Edwin Poots has been elected as the new leader of the 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.
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Edwin Poots says he will continue to campaign against the Northern Ireland protocol as DUP leader:
