Sir Jeffrey Donaldson launches campaign to become DUP leader
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5HCC7)
MP for Lagan Valley says he will face Edwin Poots to create first leadership contest for party
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has announced a bid to become the next leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) and by extension become the next first minister of Northern Ireland.
The MP for Lagan Valley said in Belfast on Monday he would square off against Edwin Poots, the party's agriculture minister, creating the first leadership contest in the party's 50-year history.
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