EXHIBIT 23.3

                                   CONSENT OF
                               ERNST & YOUNG, LLP,
                  INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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We  consent to the  reference  to our firm under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Registration  Statement  (Form S-3 No.  333-02509)  and  related  Prospectus  of
Univest  Corporation of Pennsylvania  for the  registration of 500,000 shares of
its common stock and to the  incorporation  by  reference  therein of our report
dated February 23, 2004, with respect to the consolidated  financial  statements
of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended  December 31, 2004,  filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission.

                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 16, 2006