īoth rival parties again signed MoU for collaboration in the 2018 general election (GE14). UPP however cancelled the MoU with SUPP after the 2016 state election. Ī Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was made between UPP and SUPP of BN for the division of seats to be contested in the 2016 Sarawak state election which saw UPP win five out of seven seats it was allocated. UPP's ability to raise significant funds is widely attributed to the support they enjoy from Sarawak's powerful timber tycoons.
UPP rejected Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB)'s suggestion that UPP should dissolve to pave the way for its members to join other Sarawak BN component parties arguing that they have over 26 full-fledged branches with 30,000 members and that UPP was able to raise RM38 million (US$9.3 million) for an education fund in less than a fortnight. The UPP was actually a splinter party of Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) set-up by the Second Finance Minister for Sarawak, Wong Soon Koh along with his supporters following a leadership tussle of the party then and it started as a pro- Barisan Nasional (BN) political pact However the hopes that the UPP would join BN were objected by the coalition leadership.
The party was initially founded as United People's Party and officially launched on 17 August 2014 as a new symbol of change and unity for the Chinese community of Sarawak with its headquarters based at Kuching.
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