Key moments over two decades
JANUARY 2004
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson joins from the UUP, giving the DUP the largest number of Westminster seats in NI
MAY 2008
Peter Robinson is elected leader with Nigel Dodds taking on the deputy leader role in a changing of the guard
JANUARY 2010
Mr Robinson's wife Iris' affair with 19-year-old Kirk McCambley is exposed and a number of related financial irregularities alleged. A series of investigations cleared Mr Robinson
MAY 2010
Mr Robinson loses his East Belfast Westminster seat to the Alliance Party's Naomi Long on a swing of 22.9%
OCTOBER 2010
BBC Spotlight claims DUP ministers attempted to influence a Housing Executive decision relating to an £8m contract involving east Belfast company Red Sky
NOVEMBER 2016
RHI scandal is revealed; pressure grows on Arlene Foster over her involvement in its establishment in 2012
JUNE 2017
DUP sign confidence and supply agreement with Conservative Party under Theresa May's government
MAY 2021
Arlene Foster resigns, prompt- ing a leadership crisis. Edwin Poots spends three weeks in the role before being ousted and succeeded by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
FEBRUARY 2022
First Minister Paul Givan announces his resignation, plunging the Assembly into its current stalemate
MAY 2023
The DUP is overtaken by Sinn Féin as NI's largest party in local government despite maintaining its 122 council seats
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Key moments over two decades
JANUARY 2004
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson joins from the UUP, giving the DUP the largest number of Westminster seats in NI
MAY 2008
Peter Robinson is elected leader with Nigel Dodds taking on the deputy leader role in a changing of the guard
JANUARY 2010
Mr Robinson's wife Iris' affair with 19-year-old Kirk McCambley is exposed and a number of related financial irregularities alleged. A series of investigations cleared Mr Robinson
MAY 2010
Mr Robinson loses his East Belfast Westminster seat to the Alliance Party's Naomi Long on a swing of 22.9%
OCTOBER 2010
BBC Spotlight claims DUP ministers attempted to influence a Housing Executive decision relating to an £8m contract involving east Belfast company Red Sky
NOVEMBER 2016
RHI scandal is revealed; pressure grows on Arlene Foster over her involvement in its establishment in 2012
JUNE 2017
DUP sign confidence and supply agreement with Conservative Party under Theresa May's government
MAY 2021
Arlene Foster resigns, prompt- ing a leadership crisis. Edwin Poots spends three weeks in the role before being ousted and succeeded by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
FEBRUARY 2022
First Minister Paul Givan announces his resignation, plunging the Assembly into its current stalemate
MAY 2023
The DUP is overtaken by Sinn Féin as NI's largest party in local government despite maintaining its 122 council seats