The Union Party (, also translated Unionist Party) is a conservative-liberal, agrarian political party on the Faroe Islands. The party wants to maintain the Faroe Islands' union with Denmark. On 24 October 2015 Bárður á Steig Nielsen succeeded Kaj Leo Johannesen as party leader. In the elections in 2008, the party won 21.0% of the popular vote and 7 out of 33 seats. After having been in the opposition for a short interval after the elections, the Union Party formed a new government in September 2008, and Kaj Leo Johannesen became prime minister. In the Danish parliamentary elections of 2007, the party received 23.5% of the Faroese vote, thereby gaining one of the two Faroese seats in the national legislature of Denmark. At the general elections in 2011 the party gained 24.7% of the votes and 8 seats out of 33. However, on 10 February 2014 the party gained one more seat in the Løgting, after Gerhard Lognberg who was elected to the parliament representing the Social Democratic Party, joined the Union Party. This happened three months after Lognberg had been expelled from the Social Democratic Party due to some disagreements, making the Union Party the joint biggest party of the Faroese parliament, along with the People's Party. Electoral performance Leaders Leaders of the Union Party: Bárður á Steig Nielsen 2015—present Kaj Leo Johannesen 2004–2015 Lisbeth L. Petersen 2001–2004 Edmund Joensen 1990–2001 Pauli Ellefsen 1974–1990 Trygvi Samuelsen 1970–1974 Johan Poulsen 1948–1970 Andrass Samuelsen 1924–1948 Oliver Effersøe 1917–1924 Fríðrikur Petersen 1906–1917 Current members of the Løgting As of the 2022 general snap election: References External links Sambandsflokkurin official site Conservative liberal parties Liberal parties in Denmark Nordic agrarian parties Political parties in the Faroe Islands