6th Northern Ireland Assembly

6th Northern Ireland Assembly
6th Northern Ireland Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Assembly
Jurisdiction	Northern Ireland
Meeting place	Parliament Buildings,; Stormont
Election	2017 assembly election
Government	Executive of the 6th Assembly
Members	90
Speaker	Vacant
First Minister	Vacant
deputy First Minister	Vacant

This is a list of the 90 members of the sixth Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. The election took place on 2 March 2017, with counting finishing the following day; voter turnout was estimated at 64.8%.^[1]

Only five (rather than six) MLAs were elected from each of the 18 constituencies, following the Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.^[2] The reduction negatively affected Unionist candidates whose bloc lost its majority for the first time in the history of the Assembly. The SDLP was also negatively impacted, losing its only West Belfast seat.^[3]

Incumbent Speaker Robin Newton informally convened the Assembly on 22 March to pay tribute to the former deputy First Minister and former northern leader of Sinn Féin, the late Martin McGuinness.^[4]

However, with the DUP and Sinn Féin unable to agree to form their mandatory coalition government, the Assembly did not formally convene. On 27 April, talks were paused until after a snap general election on 8 June, with a deadline of 29 June for the parties to reach agreement.^[5]

Party strengths

Party		Designation	Members
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party	Unionist	27
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin	Nationalist	27
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Nationalist	12
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party	Unionist	10
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Other	8
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Green Party in Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Green Party in Northern Ireland	Other	2
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Traditional Unionist Voice/meta/color" \|	Traditional Unionist Voice	Unionist	1
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:People Before Profit Alliance/meta/color" \|	People Before Profit Alliance	Other	1
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|	Independent	Unionist	2
Totals by Designation		Unionist	40
		Nationalist	39
		Other	11
Total^[1]			90

Graphical representation

As elected, 2 Mar 2017
Current representation, as of 9 May 2018.

Note: This is not the actual seating plan.

MLAs by party

Party		Name	Constituency
rowspan="27" style="background-color:Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party (27)	Maurice Bradley	East Londonderry
Paula Bradley		Belfast North
Keith Buchanan		Mid Ulster
Thomas Buchanan		West Tyrone
Jonathan Buckley		Upper Bann
Joanne Bunting		Belfast East
Pam Cameron		South Antrim
Gordon Dunne		North Down
Alex Easton		North Down
Arlene Foster		Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Paul Frew		North Antrim
Trevor Clarke		South Antrim
Paul Givan		Lagan Valley
Simon Hamilton		Strangford
David Hilditch		East Antrim
William Humphrey		Belfast North
William Irwin		Newry and Armagh
Carla Lockhart		Upper Bann
Gordon Lyons		East Antrim
Michelle McIlveen		Strangford
Gary Middleton		Foyle
Robin Newton		Belfast East
Edwin Poots		Lagan Valley
George Robinson		East Londonderry
Christopher Stalford		Belfast South
Mervyn Storey		North Antrim
Peter Weir		Strangford
rowspan="27" style="background-color:Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin (27)	Caoimhe Archibald	East Londonderry
Cathal Boylan		Newry and Armagh
Michaela Boyle		West Tyrone
Linda Dillon		Mid Ulster
Jemma Dolan		Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Sinéad Ennis		South Down
Megan Fearon		Newry and Armagh
Órlaithí Flynn		Belfast West
Colm Gildernew		Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Emma Rogan		South Down
Declan Kearney		South Antrim
Catherine Kelly		West Tyrone
Gerry Kelly		Belfast North
Seán Lynch		Fermanagh & South Tyrone
Alex Maskey		Belfast West
Declan McAleer		West Tyrone
Raymond McCartney		Foyle
Fra McCann		Belfast West
Philip McGuigan		North Antrim
Ian Milne		Mid Ulster
Karen Mullan		Foyle
Conor Murphy		Newry and Armagh
Carál Ní Chuilín		Belfast North
John O'Dowd		Upper Bann
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir		Belfast South
Michelle O'Neill		Mid Ulster
Pat Sheehan		Belfast West
rowspan="12" style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party (12)	Sinéad Bradley	South Down
Pat Catney		Lagan Valley
John Dallat		East Londonderry
Mark H. Durkan		Foyle
Colum Eastwood		Foyle
Claire Hanna		Belfast South
Dolores Kelly		Upper Bann
Nichola Mallon		Belfast North
Daniel McCrossan		West Tyrone
Patsy McGlone		Mid-Ulster
Colin McGrath		South Down
Justin McNulty		Newry and Armagh
rowspan="10" style="background-color:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party (10)	Steve Aiken	South Antrim
Andy Allen		Belfast East
Rosemary Barton		Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Doug Beattie		Upper Bann
Roy Beggs, Jr.		East Antrim
Robbie Butler		Lagan Valley
Alan Chambers		North Down
Mike Nesbitt		Strangford
John Stewart		East Antrim
Robin Swann		North Antrim
rowspan="8" style="background-color:Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (8)	Kellie Armstrong	Strangford
Paula Bradshaw		Belfast South
Stewart Dickson		East Antrim
Stephen Farry		North Down
David Ford		South Antrim
Naomi Long		Belfast East
Trevor Lunn		Lagan Valley
Chris Lyttle		Belfast East
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Green Party in Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Green Party in Northern Ireland (2)	Steven Agnew	North Down
Clare Bailey	Green Party in Northern Ireland (2)	Belfast South
style="background-color:Template:People Before Profit Alliance/meta/color" \|	People Before Profit Alliance (1)	Gerry Carroll	Belfast West
style="background-color:Template:Traditional Unionist Voice/meta/color" \|	Traditional Unionist Voice (1)	Jim Allister	North Antrim
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|	Independent Unionist (2)	Claire Sugden	East Londonderry
Jim Wells	Independent Unionist (2)	South Down

