Ian Paisley could make unwelcome history for DUP
MP would be unseated if 10% of North Antrim electorate support petition
DUP MP Ian Paisley: he has made it clear that if the petition succeeds he will stand again. Photograph: PA Wire
Ian Paisley could make some unwanted history for himself and his party by becoming the first MP to be unseated under relatively new British legislation that allows the public to petition for his removal from office.
After the House of Commons on Tuesday suspended Mr Paisley for 30 sitting days it is now for the North’s chief electoral officer Virginia McVea to kickstart the recall petition process that could lead to the unseating of the North Antrim DUP MP.