2nd Northern Ireland Assembly facts for kids
Quick facts for kids 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||
| Overview | |||||||
| Legislative body | Assembly | ||||||
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Meeting place | Parliament Buildings, Stormont |
||||||
| Term | 15 May 2006 – 29 January 2007 | ||||||
| Election | 2003 assembly election | ||||||
| Government | Executive of the 2nd Assembly (Direct Rule) | ||||||
| Members | 108 | ||||||
| Speaker | Eileen Bell | ||||||
| Sessions | |||||||
|
|||||||
The Northern Ireland Assembly elected in November 2003 never met as such: Northern Ireland's devolved government and representative institutions had been suspended with the re-introduction of direct rule by the United Kingdom government on 14 October 2002. However, the persons (Members of the Legislative Assembly, MLAs) elected to the Assembly at the 2003 assembly election were called together in a non-legislative capacity, initially under the Northern Ireland Act 2006 and then under the St Andrews Agreement. These bodies failed to form a government before the 2007 election.
The following is a list of the members of that second Assembly, including members co-opted after the election to replace those who had resigned or died, and changes in party affiliation.
Contents
Party strengths
| Party | Designation | Nov 2003 election |
Jan 2007 end |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Unionist Party | Unionist | 30 | 32 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Unionist | 27 | 24 | |
| Sinn Féin | Nationalist | 24 | 21 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nationalist | 18 | 18 | |
| Alliance Party | Other | 6 | 5 | |
| UK Unionist Party | Unionist | 1 | 1 | |
| Progressive Unionist Party | Unionist | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Nationalist | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent | Other | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent | Unionist | 1 | 2 | |
| Speaker | None | 0 | 1 | |
| Vacant | Nationalist | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals by Designation | Unionist | 60 | 60 | |
| Nationalist | 42 | 41 | ||
| Other | 6 | 6 | ||
| None | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 108 | |||
Notes
Graphical representation
-
At election, 26 Nov 2003 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly)
-
10 Apr to 25 Sep 2006 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Assembly est. under the Northern Ireland Act 2006),
-
25 Sep 2006 to 15 Jan 2007 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Transitional Assembly)
-
2 Feb 2007 to end (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly)
MLAs by party
This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.
| Party | Name | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Norah Beare ‡ | Lagan Valley | |
| Thomas Buchanan | West Tyrone | ||
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | ||
| Wilson Clyde | South Antrim | ||
| George Dawson | East Antrim | ||
| Diane Dodds | Belfast West | ||
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | ||
| Jeffrey Donaldson ‡ | Lagan Valley | ||
| Alex Easton | North Down | ||
| George Ennis | Strangford | ||
| Arlene Foster ‡ | Fermanagh & South Tyrone | ||
| Paul Girvan | South Antrim | ||
| William Hay | Foyle | ||
| David Hilditch | East Antrim | ||
| Nelson McCausland | Belfast North | ||
| William McCrea | Mid Ulster | ||
| Lord Morrow | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Stephen Moutray | Upper Bann | ||
| Robin Newton | Belfast East | ||
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | ||
| Ian Paisley Jr. | North Antrim | ||
| Edwin Poots | Lagan Valley | ||
| George Robinson | East Londonderry | ||
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | ||
| Mark Robinson | Belfast South | ||
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | ||
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | ||
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | ||
| Mervyn Storey | North Antrim | ||
| Peter Weir | North Down | ||
| Jim Wells | South Down | ||
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | ||
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Billy Armstrong | Mid Ulster | |
| Roy Beggs, Jr. | East Antrim | ||
| Billy Bell | Lagan Valley | ||
| Esmond Birnie | South Belfast | ||
| David Burnside | South Antrim | ||
| Fred Cobain | Belfast North | ||
| Michael Copeland | Belfast East | ||
| Robert Coulter | North Antrim | ||
| Leslie Cree | North Down | ||
| Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Reg Empey | Belfast East | ||
| Sam Gardiner | Upper Bann | ||
| Norman Hillis | East Londonderry | ||
| Derek Hussey | West Tyrone | ||
| Danny Kennedy | Newry and Armagh | ||
| David McClarty | East Londonderry | ||
| Alan McFarland | North Down | ||
| Michael McGimpsey | Belfast South | ||
| David McNarry | Strangford | ||
| Dermot Nesbitt | South Down | ||
| Ken Robinson | East Antrim | ||
| John Taylor | Strangford | ||
| David Trimble | Upper Bann | ||
| Jim Wilson | South Antrim | ||
| Sinn Féin (22) | Gerry Adams | Belfast West | |
| Francie Brolly | East Londonderry | ||
