3rd 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 | 13 March 2007 – 23 March 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Election | 2007 assembly election | ||||||||||||
| Government | Executive of the 3rd Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Members | 108 | ||||||||||||
| Speaker | William Hay — Eileen Bell until 8 May 2007 |
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| First Minister | Peter Robinson — Arlene Foster until 3 February 2010 — Peter Robinson until 11 January 2010 — Ian Paisley until 5 June 2008 |
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| Deputy First Minister | Martin McGuinness | ||||||||||||
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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.
Contents
Party strengths
| Party | Designation | Mar 2007 election |
Mar 2011 end |
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| ● | Democratic Unionist Party | Unionist | 36 | 35 |
| ● | Sinn Féin | Nationalist | 28 | 27 |
| ● | Ulster Unionist Party | Unionist | 18 | 16 |
| ● | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nationalist | 16 | 16 |
| ● | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Other | 7 | 7 |
| Progressive Unionist Party | Unionist | 1 | 0 | |
| Green Party in Northern Ireland | Other | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Nationalist | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent | Other | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Unionist | 0 | 3 | |
| Speaker | None | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 108 | |||
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive | ||||
Notes
Graphical representation
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At election, 7 Mar 2007
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8 May to 29 Nov 2007
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3 Jan 2011 to end
This is not the actual seating plan.
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.
| Party | Name | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Sydney Anderson † | Upper Bann | |
| Jonathan Bell † | Strangford | ||
| Allan Bresland | West Tyrone | ||
| Wallace Browne | Belfast East | ||
| Thomas Buchanan | West Tyrone | ||
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | ||
| Trevor Clarke | South Antrim | ||
| Jonathan Craig | Lagan Valley | ||
| Alex Easton | North Down | ||
| Arlene Foster | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Paul Frew † | North Antrim | ||
| Simpson Gibson † | Strangford | ||
| Paul Girvan † | South Antrim | ||
| Paul Givan † | Lagan Valley | ||
| Simon Hamilton | Strangford | ||
| David Hilditch | East Antrim | ||
| William Humphrey † | Belfast North | ||
| William Irwin | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Nelson McCausland | Belfast North | ||
| Ian McCrea | Mid Ulster | ||
| Michelle McIlveen | Strangford | ||
| Adrian McQuillan | East Londonderry | ||
| Maurice Morrow | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Stephen Moutray | Upper Bann | ||
| Robin Newton | Belfast East | ||
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | ||
| Edwin Poots | Lagan Valley | ||
| George Robinson | East Londonderry | ||
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | ||
| Alastair Ross † | East Antrim | ||
| Jimmy Spratt | Belfast South | ||
| Mervyn Storey | North Antrim | ||
| Peter Weir | North Down | ||
| Jim Wells | South Down | ||
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | ||
| Sinn Féin (27) | Martina Anderson | Foyle | |
| Cathal Boylan | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Mickey Brady | Newry and Armagh | ||
| Paul Butler | Lagan Valley | ||
| Carál Ní Chuilín | Belfast North | ||
| Willie Clarke | South Down | ||
| Pat Doherty | West Tyrone | ||
| Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Gerry Kelly | Belfast North | ||
| Billy Leonard † | East Londonderry | ||
| Alex Maskey | Belfast South | ||
| Paul Maskey | Belfast West | ||
| Fra McCann | Belfast West | ||
| Jennifer McCann | Belfast West | ||
| Raymond McCartney | Foyle | ||
| Barry McElduff | West Tyrone | ||
| Claire McGill | West Tyrone | ||
| Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster | ||
| Daithí McKay | North Antrim | ||
| Mitchel McLaughlin | South Antrim | ||
| Francie Molloy | Mid Ulster | ||
| Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh | ||
| John O'Dowd | Upper Bann | ||
| Michelle O'Neill | Mid Ulster | ||
| Sue Ramsey | Belfast West | ||
| Caitríona Ruane | South Down | ||
| Pat Sheehan † | Belfast West | ||
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Billy Armstrong | Mid Ulster | |
| Roy Beggs Jr | East Antrim | ||
