Paula Bradshaw was the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force

Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force

The Ulster Conservatives and Unionists, officially registered as the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force , is a bipartisan electoral alliance in Northern Ireland between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Northern Ireland branch of the Conservative Party, the latter party also being...

 parliamentary candidate for Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast South

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 in the 2010 United Kingdom General Election. In November 2010 she announced the was leaving the Ulster Unionist Party and joining the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

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Background

Paula Bradshaw studied at Belfast High School

Belfast High School

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 and is a graduate of the University of Ulster

University of Ulster

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. Since 2003, she has been the Director of the Greater Village Regeneration Trust, which works to renew the village area of south Belfast.