'I don't want to see her go': DUP leader Robinson hopes Carla Lockhart will not quit amid Drumcree row

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has publicly urged Carla Lockhart, the party's MP for Upper Bann, to stay, saying "I don't want to see her go" as speculation mounts over her future. Lockhart has called for Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill to resign as first minister following the Drumcree parading dispute, and tension has been building over how the DUP has handled the controversy.

The row centres on the DUP's response to the Drumcree parade furore, which Lockhart believes has been inadequate.

Robinson's public appeal suggests the rift is serious enough to risk losing a sitting MP from an already-stretched parliamentary party.