Ulster Democratic Party

Ulster Democratic Party
Founded	June 1981
Dissolved	November 2001
Preceded by	New Ulster Political Research Group
Succeeded by	Ulster Political Research Group
Paramilitary wing	Ulster Defence Association
Ideology	Ulster loyalism Ulster nationalism Devolution
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing with far-right factions
Politics of Northern Ireland Political parties Elections

The Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) was a small loyalist political party in Northern Ireland. It was established in June 1981 as the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), to replace the New Ulster Political Research Group. The UDP name had previously been used in the 1930s by an unrelated party, which on one occasion contested Belfast Central.^[1]