist Party ( Spanish: ''Partido Unionista Centroamericano'' - PUCA) is a center-right Nicaraguan political party. PUCA was originally established as a cultural grouping advocating 'Central Americanization' in 1904. Renamed ...

South Africa

Unionist Party (South Africa) The Unionist Party (, UP) was a pre-apartheid South African political party, which contested elections to the Union of South Africa parliament from the 1910 South African general election until its merger into the South African Party just before ...

Thailand

Sahaphum Party The Sahaphum Party (, sometimes translated as "United Land" or "Unionist Party") was a political party in Thailand. It was founded on 21 June 1957 by Sukich Nimmanheminda. Behind the scenes, the party was formed by Sanguan Chantharasakha to giv ...

("Unionist Party" in English)

Tunisia

* Unionist Democratic Union

United States

Union Party (United States, 1850) The Union Party was a proslavery, unionist political party in the United States during the early 1850s. It was one of two main political parties in the slave states of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, alongside the Southern Rights Party. The ...

, a political party created to support the Compromise of 1850 *

Constitutional Union Party (United States) The Constitutional Union Party was a political party which stood in the 1860 United States elections. It mostly consisted of conservative former Whigs from the Southern United States who wanted to avoid secession over slavery and refused to j ...

, a party notable for its role in the 1860 presidential election *

Unionist politician (American Civil War) Unionists in the border states organized political parties to oppose secession from the United States during the American Civil War. They extended critical support to the wartime administration of Abraham Lincoln while remaining outside Lincoln' ...

National Union Party (United States) The National Union Party, commonly known as the Union Party, and referred to as the Republican-Union coalition by some sources, was a wartime coalition of Republican Party (United States), Republicans, War Democrats, and Border states (American ...

, a national political coalition during the American Civil War *

Unconditional Union Party The Unconditional Union Party was a unionist political party in the United States during the American Civil War. It was a regional counterpart to the National Union Party that supported the wartime administration of Abraham Lincoln. The party wa ...

, a wartime party in the border states * Union Party (Kansas), a wartime party in Kansas