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The UKUP was set up in 1995 by its sole MP, Bob McCartney, a former member of the Ulster Unionists.
The party won five seats in the 1996 Northern Ireland Forum elections, but McCartney's four colleagues then left to set up a new party called the Northern Ireland Unionist Party. McCartney lost his Westminster seat in 2001.
UKUP opposes the Good Friday Agreement and any moves to involve the Irish Republic in Northern Ireland's affairs.
The party believes that Northern Ireland should become more British and remain part of the UK because it is the will of the majority.
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Return to NI: The Troubles