Editing Ian Paisley (section)

===Electoral success and founding of the DUP===
[[File:Ian Paisley 1970.png|thumb|200px|Paisley in 1970]]
On 16 April 1970, in [[1970 Bannside by-election|a by-election]] to the [[Parliament of Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland Parliament]], Paisley, standing on behalf of the [[Protestant Unionist Party]], won the [[Bannside (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|Bannside]] seat formerly held by Prime Minister Terence O'Neill. Another PUP candidate, [[William Beattie (politician)|William Beattie]], won the [[South Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|South Antrim]] seat. In the [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970 UK general election]], Paisley won the [[North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)|North Antrim]] seat. These elections were "further evidence of the break-up of the unionist block and the unease among a large section of Protestants about the reform measures introduced under [[James Chichester-Clark|Chichester-Clark]]".<ref name=cain70>[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch70.htm A Chronology of the Conflict – 1970] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514133724/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch70.htm |date=14 May 2011 }}. [[Conflict Archive on the Internet]] (CAIN).</ref>

On 30 September 1971, Paisley and [[Desmond Boal]] founded the [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP).<ref name=cain71>[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch71.htm A Chronology of the Conflict – 1971] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514133620/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch71.htm |date=14 May 2011 }}. [[Conflict Archive on the Internet]] (CAIN).</ref>