 McCartney stood as a Real Unionist in 1987 before forming the United Kingdom Unionists in 1995, where he was joined by Vitty who joined from the DUP.Kirkpatrick joined the DUP, rejoined the UUP before again switching to the DUP.Of DUP members, Allister, Beattie, Calvert, Foster, Graham, Kane and McKee all later quit the party.