evidence: NI election 2022: UUP hopes fresh image will provide a polling boost - Published [...] So when Lauren Kerr told her party's election manifesto launch that the next assembly poll "is the most important election the Ulster Unionist party has ever fought" it was quite a statement. [...] "And the UUP has been beset by problems. The fact that it's on its third leader since the last assembly election speaks volumes about the difficulties that have engulfed the party."