Armitage sat as an independent Unionist for the remainder of the session.

For the first twenty-four years of its existence, the seat was held by an independent Unionist.

He then sat as an independent Unionist.

He then left the Conservatives to sit as an independent Unionist.

McCartney had previously contested the 1987 general election as an independent using the label Real Unionist.

Some independent Unionists also stood.

Although he was officially an independent Unionist, he had the backing of the local Conservative Party.

Lloyd Hall-Thompson would later hold the same seat as an independent Unionist.

Alan Chambers, a local councillor, ran as an independent Unionist.

In the early 1990s, he left the UUP and was later re-elected as an independent Unionist.