The New Ulster Movement (NUM) was a political pressure group in Northern Ireland which aimed to promote moderate and non-sectarian policies and to help candidates who supported Terence O'Neill, the Northern Ireland Prime Minister, in the election on 24 February 1969 which saw a split between candidates of the ruling Ulster Unionist Party.
[2] Napier and Cooper wished to establish a new political party, a position which was strongly opposed by Walker.
A meeting of the NUM was held on 30 December 1969 to decide on the way forward, and a committee was elected to investigate the feasibility of launching a new party at Easter in 1970.
[2] David Corkey, a member of the NUM, stood as an independent candidate in a by-election in South Antrim.
[2] In October, the NUM rewrote its constitution to prevent it from intervening in elections, and redefined itself as a think tank.