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List of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (2007-2011)

The following is a list (in alphabetical order) that charts the membership of the Northern Ireland Assembly from the time of the Assembly election on 7 March 2007.

Member Party
Martina Anderson SF
Sydney Anderson18 DUP
Billy Armstrong UUP
Alex Attwood SDLP
Roy Beggs UUP
Jonathan Bell1 DUP
Cathal Boylan SF
Dominic Bradley SDLP
Mary Bradley SDLP
PJ Bradley SDLP
Micky Brady SF
Allan Bresland DUP
Wallce Browne (Lord) DUP
Thomas Buchanan DUP
Thomas Burns SDLP
Paul Butler SF
Pól Callaghan22 SDLP
Gregory Campbell MP DUP
Trevor Clarke DUP
Willie Clarke SF
Fred Cobain UUP
Robert Coulter UUP
Jonathan Craig DUP
Leslie Cree UUP
John Dallat SDLP
Kieran Deeny Independent
Pat Doherty MP SF
Alex Easton DUP
Tom Elliott21 UUP
Reg Empey20 UUP
Stephen Farry APNI
David Ford (Party Leader) APNI
Arlene Foster DUP
Paul Frew3 DUP
Tommy Gallagher SDLP
Sam Gardiner UUP
Simpson Gibson18 DUP
Michelle Gildernew MP SF
Paul Girvan16 DUP
Paul Givan15 DUP
Simon Hamilton DUP
William Hay DUP
David Hilditch DUP
William Humphrey19 DUP
William Irwin DUP
Dolores Kelly SDLP
Gerry Kelly SF
Danny Kennedy UUP
Danny Kinahan4 UUP
Billy Leonard5 SF
Anna Lo APNI
Trevor Lunn APNI
Chris Lyttle6 APNI
Alban Maginness SDLP
Alex Maskey SF
Paul Maskey SF
John McCallister UUP
Fra McCann SF
Jennifer McCann SF
Kieran McCarthy APNI
Raymond McCartney SF
Nelson McCausland DUP
David McClarty24 Independent
Basil McCrea UUP
Ian McCrea DUP
Conall McDevitt7 SDLP
Alaisdair McDonnell MP SDLP
Barry McElduff SF
Alan McFarland8 Independent
Claire McGill SF
Michael McGimpsey UUP
Patsy McGlone SDLP
Martin McGuinness MP SF
Gerry McHugh9 Independent
Michelle McIlveen DUP
Daithi McKay SF
Mitchel McLaughlin SF
David McNarry UUP
Adrian McQuillan DUP
Francie Molloy SF
Maurice Morrow (Lord) DUP
Stepen Moutray DUP
Connor Murphy MP SF
Sean Neeson APNI
Robin Newton DUP
Caral Ni Chiulin SF
John O'Dowd SF
Declan O'Loan SDLP
Michelle O'Neill SF
Ian Paisley (Lord Bannside)10 DUP
Edwin Poots DUP
Dawn Purvis11 Independent
Pat Ramsey SDLP
Sue Ramsey SF
Margaret Ritchie MP (Party Leader)12 SDLP
George Robinson DUP
Ken Robinson UUP
Peter Robinson13 DUP
Alastair Ross14 DUP
Caitriona Ruane SF
George Savage UUP
Pat Sheehan23 SF
Jimmy Spratt DUP
Mervyn Storey DUP
Peter Weir DUP
Jim Wells DUP
Brian Wilson Green Party
Sammy Wilson MP DUP

Changes Relating to Members of the Assembly 2007-2011

Jonathan Bell1 MLA for Strangford from 25 January 2010 and replaced Iris Robinson who had resigned on 12 January 2010
Mark Durkan MP2 announced his intention to resign as leader of the SDLP on 20 September 2009 and stood down on 6 February 2010.
Paul Frew3 MLA for North Antrim from 21 June 2010 and replaced Ian Paisley Jnr MP who had resigned on 21 June 2010.
Danny Kinahan4 MLA for South Antrim from 9 June 2009 and replaced David Burnside who had resigned on 1 June 2009.
Billy Leonard5 MLA for East Londonderry from 7 January 2010 and replaced Francie Brolly who had resigned on 11 December 2009.
Chris Lyttle6MLA for East Belfast from 5 July 2010 and replaced Naomi Long MP who had resigned on 5 July 2010.
Conall McDevitt7 MLA for South Belfast from 21 January 2010 and replaced Carmel Hanna who had resigned on 15 January 2010.
Alan McFarland8 MLA for North Down who resigned from the UUP and sat as an Independent from 31 March 2010.
Gerry McHugh9 MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone who resigned from SF and sat as an Independent from 29 November 2007.
Ian Paisley10 announced his intention to resign as leader of the DUP on 4 March 2008 and did so on 31 May 2008. He also stood down as an MP prior to the Westminster general election on 6 May 2010. On 28 May 2010 he was made a peer in the Dissolution Honours List. He took his seat in the House of Lords as Lord Bannside on 5 July 2010.
Dawn Purvis11 MLA for East Belfast resigned as leader of the PUP and left the party on 3 June 2010 to sit as an Independent.
Margaret Ritchie12 became leader of the SDLP on 7 February 2010. She was elected as an MP at the Westminster general election on 6 May 2010.
Peter Robinson13 became leader of the DUP on 31 May 2008. He ceased to be an MP after losing his seat at the Westminster general election on 6 May 2010.
Alastair Ross14 MLA for East Antrim from 14 May 2007 and replaced George Dawson who had died on 7 May 2007.
Paul Givan15 MLA for Lagan Valley from 14 June 2010 and replaced Jeffrey Donaldson MP who had resigned on 10 June 2010.
Paul Girvan16 MLA for South Antrim from 1 July 2010 and replaced William McCrea MP who had resigned on 1 July 2010.
Sydney Anderson 17 MLA for Upper Bann from 1 July 2010 and replaced David Simpson MP who had resigned on 1 July 2010.
Simpson Gibson18 MLA for Strangford from 2 August 2010 and replaced Jim Shannon MP who had resigned on 1 August 2010.
William Humphrey19 MLA for North Belfast from 13 September 2010 and replaced Nigel Dodds MP who had resigned on 10 September 2010.
Reg Empey20 resigned as leader of the UUP on 9 August 2010.
Tom Elliott21 became leader of the UUP on 22 September 2010.
Pól Callaghan22 MLA for Foyle from 15 November 2010 and replaced Mark Durkan MP who had resigned on 9 November 2010.
Pat Sheehan23 MLA for West Belfast from 7 December 2010 and replaced Gerry Adams MP who had resigned on 7 December 2010.
David McClarty24 MLA for East Londonderry resigned from the UUP and sat as an Independent from 1 January 2011.

 

 


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