| 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly | |||||||||||||
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| Overview | |||||||||||||
| 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 members of the third Northern Ireland Assembly elected on 7 March 2007 or subsequently co-opted. The third term was the first in the Assembly's history to run to completion.[1]
Party strengths
| Party | Designation | Mar 2007 election | Mar 2011 end | |
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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[n 1] | 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 | |
| Speaker[n 2] | None | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 108 | |||
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive | ||||
Notes
Graphical representation
At election, 7 Mar 2007
8 May to 29 Nov 2007
3 Jan 2011 to end
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This is not the actual seating plan.
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[2] 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;[3] on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil.[4] 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.[5]
- 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.[6]
- 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.[7]
- 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.[8]
- 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.[9][10]
- 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.[11][12]
- Mark Durkan resigned on 9 November 2010 and was replaced 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.[13]
References
- ^ "Ian Paisley retires as NI Assembly completes historical first full term". BBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ "David McClarty resigns from UUP after being deselected". BBC News.