DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley would be a "very good" choice in the party's deputy leadership contest, former Stormont colleague Jim Wells has said.
He said Mr Buckley would provide "balance" to the party's moderate wing and be "less likely to concede ground" on Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework.
Mr Wells claimed the other tipped contender, MP Gavin Robinson, would see the DUP "drift more towards the centre and be less resolute on the big issues".
