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DUP members ratify Edwin Poots as party leader
The Democratic Unionist Party has ratified Edwin Poots and Paula Bradley as its leader and deputy leader.
The party endorsed an earlier vote by MLAs and MPs, but it came amid anger from some quarters about how Arlene Foster was ousted as leader last month.
Mr Poots paid tribute to Mrs Foster as "one of the foremost women in unionist and British politics".
Ahead of the meeting, Mrs Foster said her departure was "even by DUP standards, pretty brutal".
Lagan Valley MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson - who ran against Mr Poots for the leadership - Lord Dodds, Economy Minister Diane Dodds and East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson did not wait to hear Mr Poots' speech - they left the building.
A very well-known figure in the DUP told BBC News NI it was the "worst meeting he had attended in over 40 years as a DUP member".
After the ratification, Paul Bell, the former chairman of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone association of the DUP, resigned from the party.
BBC News NI political reporter Jayne McCormack said she is hearing that others may follow in resigning, including some councillors.
Mrs Foster, who attended the meeting, remains as first minister until the end of June.
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Democratic Unionist Party
Background
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a socially conservative, protestant political party in Northern Ireland. It currently holds the most seats of any party in Northern Ireland’s national assembly.
It has blocked efforts to pass a Climate Change Act in Northern Ireland, as well as having a history of supporting creationism and blocking legislation on abortion and gay marriage. It is the only political party in Ireland to support Brexit.
Through its former environment minister Sammy Wilson, the DUP has strong links to a network of individuals and organisations pushing climate disinformation and in favour of a “hard” Brexit.
The party was founded in 1971 by Ian Paisley and is now led by Arlene Foster. It has strong links to the protestant Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, established by Paisley. It believes Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom and currently has eight MPs sitting in the UK parliament in Westminster.
The DUP, which campaigned to leave the EU, came under scrutiny following the Brexit referendum after it emerged that the party had received a £435,000 donation from a shadowy group called the Constitutional Research Council — the
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Appointment resembling new Policing Board components announced Compile of Ensconce
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DUP - Keith Buchanan, Joanne Bunting, Metropolis Middleton, Mervyn Storey
Sinn Fein -Gerry Buffoon, Linda Dillon, Philip McGuigan
Alliance - Bathroom Blair
SDLP - Dolores Kelly
UUP - Alan Chambers
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