Margaret Coulter joined the Ulster Unionist Party when she was 16. Forty-four years later, she is still a member but is completely disillusioned with her party leader.
She will be one of the 850 Ulster Unionist Council delegates deciding David Trimble's fate today. Ms Coulter, who is from South Belfast, is supporting the Rev Martin Smyth.
"I've known him many years and he is a very genuine person. He led the Orange Order and he would do a great job in the UUP. They say he is the underdog but rank outsiders can win races."
She is not a fan of David Trimble: "Sinn Fein/IRA are a parcel of spoilt brats. All they say is `I want, I want', and he gives in every time. They say cats have nine lives, well David Trimble has even more and he says and does something different in every one of them."
Ms Jane Hillis from South Down will be supporting Mr Trimble. "The UUP is democratic and I have no problem with Martin standing but I will be voting for David."
The UUC will also discuss a motion which would commit the party to re-entering an executive with Sinn Fein only if the British government pledges to retain the RUC's name. It is being championed by anti-agreement activists. Trimble supporters claim its sole aim is to weaken him.
Ms Hillis says: "My heart tells me to support this motion; my head tells me otherwise. The Chief Constable says the RUC should be kept out of the political debate and we should respect his wishes."
Mr Alex Kane from South Belfast welcomes the leadership challenge: "After two years of sniping from the sidelines, the `no' camp will be centre stage. All they have been saying is they don't like David and they don't like the agreement.
"Hopefully, now we will have a chance to quiz them on their alternative."
He will oppose the RUC motion. "It would leave David no room to manoeuvre. We may as well send him to the negotiating table bound and gagged.
"The UUP didn't save the B-Specials nor the UDR and I certainly don't think it can save the RUC. But if anything is done, it will be at Westminster. These people want David not to return to the executive if the RUC's name is changed. Yet I don't hear anti-agreement MPs like Willie Ross or Willie Thompson threatening to withdraw from the House of Commons on the issue."
Mr Peter Brown, from north Antrim, will be supporting Mr Smyth. "My opinion of David Trimble has gone dramatically downhill since his Washington comments.
"He seems to think policy-making is a matter for himself alone, not the party. Voting for him is effectively voting to return Sinn Fein to government without prior decommissioning. We should learn from our mistakes. We can't allow Trimble to take us back down the political cul-de-sac."
Mr Brown supports the policing motion. "There are 302 reasons - the 302 RUC officers who gave their lives for the RUC."
Mr James Currie, also from North Antrim, will be supporting Mr Trimble. "Northern Ireland needs to move forward. David Trimble is the man to do that."
Ms Sarah Cummins, from Strangford, Co Down, will be voting for Mr Smyth: "He would lead the party in a way that reflects the views of the majority of its members." She no longer trusts Mr Trimble. "He has already given far too much away to Sinn Fein."
Ms Barbara Watson, from south Antrim, is a staunch Trimble supporter. "He has totally outmanoeuvred Sinn Fein. They didn't want to go back to Stormont but they pretended to. So David offered them the chance in Washington and they didn't take it. He gave them enough rope and they hung themselves."
Mr Ivor Whitten, from Newry and Armagh, also supports Mr Trimble. "Why get rid of someone doing an excellent job? I'm 26 and all I have known is the Troubles. David offers us the chance of a better future.
"He is the best UUP leader I've ever seen. He secured a return to devolved government. It might have lasted only two months but that wasn't his fault." He thinks Mr Smyth would be an unsuitable leader. "He hasn't been as pro-active as David Trimble in trying to sort out Northern Ireland's problems."
Ms Anne Lyttle, from Garvagh, Co Derry, disagrees. "Martin has a most impressive CV, not just on political issues but on social and humanitarian ones too. He would make a brilliant leader. At last, the anti-agreement voices of this party would be heard."