1st Northern Ireland Assembly facts for kids
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| Overview | |||||||||||||
| Legislative body | Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Meeting place | Parliament Buildings, Stormont |
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| Term | 1 July 1998 – 14 October 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Election | 1998 assembly election | ||||||||||||
| Government | Executive of the 1st Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Members | 108 | ||||||||||||
| Speaker | Lord Alderdice | ||||||||||||
| First Minister | David Trimble — Reg Empey until 6 November 2001 — David Trimble until 1 July 2001 |
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| Deputy First Minister | Mark Durkan — Seamus Mallon until 6 November 2001 |
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This is a list of the 108 members of the first Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland established by the Good Friday Agreement. Members (fully Members of the Legislative Assembly, MLAs) elected in June 1998 are listed, as well as those subsequently co-opted to replace those who had resigned or deceased. MLAs are grouped by party, and changes in party affiliation are noted.
Contents
Party strengths
| Party | Designation | Jun 1998 election |
Oct 2002 end |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | Ulster Unionist Party | Unionist | 28 | 27 |
| ● | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nationalist | 24 | 23 |
| ● | Democratic Unionist Party | Unionist | 20 | 20 |
| ● | Sinn Féin | Nationalist | 18 | 18 |
| Alliance Party | Other | 6 | 5 | |
| UK Unionist Party | Unionist | 5 | 1 | |
| Progressive Unionist Party | Unionist | 2 | 2 | |
| Northern Ireland Women's Coalition | Other | 2 | 2 | |
| United Unionist Coalition | Unionist | - | 3 | |
| Northern Ireland Unionist Party | Unionist | - | 3 | |
| Independent | Nationalist | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent | Unionist | 3 | 2 | |
| Speaker | None | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals by designation | Unionist | 58 | 58 | |
| Nationalist | 42 | 42 | ||
| Other | 8 | 5 | ||
| None | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 108 | |||
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive | ||||
Graphical representation
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At election, 25 Jun 1998
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1 Jul to 21 Sep 1998
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18 Oct 2003 to end
This is not the official seating plan.
MLAs by party
This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.
| Party | Name | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist Party (26) | Ian Adamson | Belfast East | |
| Billy Armstrong | Mid Ulster | ||
| Roy Beggs, Jr. | East Antrim | ||
| Billy Bell | Lagan Valley | ||
| Esmond Birnie | South Belfast | ||
| Fred Cobain | Belfast North | ||
| Robert Coulter | North Antrim | ||
| Joan Carson | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Ivan Davis | Lagan Valley | ||
| Reg Empey | Belfast East | ||
| Sam Foster | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| John Gorman | North Down | ||
| Tom Hamilton † | Strangford | ||
| Derek Hussey | West Tyrone | ||
| Danny Kennedy | Newry and Armagh | ||
| James Leslie | North Antrim | ||
| David McClarty | East Londonderry | ||
| Alan McFarland | North Down | ||
| Michael McGimpsey | Belfast South | ||
| Dermot Nesbitt | South Down | ||
| Duncan Shipley-Dalton | South Antrim | ||
| Ken Robinson | East Antrim | ||
| George Savage | Upper Bann | ||
| John Taylor | Strangford | ||
| David Trimble | Upper Bann | ||
| Jim Wilson | South Antrim | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (23) | Alex Attwood | Belfast West | |
| P. J. Bradley | South Down | ||
| Joe Byrne | West Tyrone | ||
| Michael Coyle † | East Londonderry | ||
| John Dallat | East Londonderry | ||
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | ||
| Sean Farren | North Antrim | ||
| John Fee | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Tommy Gallagher | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Carmel Hanna | Belfast South | ||
| Denis Haughey | Mid Ulster | ||
| Joe Hendron | Belfast West | ||
| Patricia Lewsley | Lagan Valley | ||
| Alban Maginness | Belfast North | ||
| Seamus Mallon | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Donovan McClelland | South Antrim | ||
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | ||
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | ||
| Eugene McMenamin | West Tyrone | ||
| Danny O'Connor | East Antrim | ||
| Eamon O'Neill | South Down | ||
| Bríd Rodgers | Upper Bann | ||
| John Tierney | Foyle | ||
| Democratic Unionist Party (21) | Paul Berry | Newry and Armagh | |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | ||
| Mervyn Carrick | Upper Bann | ||
| Wilson Clyde | South Antrim | ||
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | ||
| Oliver Gibson | West Tyrone | ||
| William Hay | Foyle | ||
| David Hilditch | East Antrim | ||
| William McCrea | Mid Ulster | ||
| Maurice Morrow | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | ||
| Ian Paisley Jr. | North Antrim | ||
| Edwin Poots | Lagan Valley | ||
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | ||
| Mark Robinson | Belfast South | ||
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | ||
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | ||
| Denis Watson ‡ | Upper Bann | ||
| Peter Weir ‡ | North Down | ||
| Jim Wells | South Down | ||
| Sammy Wilson | Belfast East | ||
| Sinn Féin (18) | Gerry Adams | Belfast West | |
| Bairbre de Brún | Belfast West | ||
| Pat Doherty | West Tyrone | ||
| Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Gerry Kelly | Belfast North | ||
| John Kelly | Mid Ulster | ||
