1920 Nancy Astor, Unionist (now Conservative) MP, became the first woman to speak in Britain’s House of Commons. 1969 General election in Northern Ireland. Unionists won 36 seats, of which 24 were pro-Terence O’Neill and twelve against. O’Neill himself had a narrow victory over Ian Paisley, standing as a ‘Protestant Unionist’. John Hume defeated Nationalist ... Read more
