This is a list of people who served as Chief Whip of the Ulster Unionist Party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Parliament of the United Kingdom 1886: William Ellison-Macartney and Robert Uniacke-Penrose-FitzgeraldJohn F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, pp.129 James Kilfedder 1974: Robert Bradford 1975: Harold McCusker 1978: William Ross 1997: Martin Smyth 2001: Roy Beggs 2005: Post vacant 2015: None appointed 2024: Robin Swann (sole Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament (MP))
Parliament of Northern Ireland Until 1969, Chief Whips were given the title "Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".The Government of Northern Ireland
1921: Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran 1942: Sir Norman Stronge 1944: Sir Wilson Hungerford 1945: Lancelot Curran 1947: Walter Topping 1956: Brian Faulkner 1959: Isaac George Hawthorne 1963: William Craig 1963: James Chichester-Clark 1966: Post vacant 1968: Roy Bradford 1969: John Dobson 1971: John Brooke
Assistant Whips Until 1969, Assistant Whips were given the title "Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".The Government of Northern Ireland 1921: Thomas Henry Burn 1925: Henry Mulholland 1929: Sir Basil Brooke 1933: Sir Wilson Hungerford 1941: Sir Norman Stronge 1942: Robert Corkey 1943: vacant 1945: John Edgar Bailey 1958: Harry West 1958: William James Morgan 1961: William Fitzsimmons 1963: James Chichester-Clark 1963: vacant 1965: Isaac George Hawthorne 1966: Roy Bradford and Samuel Magowan 1967: Samuel Magowan and vacancy 1968: Samuel Magowan and Joseph Burns 1969: Samuel Magowan and John William Kennedy
Northern Ireland Assembly 1973: Lloyd Hall-Thompson 1975: Austin Ardill 1982: William Douglas 1996: Robert Coulter 1998: Jim WilsonBiography – Jim Wilson , Northern Ireland Assembly 2001: Ivan Davis 2004: David McClarty 2007: David McNarry 2008: Fred Cobain"McNarry wasn't sacked, says UUP leader", Ballymoney and Moyle Times, 24 September 2008 2011: John McCallister"John McCallister is the new Ulster Unionist Chief Whip replacing Fred Cobain. Hopes to still be deputy leader." BBC 2012: Robin Swann"New UUP leader announces assembly team reshuffle" 2017: Steve Aiken 2019: Robbie Butler 2021: John Stewart April 2024: Robbie Butler October 2024: Andy Allen 2025: Robbie Butler 2026: Diana Armstrong
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