Cannabis November 14, 2016November 14, 2016 thcscience_admin 1971 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election ← 1969 1971 1974 → Candidate Brian Faulkner William Craig Popular vote 26 4 Percentage 86.7% 13.3% Leader before election James Chichester-Clark Elected Leader Brian Faulkner The 1971 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election 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[edit] 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 1968. Craig was to leave the Ulster Unionist Party and created the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party in 1972. Results[edit] Candidate Total Votes % Brian Faulkner Y 26 86.7 William Craig 4 13.3 Total 30 100 Sources[edit] Ireland since 1939, Henry Patterson (2001, Oxford University Press) A history of the Ulster Unionist Party, Graham Walker (2004, Manchester University Press) Ulster Unionist PartyLeaders Saunderson Long Carson Craigavon Andrews Brookeborough O'Neill Chichester-Clark Faulkner West Molyneaux Trimble Empey Elliott Nesbitt Swann Aiken Beattie Deputy Leaders McCusker Taylor Empey & Beggs Kennedy McCallister Butler Chairman Rogan Cooper Campbell Empey Kennedy President Hamilton Craig J. M. Andrews Dixon Brooke Graham J. L. O. Andrews J. G. Cunningham Clark J. Cunningham Smyth Rogan White Steele (honorary) General Secretary Gibson Bates Hungerford Douglas Bailie Hutton Millar Wilson Boyd Patterson Rea Corry Wilson C. McCusker Leadership elections 1969 1971 1974 1979 March 1995 September 1995 2000 2004 2005 2010 2012 2017 2019 2021 Organisational structure Young Unionists History and related organisations Progenitor: Irish Unionist Alliance Allies: Labour Unionists/Liberal Unionist/Conservatives Offshoots: Vanguard (1973–78)/NI21 (2013-16) Electoral alliance: UCUNF (2009) Lists List of Ulster Unionist Party MPs Ulster Unionist Party Presidents and General Secretaries List of Ulster Unionist Party Peers Other topics Chief Whip Election results Electoral history