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Tue 05 May 2009Senior Ulster Unionist in Down defects to DUP
POLITICAL DEFECTION:A SENIOR Ulster Unionist in North Down has defected to the DUP, and will support Diane Dodds in the European election campaign.
Mark Brooks, chairman of the party in the constituency, said he had been unhappy for some time within the UUP, especially over moves to form an electoral pact with the Conservatives.
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