Members of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly
| 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly | |||||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Meeting place |
Parliament Buildings, Stormont | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| First Minister |
Peter Robinson — Arlene Foster until 3 February 2010 — Peter Robinson until 11 January 2010 — Ian Paisley until 5 June 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Deputy First Minister | Martin McGuinness | ||||||||||||
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This is a list of the 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 2007. All members elected at the assembly elections, held on 7 March 2007 are listed.
Results
| 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 |
| 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| 4 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| 5 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 7 |
| 6 | 16 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 01 |
| 7 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 1 | |
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 |
Composition of the Assembly
| Party | Designation | 2007 election | 2003 election | |
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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 | |
| Presiding Officer | Other | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 108 | |||
Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)
Members
Changes since the election
- William Hay was elected Speaker of the Assembly at its first sitting.
- George Dawson (DUP, East Antrim) died on 7 May 2007[1] and was replaced by Alastair Ian Ross on 14 May 2007.
- Gerry McHugh resigned from Sinn Féin and became an independent on 29 November 2007;[2] on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil.[3] 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.[4]
- Danny Kinahan replaced David Burnside (who had resigned on 1 June 2009) on 9 June 2009.
- Billy Leonard replaced Francie Brolly (who had resigned on 11 December 2009) on 7 January 2010.[5]
- Iris Robinson's membership in the DUP was terminated around 9 January 2010, she resigned as an MLA on 12 January 2010, and was replaced by Jonathan Bell on 25 January 2010.
- Carmel Hanna resigned on 15 January 2010; Conall McDevitt was sworn in as her replacement on 21 January 2010.[6]
- Alan McFarland resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party on 31 March 2010.
- Dawn Purvis resigned from the Progressive Unionist Party on 3 June 2010.
- Naomi Long was elected to the Belfast East parliamentary constituency on 6 May 2010 and was replaced by Chris Lyttle on 5 July.[7]
- Ian Paisley, Jr. was elected to the North Antrim parliamentary constituency on 6 May 2010. He resigned on 21 June 2010 and was replaced by Paul Frew.[8][9]
- Jeffrey Donaldson resigned on 10 June 2010 and was replaced by Paul Givan.
- David Simpson and William McCrea were replaced by Sydney Anderson and Paul Girvan on 1 July 2010.
- Jim Shannon resigned on 1 August 2010 and was replaced by Simpson Gibson on 2 August 2010.
- Nigel Dodds resigned on 10 September 2010 and was replaced by William Humphrey on 13 September 2010.[10][11]
- Mark Durkan resigned on 9 November 2010 and was replacd by Pól Callaghan on 15 November 2010.
- Gerry Adams resigned on 7 December 2010 and was replaced by Pat Sheehan on the same date.
- David McClarty resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party on 3 January 2011, after being deselected for the 2011 election.[12]
References
- ↑ "BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - DUP assembly member Dawson dies". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - 'Disillusioned' SF man resigns". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "nwipp-newspapers.com". nwipp-newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Gerry McHugh still independent MLA despite Fianna Fail move". Impartial Reporter.
- ↑ "Ní Chuilín welcomes Billy Leonard onto the Sinn Féin Assembly Team". sinnfein.ie.
- ↑ http://oconallstreet.com/2010/01/21/conall-mcdevitt-mla/
- ↑ "Alliance selects Chris Lyttle as new East Belfast MLA". BBC News.
- ↑ "BBC News - Paisley set to leave NI assembly". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "DUP's Paul Frew to replace Paisley jnr in the Assembly". BBC News.
- ↑ http://www.u.tv/News/Paisley-Jr-to-stand-down-from-assembly/5582c6c6-f648-40a9-943e-0a6959958f66
- ↑ http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/membership07.htm
- ↑ "David McClarty resigns from UUP after being deselected". BBC News.
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