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DUP: Gavin Robinson set to be ratified as leader

Gavin Robinson is expected to be officially ratified as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) by the party’s ruling executive later on Wednesday.

Mr Robinson was appointed as interim leader by party officers in March.

It followed the resignation of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson as leader after he was charged with rape and other historical sex offences.

Mr Robinson is leading the DUP into his first general election as party leader.

He is also in a bid to retain his seat as East Belfast MP.

Mr Robinson will become the sixth leader of the DUP since the party was founded in 1971.

In the 2019 Westminster election, the DUP won the most seats in Northern Ireland with eight, but now has seven after former party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was suspended from the party.

The DUP is also the second largest party in the Northern Ireland assembly, which sits at Stormont.

Earlier this month, Sir Jeffrey’s solicitor confirmed the former DUP leader will not be standing in the next general election.

John McBurney said his client will be “concentrating on the case and defending the charges”.


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