Northern Ireland Assembly - List of Members by Surname (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.

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.