On 24 February 2010, the alliance announced 9 of the 18 candidates who were to run in the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

[6] The UUP's sole Member of Parliament (MP) from the 2005 general election, Sylvia, Lady Hermon for North Down, had expressed public dissatisfaction with the arrangement since early 2009,[7] and left the UUP in March 2010, deciding to contest the forthcoming general election as an Independent.

[9] 'As things stand, Northern Ireland MPs need to be involved in decisions about their lives that are not devolved.

Why are there great Ulstermen and women on our television screens, in our boardrooms and in our military but not in our Cabinet?

[11] In October 2023, Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie attended Conservative Party conference in Manchester.