MLAs by constituency

Constituency	Name	Party
Belfast East	Andy Allen	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
	Joanne Bunting	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Naomi Long	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Chris Lyttle	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Robin Newton	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast North	Paula Bradley	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	William Humphrey	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Gerry Kelly	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Nichola Mallon	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Carál Ní Chuilín	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
Belfast South	Clare Bailey	style="background-color: Template:Green Party in Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Green Party in Northern Ireland
	Paula Bradshaw	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Claire Hanna	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Christopher Stalford	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast West	Gerry Carroll	style="background-color: Template:People Before Profit Alliance/meta/color" \|	People Before Profit Alliance
	Órlaithí Flynn	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Alex Maskey	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Fra McCann	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Pat Sheehan	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
East Antrim	Roy Beggs, Jr.	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
	Stewart Dickson	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	David Hilditch	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Gordon Lyons	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	John Stewart	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
East Londonderry	Caoimhe Archibald	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Maurice Bradley	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	John Dallat	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	George Robinson	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Claire Sugden	style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|	Independent Unionist
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Seán Lynch	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Rosemary Barton	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
	Jemma Dolan	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Arlene Foster	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Colm Gildernew	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
Foyle	Mark H. Durkan	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Colum Eastwood	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Raymond McCartney	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Gary Middleton	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Karen Mullan	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
Lagan Valley	Robbie Butler	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
	Pat Catney	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Paul Givan	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Trevor Lunn	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Edwin Poots	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
Mid Ulster	Keith Buchanan	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Linda Dillon	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Ian Milne	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Michelle O'Neill	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Patsy McGlone	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Newry and Armagh	Cathal Boylan	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Megan Fearon	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	William Irwin	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Justin McNulty	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Conor Murphy	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
North Antrim	Jim Allister	style="background-color: Template:Traditional Unionist Voice/meta/color" \|	Traditional Unionist Voice
	Paul Frew	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Philip McGuigan	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Mervyn Storey	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Robin Swann	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
North Down	Steven Agnew	style="background-color: Template:Green Party in Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Green Party in Northern Ireland
	Alan Chambers	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
	Gordon Dunne	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Alex Easton	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Stephen Farry	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
South Antrim	Steve Aiken	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
	Pam Cameron	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	David Ford	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Trevor Clarke	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Declan Kearney	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
South Down	Sinéad Bradley	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Sinéad Ennis	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Emma Rogan	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Colin McGrath	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Jim Wells	style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|	Independent Unionist
Strangford	Kellie Armstrong	style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Simon Hamilton	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Michelle McIlveen	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Mike Nesbitt	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
	Peter Weir	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
Upper Bann	Doug Beattie	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ulster Unionist Party
	Jonathan Buckley	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Dolores Kelly	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Carla Lockhart	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	John O'Dowd	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
West Tyrone	Michaela Boyle	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Thomas Buchanan	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Democratic Unionist Party
	Catherine Kelly	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Declan McAleer	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Sinn Féin
	Daniel McCrossan	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Social Democratic and Labour Party

Changes since the election

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References

^ ^a ^b "Northern Ireland Assembly election 2017 results". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
^ "Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
^ McClafferty, Enda. "Assembly election 'a brutal result for unionism'". BBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Tributes to mark the passing of former deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness". YouTube. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Stormont talks paused until after General Election". ITV News. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[beebres-1] "Northern Ireland Assembly election 2017 results". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[2] "Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[3] McClafferty, Enda. "Assembly election 'a brutal result for unionism'". BBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[4] "Tributes to mark the passing of former deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness". YouTube. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[5] "Stormont talks paused until after General Election". ITV News. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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v t e Northern Ireland Assembly
Assembly	Speaker Assembly Commission Acts Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Parliament Buildings
Committees	Executive Office Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Communities Economy Education Finance Health Infrastructure Justice
Constituencies	Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Lagan Valley Mid Ulster Newry and Armagh North Antrim North Down South Antrim South Down Strangford Upper Bann West Tyrone
Parties	Current: Alliance Democratic Unionist People Before Profit Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Traditional Unionist Voice Ulster Unionist
Elections	1998 2003 2007 2011 2016 2017 2022 Next
Members	1st Assembly (1998–03) 2nd Assembly (2006–07) 3rd Assembly (2007–11) 4th Assembly (2011–16) 5th Assembly (2016–17) 6th Assembly (2017–22) 7th Assembly (2022)
Procedure	Cross-community vote
See also	Good Friday Agreement St Andrews Agreement New Decade, New Approach