| Danny Kinahan † | South Antrim | ||
| Fred Cobain | Belfast North | ||
| Robert Coulter | North Antrim | ||
| Leslie Cree | North Down | ||
| Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Reg Empey | Belfast East | ||
| Sam Gardiner | Upper Bann | ||
| Danny Kennedy | Newry and Armagh | ||
| John McCallister | South Down | ||
| Basil McCrea | Lagan Valley | ||
| Michael McGimpsey | Belfast South | ||
| David McNarry | Strangford | ||
| Ken Robinson | East Antrim | ||
| George Savage | Upper Bann | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | 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 | ||
| Pól Callaghan † | Foyle | ||
| Tommy Gallagher | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| Conall McDevitt † | Belfast South | ||
| Dolores Kelly | Upper Bann | ||
| Alban Maginness | Belfast North | ||
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | ||
| Patsy McGlone | Mid Ulster | ||
| Declan O'Loan | North Antrim | ||
| Pat Ramsey | Foyle | ||
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | ||
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7) | Stephen Farry | North Down | |
| David Ford | South Antrim | ||
| Anna Lo | Belfast South | ||
| Chris Lyttle † | Belfast East | ||
| Trevor Lunn | Lagan Valley | ||
| Kieran McCarthy | Strangford | ||
| Sean Neeson | East Antrim | ||
| Green Party of Northern Ireland (1) | Brian Wilson | North Down | |
| Independent (1) | Kieran Deeny | West Tyrone | |
| Independent Unionist (3) | Dawn Purvis ‡ | Belfast East | |
| David McClarty ‡ | East Londonderry | ||
| Alan McFarland ‡ | North Down | ||
| Independent Nationalist (1) | Gerry McHugh ‡ | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| Speaker (1) | William Hay ‡ | Foyle | |
† 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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| 14 May 2007 | East Antrim | DUP | George Dawson | Alastair Ross | George Dawson died. | |
| 9 June 2009 | South Antrim | UUP | David Burnside | Danny Kinahan | David Burnside resigned. | |
| 7 January 2010 | East Londonderry | Sinn Féin | Francie Brolly | Billy Leonard | Francie Brolly resigned. | |
| 21 January 2010 | Belfast South | SDLP | Carmel Hanna | Conall McDevitt | Carmel Hanna resigned. | |
| 25 January 2010 | Strangford | DUP | Iris Robinson | Jonathan Bell | Iris Robinson resigned. | |
| 10 June 2010 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | Paul Givan | Jeffrey Donaldson resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | |
| 21 June 2010 | North Antrim | DUP | Ian Paisley Jr | Paul Frew | Ian Paisley Jr was elected as Member of Parliament for North Antrim in the 2010 general election. | |
| 1 July 2010 | Upper Bann | DUP | 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 | DUP | William McCrea | Paul Girvan | William McCrea resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | |
| 5 July 2010 | Belfast East | Alliance | Naomi Long | Chris Lyttle | Naomi Long was elected as Member of Parliament for Belfast East in the 2010 general election. | |
| 2 August 2010 | Strangford | DUP | Jim Shannon | Simpson Gibson | Jim Shannon was elected as Member of Parliament for Strangford in the 2010 general election. | |
| 10 September 2010 | Belfast North | DUP | Nigel Dodds | William Humphrey | Nigel Dodds resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | |
| 15 November 2010 | Foyle | SDLP | Mark Durkan | Pól Callaghan | Mark Durkan resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | |
| 7 December 2010 | Belfast West | Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | Pat Sheehan | Gerry Adams resigned to run for Dáil Éireann. | |
‡ Changes in affiliation
| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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| 8 May 2007 | Foyle | William Hay | DUP | Speaker | William Hay elected Speaker of the Assembly at its first sitting. | ||
| 29 November 2007 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Gerry McHugh | Sinn Féin | Independent Nationalist | Gerry McHugh resigned from Sinn Féin to become an independent nationalist. on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil. 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. | ||
| 31 March 2010 | North Down | Alan McFarland | UUP | Ind U | Alan McFarland resigned from the UUP to become an independent unionist. | ||
| 3 June 2010 | Belfast East | Dawn Purvis | PUP | Ind U | Dawn Purvis resigned from the PUP to become an independent unionist. | ||
| 3 January 2011 | East Londonderry | David McClarty | UUP | Ind U | David McClarty resigned from the UUP after being deselected for the 2011 election. | ||
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