| Alex Maskey | Belfast West | ||
| Barry McElduff | West Tyrone | ||
| Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster | ||
| Gerry McHugh | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Mitchel McLaughlin | Foyle | ||
| Pat McNamee | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Francie Molloy | Mid Ulster | ||
| Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Mick Murphy | South Down | ||
| Mary Nelis | Foyle | ||
| Dara O'Hagan | Upper Bann | ||
| Sue Ramsey | Belfast West | ||
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5) | Eileen Bell | North Down | |
| Seamus Close | Lagan Valley | ||
| David Ford | South Antrim | ||
| Kieran McCarthy | Strangford | ||
| Seán Neeson | East Antrim | ||
| Progressive Unionist Party (2) | David Ervine | Belfast East | |
| Billy Hutchinson | Belfast North | ||
| Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (2) | Monica McWilliams | Belfast South | |
| Jane Morrice | North Down | ||
| UK Unionist Party (2) | Pauline Armitage ‡ | East Londonderry | |
| Robert McCartney | North Down | ||
| Northern Ireland Unionist Party (3) | Norman Boyd ‡ | South Antrim | |
| Patrick Roche ‡ | Lagan Valley | ||
| Cedric Wilson ‡ | Strangford | ||
| United Unionist Coalition (2) | Fraser Agnew ‡ | Belfast North | |
| Boyd Douglas ‡ | East Londonderry | ||
| Independent Unionist (2) | Roger Hutchinson ‡ | East Antrim | |
| Gardiner Kane ‡ | North Antrim | ||
| Independent Nationalist (1) | Annie Courtney †‡ | Foyle | |
| Speaker (1) | John Alderdice ‡ | Belfast East | |
† 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 | |
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| 11 December 2000 | Foyle | SDLP | John Hume | Annie Courtney | Resignation of John Hume. | |
| 22 January 2001 | Strangford | UUP | Tom Benson | Tom Hamilton | Death of Tom Benson. | |
| 9 September 2002 | East Londonderry | SDLP | Arthur Doherty | Michael Coyle | Death of Arthur Doherty. | |
‡ Changes in affiliation
| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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| 21 September 1998 | Belfast North | Fraser Agnew | Ind U | United Unionist Coalition | Fraser Agnew established a new political party to access facilities provided to Assembly parties. | ||
| 21 September 1998 | East Londonderry | Boyd Douglas | Ind U | United Unionist Coalition | Boyd Douglas established a new political party to access facilities provided to Assembly parties. | ||
| 21 September 1998 | Upper Bann | Denis Watson | Ind U | United Unionist Coalition | Denis Watson established a new political party to access facilities provided to Assembly parties. | ||
| 4 January 1999 | Strangford | Cedric Wilson | UK Unionist | Ind U | Cedric Wilson left the UKUP in response to proposals from Robert McCartney to resign their Assembly seats in opposition to Sinn Féin participating in the Executive. | ||
| 4 January 1999 | South Antrim | Norman Boyd | UK Unionist | Ind U | Norman Boyd left the UKUP in response to proposals from Robert McCartney to resign their Assembly seats in opposition to Sinn Féin participating in the Executive. | ||
| 4 January 1999 | Lagan Valley | Patrick Roche | UK Unionist | Ind U | Patrick Roche left the UKUP in response to proposals from Robert McCartney to resign their Assembly seats in opposition to Sinn Féin participating in the Executive. | ||
| 4 January 1999 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | UK Unionist | Ind U | Roger Hutchinson left the UKUP in response to proposals from Robert McCartney to resign their Assembly seats in opposition to Sinn Féin participating in the Executive. | ||
| 24 March 1999 | Strangford | Cedric Wilson | Ind U | NI Unionist | Cedric Wilson established the NIUP having recently left the UKUP. | ||
| 24 March 1999 | South Antrim | Norman Boyd | Ind U | NI Unionist | Norman Boyd established the NIUP having recently left the UKUP. | ||
| 24 March 1999 | Lagan Valley | Patrick Roche | Ind U | NI Unionist | Patrick Roche established the NIUP having recently left the UKUP. | ||
| 24 March 1999 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | Ind U | NI Unionist | Roger Hutchinson established the NIUP having recently left the UKUP. | ||
| 1 December 1999 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | NI Unionist | Ind U | Roger Hutchinson expelled from the NIUP for sitting on Assembly committees against party policy. | ||
| 5 July 2000 | Upper Bann | Denis Watson | United Unionist Coalition | DUP | Denis Watson joined the DUP. | ||
| 2 November 2001 | East Londonderry | Pauline Armitage | UUP | Ind U | Pauline Armitage suspended from the UUP for voting against the party whip. | ||
| 9 November 2001 | North Down | Peter Weir | UUP | Ind U | Peter Weir expelled from the UUP for refusing to support the re-nomination of David Trimble as First Minister. | ||
| 1 April 2002 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | Ind U | DUP | Roger Hutchinson joined the DUP. | ||
| 30 April 2002 | North Down | Peter Weir | Ind U | DUP | Peter Weir joined the DUP. | ||
| 11 November 2002 | North Antrim | Gardiner Kane | DUP | Ind U | Gardiner Kane resigned from the DUP. | ||
| 1 April 2003 | Foyle | Annie Courtney | SDLP | Independent Nationalist | Annie Courtney resigned from the SDLP after not being re-selected by the party as a candidate for the 2003 Assembly election. | ||
| 12 June 2003 | East Londonderry | Pauline Armitage | Ind U | UK Unionist | Pauline Armitage resigned her membership of UUP and joined the UKUP. | ||
| 18 October 2003 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | DUP | Ind U | Roger Hutchinson resigned from the DUP to contest the 2003 Assembly election as an independent unionist. | ||
See also
- Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Members of the Northern Ireland Forum
- Northern Ireland MPs
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