The party won 30 of the 40 seats at the 1968 election and formed the first government and Tucker was appointed Bermuda's first Premier.
This trend was halted when Sir John Swan became party leader and Premier on 15 January 1982.
In January 2006, Gibbons was replaced by Wayne Furbert, who was unanimously selected as the new party leader.
[3] The party's deputy leader was long-standing maverick MP Trevor Moniz,[4] a recognised champion of Bermuda's Portuguese community.
[6] However, leader Kim Swan refused to join after the executive failed to allow a disputes tribunal under the United Bermuda Party constitution to take place, and was granted an injunction in the courts.
[11] When an election was called for 17 December 2012, Kim and Charlie Swan announced they would run as independent candidates, effectively ending the revival attempt.