'˜Unionists must work together for the future'
Congratulating successful candidates Carla Lockhart and Jonny Buckley, Mr Simpson thanked those who gave the DUP their first preference votes and transfers.
However, he said it was “Ultimately a time for Unionism to reflect.”
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Hide Ad“For the first time in the history of Stormont we now have an Assembly which is majority nationalist. This is down to a situation in which Unionists decided not to transfer to other pro-Union parties. This cost seats across Northern Ireland. In fact it even cost another Unionist seat in Upper Bann as the UUP candidate Jo-Anne Dobson lost her seat in this constituency,” he said.
“It is time for Unionist parties to unite and discuss how they can work together.”