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The Northern Ireland Assembly elected in November 2003, has never met as such, since Northern Ireland's devolved government and representative institutions remain suspended following the re-introduction of direct rule by the United Kingdom government on 14 October 2002.

However, the persons elected to the Assembly at the 2003 Assembly Election were called together on 15 May, 2006 under the Northern Ireland Act 2006 <ref>http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/20060017.htm</ref> for the purpose of electing a First Minister and Deputy First Minister and choosing the members of an Executive (before 25 November, 2006) as a preliminary to the restoration of devolved government.

The following is a list of all members of the Assembly, or MLAs ("Members of the Legislative Assembly"), as of September 2006. MLAs are grouped by party.

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1	11	21	31	9	19	5	15	1	11	3
2	12	22	32	10	20	6	16	2	12	4
3	13	23	1	11	21	7	7	3	13	5
4	14	24	2	12	22	8	18	4	14	1
5	15	25	3	13	23	9	19	5	15	1
6	16	26	4	14	24	10	20	6	16	1
7	17	27	5	15	1	11	21	7	17	1
8	18	28	6	16	2	12	22	8	18	1
9	19	29	7	17	3	13	23	9	1	0

Key	Party	Nov. 2003	May 2006
	Democratic Unionist Party	30	32
	Ulster Unionist Party	27	24
	Sinn Féin	24	24
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	18	18
	Alliance Party	6	5
	UK Unionist Party	1	1
	Progressive Unionist Party	1	1
	Independent - Other	1	1
	Independent - Unionist	0	1
	Speaker	0	1
	Designations
	Unionist	59	59
	Nationalist	42	42
	Other	7	7

Contents 1 Democratic Unionist Party - 32 MLAs 2 Ulster Unionist Party - 24 MLAs 3 Sinn Féin - 24 MLAs 4 Social Democratic and Labour Party - 18 MLAs 5 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - 5 MLAs 6 United Kingdom Unionist Party - 1 MLA 7 Progressive Unionist Party - 1 MLA 8 Independent - Other - 1 MLA 9 Independent - Unionist - 1 MLA 10 Speaker - 1 MLA 11 Changes 12 See also

[edit] Democratic Unionist Party - 32 MLAs

• Norah Beare (elected as UUP) - Lagan Valley
• Thomas Buchanan - West Tyrone
• Gregory Campbell - East Londonderry
• Wilson Clyde - South Antrim
• George Dawson - East Antrim
• Diane Dodds - West Belfast
• Nigel Dodds - North Belfast
• Jeffrey Donaldson (elected as UUP) - Lagan Valley
• Alex Easton - North Down
• George Ennis - Strangford
• Arlene Foster (elected as UUP) - Fermanagh & South Tyrone
• Paul Girvan - South Antrim
• William Hay - Foyle
• David Hilditch - East Antrim
• Nelson McCausland - North Belfast
• William McCrea - Mid Ulster
• Lord Morrow - Fermanagh & South Tyrone
• Stephen Moutray - Upper Bann
• Robin Newton - East Belfast
• Ian Paisley - North Antrim (Leader)
• Ian Paisley, Jr. - North Antrim
• Edwin Poots - Lagan Valley
• George Robinson - East Londonderry
• Iris Robinson - Strangford
• Mark Robinson - South Belfast
• Peter Robinson - East Belfast (Deputy Leader)
• Jim Shannon - Strangford
• David Simpson - Upper Bann
• Mervyn Storey - North Antrim
• Peter Weir - North Down
• Jim Wells - South Down
• Sammy Wilson - East Antrim

[edit] Ulster Unionist Party - 24 MLAs

• Billy Armstrong - Mid Ulster
• Roy Beggs Jnr - East Antrim
• Billy Bell - Lagan Valley
• Esmond Birnie - South Belfast
• David Burnside - South Antrim
• Fred Cobain - North Belfast
• Michael Copeland - East Belfast
• Robert Coulter - North Antrim
• Leslie Cree - North Down
• Tom Elliott - Fermanagh & South Tyrone
• Sir Reg Empey - East Belfast (Leader)
• Samuel Gardiner - Upper Bann
• Norman Hillis - East Londonderry
• Derek Hussey - West Tyrone
• Danny Kennedy - Newry and Armagh (Deputy Leader)
• Lord Kilclooney - Strangford
• David McClarty - East Londonderry
• Alan McFarland - North Down (Chief Negotiator)
• Michael McGimpsey - South Belfast
• David McNarry - Strangford
• Dermot Nesbitt - South Down
• Ken Robinson - East Antrim
• Lord Trimble - Upper Bann
• Jim Wilson - South Antrim

