1971 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
The Ulster Unionist Party leadership election of 1971 was caused by the resignation of James Chichester-Clark, after he had failed to persuade the British Government to provide his government with more resources to quell the growing civil unrest.
Candidates
- Brian Faulkner - Minister for Development and long term leadership hopeful
- William Craig - MP for Larne who had been a critic of the leadership since he believed Terence O'Neill to have demoted him in 1967
Results
| Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Brian Faulkner 
|
26 | 86.7% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | William Craig | 4 | 13.3% | |
Sources
- Ireland since 1939, Henry Patterson (2001, Oxford University Press)
- A history of the Ulster Unionist Party, Graham Walker (2004, Manchester University Press)
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