Edwin Poots Elected As New Leader Of DUP
Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister defeated MP Jeffrey Donaldson by a margin of 19 votes to 17 in the party's first ever leadership contest
Poots will succeed Arlene Foster who is set to step down at the end of this month.
Edwin Poots says he will continue to campaign against the Northern Ireland protocol as DUP leader:
"I'll be reaching out to other leaders in Unionism. I want to see Unionism working together. The Northern Ireland Protocol has proven to be a massive challenge for us. And if we are to fight this to ensure that everybody in Northern Ireland is not worse off as a consequences of the Protocol, then it's for us to do that together."
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