[edit] Sinn Féin - 24 MLAs

• Gerry Adams - Belfast West (President)
• Francis Brolly - East Londonderry
• Willie Clarke - South Down
• Pat Doherty - West Tyrone
• Geraldine Dougan - Mid Ulster
• Michelle Gildernew - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• Davy Hyland - Newry and Armagh
• Gerry Kelly - Belfast North
• Alex Maskey - Belfast South
• Fra McCann - Belfast West
• Raymond McCartney - Foyle
• Barry McElduff - West Tyrone
• Philip McGuigan - North Antrim
• Martin McGuinness - Mid Ulster (Chief Negotiator)
• Mitchel McLaughlin - Foyle
• Francis Molloy - Mid Ulster
• Conor Murphy - Newry and Armagh
• John O'Dowd - Upper Bann
• Patricia O'Rawe - Newry and Armagh
• Tom O'Reilly - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• Sue Ramsay - Belfast West
• Caitriona Ruane - South Down
• Kathy Stanton - Belfast North

1 vacancy - Michael Ferguson was elected for Belfast West but died on September 25 2006. [1] The vacancy will be filled by co-option of Sinn Féin's nominee.

[edit] Social Democratic and Labour Party - 18 MLAs

• Alex Attwood - West Belfast
• Dominic Bradley - Newry and Armagh
• Mary Bradley - Foyle
• P.J. Bradley - South Down
• Thomas Burns - South Antrim
• John Dallat - East Londonderry
• Mark Durkan - Foyle (Leader)
• Sean Farren - North Antrim
• Tommy Gallagher - Fermanagh & South Tyrone
• Carmel Hanna - South Belfast
• Dolores Kelly - Upper Bann
• Patricia Lewsley - Lagan Valley
• Alban Maginness - North Belfast
• Alasdair McDonnell - South Belfast (Deputy Leader)
• Patsy McGlone - Mid Ulster
• Eugene McMenamin - West Tyrone
• Pat Ramsey - Foyle
• Margaret Ritchie - South Down

[edit] Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - 5 MLAs

• Seamus Close - Lagan Valley
• David Ford - South Antrim (Leader)
• Naomi Long - East Belfast (Deputy Leader)
• Kieran McCarthy - Strangford
• Séan Neeson - East Antrim

[edit] United Kingdom Unionist Party - 1 MLA

• Robert McCartney - North Down

[edit] Progressive Unionist Party - 1 MLA

• David Ervine - East Belfast (Leader)
  • Ervine announced that he will join the UUP Assembly group, whilst remaining leader of the Progressive Unionist Party. This was ruled as against the rules of the Northern Ireland Assembly by Speaker Eileen Bell MLA on the 11th September 2006. [2].

[edit] Independent - Other - 1 MLA

• Kieran Deeny - West Tyrone

[edit] Independent - Unionist - 1 MLA

• Paul Berry (elected as DUP) - Newry and Armagh

[edit] Speaker - 1 MLA

• Eileen Bell (elected as APNI) - North Down

[edit] Changes

• Jeffrey Donaldson, Nora Beare and Arlene Foster were elected as members of the UUP but resigned from the party on December 18 2003 and joined the DUP on January 5 2004.
• Mary Nelis Sinn Féin resigned from the Assembly and was replaced by Raymond McCartney (also Sinn Féin) with effect from July 15 2004 [3]
• Bairbre De Brun Sinn Féin resigned from the Assembly and was replaced by Sue Ramsay (also Sinn Féin) with effect from November 29 2004 [4]
• Paul Berry was suspended from the DUP following an internal disciplinary panel meeting and media coverage of his private life on July 4 2005.
• Francis Molloy was suspended from Sinn Féin on November 23 2005 following disagreements about reforms of local government. [5]
• Francis Molloy was subsequently readmitted to Sinn Féin.
• Paul Berry resigned outright from the DUP following legal challenges on February 10 2006. [6]
• Eileen Bell, Alliance, was appointed Speaker of the Assembly on April 10 2006. [7]
• David Ervine announced on May 13 2006that whilst remaining leader of the PUP, he would join with the UUP Assembly Members in forming the "Ulster Unionist Party Assembly Group". [8] The Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the Assembly, Eileen Bell, MLA indicated at the first meeting of the 'shadow' Assembly (May 15 2006) that she would take legal advice before ruling on whether the overall group qualified as a party recognised in the Assembly. [9] On September 11 2006 Bell announced that the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly Group was not a Political Party within the meaning of the UK legislation governing Party Politics and so the alliance of Ervine and the UUP is not recognised as a grouping within the assembly for the purposes of d'Hondt.
• Michael Ferguson, Sinn Féin, died on September 25 2006. [10] The vacancy will be filled by co-option of Sinn Féin's nominee.

[edit] See also

• Northern Ireland MPs