By the time the ceasefire was announced in 1994, English had become a public figure as a member of the Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) and was one of the party's three representatives at Fernhill House, Glencairn when the CLMC ceasefire was announced on 13 October that same year [REF].
English stood for the UDP in East Antrim at the Northern Ireland Forum election of 1996, and was also fourth on the party's "top-up" list, but he was not elected [REF].