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| UUP agrees on Conservative pact | UUP agrees on Conservative pact |
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| The Ulster Unionist Party has agreed to form an electoral pact with the Conservatives. | The Ulster Unionist Party has agreed to form an electoral pact with the Conservatives. |
| The deal will initially see the parties run on a joint ticket in Westminster and European elections in Northern Ireland. | The deal will initially see the parties run on a joint ticket in Westminster and European elections in Northern Ireland. |
| Representatives from both parties will also form a joint committee to work out an electoral strategy. | Representatives from both parties will also form a joint committee to work out an electoral strategy. |
| A UUP spokesman said its executive committee had "overwhelmingly endorsed" endorsed the decision. | A UUP spokesman said its executive committee had "overwhelmingly endorsed" endorsed the decision. |
| The Conservative Party has just one elected representative in Northern Ireland, however, Down District councillor Peter Bowles is yet to stand under the Tory banner. | |
| Mr Bowles defected to the Conservative Party in 2006 in protest at the UUP's assembly links with the late David Ervine, who was leader of the UVF-linked Progressive Unionist Party. |