[3] As an NF member Kerr also chaired the North Belfast Independent Unionist Association, where he first developed his ideas on Ulster nationalism.
[4] In the 2001 United Kingdom general election Kerr stood in the West Belfast constituency as a Third Way candidate but secured only 116 votes (a 0.3% share).
[6] In the aftermath of this election a general meeting of pro-independence groups and individuals was organised by Ross after overtures were sent out to Kerr, Mooney and the Ballymena-based Ulster Party.
Mooney, who had run as Constitutional Independent Northern Ireland and later formed the short-lived Northern Ireland Party, did not turn up but Kerr and Agnes McLeister of the Ulster Party (another minute group that was also Ballymena-based) agreed to pool resources and join forces with Ross's movement.
Kerr, who remains a Third Way member despite his candidature, claimed to be standing for the party as he endorsed their support for the use of referendums to decide policy.
[3] David Kerr was elected for a five-year period to the National Executive of Solidarity – The Union for British Workers in November 2007 and helped to launch the group in the province over the Twelfth in 2007.