| Willie Clarke | South Down | ||
| Pat Doherty | West Tyrone | ||
| Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Gerry Kelly | Belfast North | ||
| Alex Maskey | Belfast South | ||
| Fra McCann | Belfast West | ||
| Raymond McCartney † | Foyle | ||
| Barry McElduff | West Tyrone | ||
| Philip McGuigan | North Antrim | ||
| Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster | ||
| Mitchel McLaughlin | Foyle | ||
| Francie Molloy | Mid Ulster | ||
| Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh | ||
| John O'Dowd | Upper Bann | ||
| Patricia O'Rawe | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Tom O'Reilly | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Sue Ramsey † | Belfast West | ||
| Caitríona Ruane | South Down | ||
| Kathy Stanton | Belfast North | ||
| Vacant | Belfast West | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Alex Attwood | Belfast West | |
| Dominic Bradley | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Mary Bradley | Foyle | ||
| P. J. Bradley | South Down | ||
| Thomas Burns | South Antrim | ||
| John Dallat | East Londonderry | ||
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | ||
| Sean Farren | North Antrim | ||
| Marietta Farrell † | Lagan Valley | ||
| Tommy Gallagher | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Carmel Hanna | Belfast South | ||
| Dolores Kelly | Upper Bann | ||
| Alban Maginness | Belfast North | ||
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | ||
| Patsy McGlone | Mid Ulster | ||
| Eugene McMenamin | West Tyrone | ||
| Pat Ramsey | Foyle | ||
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | ||
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5) | Seamus Close | Lagan Valley | |
| David Ford | South Antrim | ||
| Naomi Long | East Belfast | ||
| Kieran McCarthy | Strangford | ||
| Seán Neeson | East Antrim | ||
| Progressive Unionist Party (1) | Dawn Purvis † | Belfast East | |
| UK Unionist Party (1) | Robert McCartney | North Down | |
| Independent (1) | Kieran Deeny | West Tyrone | |
| Independent Unionist (1) | Paul Berry ‡ | Newry and Armagh | |
| Independent Nationalist (2) | Geraldine Dougan ‡ | Mid Ulster | |
| Davy Hyland ‡ | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Speaker (1) | Eileen Bell ‡ | North Down | |
† 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2004 | Foyle | Sinn Féin | Mary Nelis | Raymond McCartney | Resignation of Mary Nelis. | |
| 29 November 2004 | Belfast West | Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brún | Sue Ramsey | Resignation of Bairbre de Brún. | |
| 25 September 2006 | Belfast West | Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson | Vacant | Death of Michael Ferguson. The vacancy remained unfilled on the dissolution of the Assembly. | |
| 9 January 2007 | Lagan Valley | SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | Marietta Farrell | Resignation of Patricia Lewsley to take up the post of Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People. | |
| 23 January 2007 | Belfast East | PUP | David Ervine | Dawn Purvis | Death of David Ervine. | |
‡ Changes in affiliation
| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 December 2003 | Lagan Valley | Jeffrey Donaldson | UUP | Ind U | Jeffrey Donaldson resigned from the UUP. | ||
| 18 December 2003 | Lagan Valley | Norah Beare | UUP | Ind U | Norah Beare resigned from the UUP. | ||
| 18 December 2003 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Arlene Foster | UUP | Ind U | Arlene Foster resigned from the UUP. | ||
| 5 January 2004 | Lagan Valley | Jeffrey Donaldson | Ind U | DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson joined the DUP. | ||
| 5 January 2004 | Lagan Valley | Norah Beare | Ind U | DUP | Norah Beare joined the DUP. | ||
| 5 January 2004 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Arlene Foster | Ind U | DUP | Arlene Foster joined the DUP. | ||
| 4 July 2005 | Newry and Armagh | Paul Berry | DUP | Ind U | Paul Berry was suspended by the DUP following an internal disciplinary panel meeting and media coverage of his private life. He resigned from the party outright following legal challenges on 10 February 2006. | ||
| 23 November 2005 | Mid Ulster | Francie Molloy | Sinn Féin | Independent Nationalist | Francie Molloy was suspended by Sinn Féin on 23 November 2005 following disagreements about reforms of local government. Molloy was subsequently readmitted to the party. | ||
| 10 April 2006 | North Down | Eileen Bell | Alliance | Speaker | Eileen Bell was appointed Speaker of the Assembly on 10 April 2006 for the first session on 15 May. | ||
| 15 January 2007 | Mid Ulster | Geraldine Dougan | Sinn Féin | Independent Nationalist | Geraldine Dougan resigned from Sinn Féin. | ||
| 2 February 2007 | Newry and Armagh | Davy Hyland | Sinn Féin | Independent Nationalist | Davy Hyland resigned from Sinn Féin. | ||
See also
- Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1998
- Members of the Northern Ireland Forum elected in 1996
- Northern Ireland MPs
- 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
2nd Northern Ireland Assembly Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.