3rd Northern Ireland Assembly
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This is a list of the members of the third Northern Ireland Assembly elected on 7 March 2007 or subsequently co-opted. The third term was the first in the Assembly's history to run to completion.[1]
Party strengths
| Party | Designation | Mar 2007 election |
Mar 2011 end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" |● | Democratic Unionist Party | Unionist | 36 | 35 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" |● | Sinn Féin | Nationalist | 28 | 27 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" |● | Ulster Unionist Party | Unionist | 18 | 16 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" |● | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nationalist | 16 | 16 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" |● | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland[n 1] | Other | 7 | 7 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" | | Progressive Unionist Party | Unionist | 1 | 0 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" | | Green Party in Northern Ireland | Other | 1 | 1 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" | | Independent | Nationalist | 0 | 1 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" | | Independent | Other | 1 | 1 |
| style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Party color" | | Independent | Unionist | 0 | 3 |
| Speaker[n 2] | None | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 108 | |||
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive | ||||
Graphical representation
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MLAs by party
This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
MLAs by constituency
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA ‡ Changed affiliation during the term
Changes since the election
† Co-options
| Date co-opted | Constituency | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2007 | East Antrim | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | George Dawson | Alastair Ross | George Dawson died.[2] | |
| 9 June 2009 | South Antrim | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | David Burnside | Danny Kinahan | David Burnside resigned. | |
| 7 January 2010 | East Londonderry | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Francie Brolly | Billy Leonard | Francie Brolly resigned.[3] | |
| 21 January 2010 | Belfast South | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Carmel Hanna | Conall McDevitt | Carmel Hanna resigned.[4] | |
| 25 January 2010 | Strangford | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Iris Robinson | Jonathan Bell | Iris Robinson resigned. | |
| 10 June 2010 | Lagan Valley | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Jeffrey Donaldson | Paul Givan | Jeffrey Donaldson resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | |
| 21 June 2010 | North Antrim | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Ian Paisley Jr | Paul Frew | Ian Paisley Jr was elected as Member of Parliament for North Antrim in the 2010 general election.[5][6] | |
| 1 July 2010 | Upper Bann | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | David Simpson | Sydney Anderson | David Simpson was elected as Member of Parliament for Upper Bann in the 2010 general election. | |
| 1 July 2010 | South Antrim | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | William McCrea | Paul Girvan | William McCrea resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | |
| 5 July 2010 | Belfast East | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Naomi Long | Chris Lyttle | Naomi Long was elected as Member of Parliament for Belfast East in the 2010 general election.[7] | |
| 2 August 2010 | Strangford | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Jim Shannon | Simpson Gibson | Jim Shannon was elected as Member of Parliament for Strangford in the 2010 general election. | |
| 10 September 2010 | Belfast North | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Nigel Dodds | William Humphrey | Nigel Dodds resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.[8][9] | |
| 15 November 2010 | Foyle | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Mark Durkan | Pól Callaghan | Mark Durkan resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | |
| 7 December 2010 | Belfast West | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Gerry Adams | Pat Sheehan | Gerry Adams resigned to run for Dáil Éireann. | |
‡ Changes in affiliation
| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2007 | Foyle | William Hay | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | William Hay elected Speaker of the Assembly at its first sitting. | ||
| 29 November 2007 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Gerry McHugh | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Gerry McHugh resigned from Sinn Féin to become an independent nationalist.[10] on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil.[11] On 3 December 2009, it was reported that even though he was now a member of Fianna Fáil, he would remain an independent member of the Assembly.[12] | ||
| 31 March 2010 | North Down | Alan McFarland | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Alan McFarland resigned from the UUP to become an independent unionist. | ||
| 3 June 2010 | Belfast East | Dawn Purvis | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Dawn Purvis resigned from the PUP to become an independent unionist. | ||
| 3 January 2011 | East Londonderry | David McClarty | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | David McClarty resigned from the UUP after being deselected for the 2011 election.[13] | ||
References
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External links
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