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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

Sessions

1st	13 March 2007 – 20 March 2007
2nd	8 May 2007 – 3 July 2007
3rd	10 September 2007 – 1 July 2008
4th	15 September 2008 – 7 July 2009
5th	14 September 2009 – 30 June 2010
6th	13 September 2010 – 23 March 2011

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
●	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

^ Alliance joined the Executive on 12 April 2010, administering the Department of Justice with cross-community support.
^ The MLA elected Speaker by the Assembly relinquishes party affiliation while in post.

Graphical representation

At election, 7 Mar 2007
8 May to 29 Nov 2007
3 Jan 2011 to end

This is not the actual seating plan.

MLAs by party

This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.

	Name	Constituency
Democratic Unionist Party (35)	Sydney Anderson †	Upper Bann
	Jonathan Bell †	Strangford
	Allan Bresland	West Tyrone
	Wallace Browne	Belfast East
	Thomas Buchanan	West Tyrone
	Gregory Campbell	East Londonderry
	Trevor Clarke	South Antrim
	Jonathan Craig	Lagan Valley
	Alex Easton	North Down
	Arlene Foster	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Paul Frew †	North Antrim
	Simpson Gibson †	Strangford
	Paul Girvan †	South Antrim
	Paul Givan †	Lagan Valley
	Simon Hamilton	Strangford
	David Hilditch	East Antrim
	William Humphrey †	Belfast North
	William Irwin	Newry and Armagh
	Nelson McCausland	Belfast North
	Ian McCrea	Mid Ulster
	Michelle McIlveen	Strangford
	Adrian McQuillan	East Londonderry
	Maurice Morrow	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Stephen Moutray	Upper Bann
	Robin Newton	Belfast East
	Ian Paisley	North Antrim
	Edwin Poots	Lagan Valley
	George Robinson	East Londonderry
	Peter Robinson	Belfast East
	Alastair Ross †	East Antrim
	Jimmy Spratt	Belfast South
	Mervyn Storey	North Antrim
	Peter Weir	North Down
	Jim Wells	South Down
	Sammy Wilson	East Antrim
Sinn Féin (27)	Martina Anderson	Foyle
	Cathal Boylan	Newry and Armagh
	Mickey Brady	Newry and Armagh
	Paul Butler	Lagan Valley
	Carál Ní Chuilín	Belfast North
	Willie Clarke	South Down
	Pat Doherty	West Tyrone
	Michelle Gildernew	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Gerry Kelly	Belfast North
	Billy Leonard †	East Londonderry
	Alex Maskey	Belfast South
	Paul Maskey	Belfast West
	Fra McCann	Belfast West
	Jennifer McCann	Belfast West
	Raymond McCartney	Foyle
	Barry McElduff	West Tyrone
	Claire McGill	West Tyrone
	Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster
	Daithí McKay	North Antrim
	Mitchel McLaughlin	South Antrim
	Francie Molloy	Mid Ulster
	Conor Murphy	Newry and Armagh
	John O'Dowd	Upper Bann
	Michelle O'Neill	Mid Ulster
	Sue Ramsey	Belfast West
	Caitríona Ruane	South Down
	Pat Sheehan †	Belfast West
Ulster Unionist Party (16)	Billy Armstrong	Mid Ulster
	Roy Beggs Jr	East Antrim
	Danny Kinahan †	South Antrim
	Fred Cobain	Belfast North
	Robert Coulter	North Antrim
	Leslie Cree	North Down
	Tom Elliott	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Reg Empey	Belfast East
	Sam Gardiner	Upper Bann
	Danny Kennedy	Newry and Armagh
	John McCallister	South Down
	Basil McCrea	Lagan Valley
	Michael McGimpsey	Belfast South
	David McNarry	Strangford
	Ken Robinson	East Antrim
	George Savage	Upper Bann
Social Democratic and Labour Party (16)	Alex Attwood	Belfast West
	Dominic Bradley	Newry and Armagh
	Mary Bradley	Foyle
	P. J. Bradley	South Down
	Thomas Burns	South Antrim
	John Dallat	East Londonderry
	Pól Callaghan †	Foyle
	Tommy Gallagher	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Conall McDevitt †	Belfast South
	Dolores Kelly	Upper Bann
	Alban Maginness	Belfast North
	Alasdair McDonnell	Belfast South
	Patsy McGlone	Mid Ulster
	Declan O'Loan	North Antrim
	Pat Ramsey	Foyle
	Margaret Ritchie	South Down
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7)	Stephen Farry	North Down
	David Ford	South Antrim
	Anna Lo	Belfast South
	Chris Lyttle †	Belfast East
	Trevor Lunn	Lagan Valley
	Kieran McCarthy	Strangford
	Sean Neeson	East Antrim
Green Party of Northern Ireland (1)	Brian Wilson	North Down
Independent (1)	Kieran Deeny	West Tyrone
Independent Unionist (3)	Dawn Purvis ‡	Belfast East
	David McClarty ‡	East Londonderry
	Alan McFarland ‡	North Down
Independent Nationalist (1)	Gerry McHugh ‡	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Speaker (1)	William Hay ‡	Foyle

† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA

‡ Changed affiliation during the term

MLAs by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly
Constituency	Name	Party
Belfast East	Wallace Browne		Democratic Unionist Party
	Reg Empey		Ulster Unionist Party
	Naomi Long		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Robin Newton		Democratic Unionist Party
	Dawn Purvis ‡		Independent Unionist
	Peter Robinson		Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast North	Fred Cobain		Ulster Unionist Party
	William Humphrey †		Democratic Unionist Party
	Gerry Kelly		Sinn Féin
	Nelson McCausland		Democratic Unionist Party
	Alban Maginness		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Carál Ní Chuilín		Sinn Féin
Belfast South	Anna Lo		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Alex Maskey		Sinn Féin
	Conall McDevitt †		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Alasdair McDonnell		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Michael McGimpsey		Ulster Unionist Party
	Jimmy Spratt		Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast West	Alex Attwood		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Fra McCann		Sinn Féin
	Jennifer McCann		Sinn Féin
	Paul Maskey		Sinn Féin
	Sue Ramsey		Sinn Féin
	Pat Sheehan †		Sinn Féin
East Antrim	Roy Beggs, Jr.		Ulster Unionist Party
	Sean Neeson		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	David Hilditch		Democratic Unionist Party
	Alastair Ross †		Democratic Unionist Party
	Ken Robinson		Sinn Féin
	Sammy Wilson		Democratic Unionist Party
East Londonderry	Gregory Campbell		Democratic Unionist Party
	John Dallat		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Billy Leonard †		Sinn Féin
	David McClarty ‡		Independent Unionist
	Adrian McQuillan		Democratic Unionist Party
	George Robinson		Democratic Unionist Party
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Tom Elliott		Ulster Unionist Party
	Arlene Foster		Democratic Unionist Party
	Tommy Gallagher		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Michelle Gildernew		Sinn Féin
	Gerry McHugh ‡		Independent Nationalist
	Maurice Morrow		Democratic Unionist Party
Foyle	Martina Anderson		Sinn Féín
	Mary Bradley		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Pól Callaghan †		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	William Hay ‡		Speaker
	Raymond McCartney		Sinn Féín
	Pat Ramsey		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Lagan Valley	Paul Butler		Sinn Féin
	Jonathan Craig		Democratic Unionist Party
	Paul Givan †		Democratic Unionist Party
	Trevor Lunn		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Basil McCrea		Ulster Unionist Party
	Edwin Poots		Democratic Unionist Party
Mid Ulster	Billy Armstrong		Ulster Unionist Party
	Ian McCrea		Democratic Unionist Party
	Patsy McGlone		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Martin McGuinness		Sinn Féin
	Francie Molloy		Sinn Féin
	Michelle O'Neill		Sinn Féin
Newry and Armagh	Cathal Boylan		Sinn Féin
	Mickey Brady		Sinn Féin
	Dominic Bradley		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	William Irwin		Democratic Unionist Party
	Danny Kennedy		Ulster Unionist Party
	Conor Murphy		Sinn Féin
North Antrim	Robert Coulter		Ulster Unionist Party
	Paul Frew †		Democratic Unionist Party
	Daithí McKay		Sinn Féin
	Declan O'Loan		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Ian Paisley		Democratic Unionist Party
	Mervyn Storey		Democratic Unionist Party
North Down	Leslie Cree		Ulster Unionist Party
	Alex Easton		Democratic Unionist Party
	Stephen Farry		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Alan McFarland ‡		Independent Unionist
	Peter Weir		Democratic Unionist Party
	Brian Wilson		Green Party in Northern Ireland
South Antrim	Trevor Clarke		Democratic Unionist Party
	David Ford		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Paul Girvan †		Democratic Unionist Party
	Danny Kinahan †		Ulster Unionist Party
	Thomas Burns		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Mitchel McLaughlin		Sinn Féin
South Down	P. J. Bradley		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Willie Clarke		Sinn Féin
	John McCallister		Ulster Unionist Party
	Margaret Ritchie		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Caitríona Ruane		Sinn Féin
	Jim Wells		Democratic Unionist Party
Strangford	Jonathan Bell †		Democratic Unionist Party
	Simon Hamilton		Democratic Unionist Party
	Kieran McCarthy		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Michelle McIlveen		Democratic Unionist Party
	David McNarry		Ulster Unionist Party
	Simpson Gibson †		Democratic Unionist Party
Upper Bann	Sydney Anderson †		Democratic Unionist Party
	Sam Gardiner		Ulster Unionist Party
	Dolores Kelly		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Stephen Moutray		Democratic Unionist Party
	John O'Dowd		Sinn Féin
	George Savage		Ulster Unionist Party
West Tyrone	Allan Bresland		Democratic Unionist Party
	Thomas Buchanan		Democratic Unionist Party
	Kieran Deeny		Independent
	Pat Doherty		Sinn Féin
	Claire McGill		Sinn Féin
	Barry McElduff		Sinn Féin

† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA ‡ Changed affiliation during the term

Changes since the election

† Co-options

Date co-opted	Constituency		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
14 May 2007	East Antrim	DUP	George Dawson	Alastair Ross	George Dawson died.^[2]
9 June 2009	South Antrim	UUP	David Burnside	Danny Kinahan	David Burnside resigned.
7 January 2010	East Londonderry	Sinn Féin	Francie Brolly	Billy Leonard	Francie Brolly resigned.^[3]
21 January 2010	Belfast South	SDLP	Carmel Hanna	Conall McDevitt	Carmel Hanna resigned.^[4]
25 January 2010	Strangford	DUP	Iris Robinson	Jonathan Bell	Iris Robinson resigned.
10 June 2010	Lagan Valley	DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	Paul Givan	Jeffrey Donaldson resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.
21 June 2010	North Antrim	DUP	Ian Paisley Jr	Paul Frew	Ian Paisley Jr was elected as Member of Parliament for North Antrim in the 2010 general election.^[5]^[6]
1 July 2010	Upper Bann	DUP	David Simpson	Sydney Anderson	David Simpson was elected as Member of Parliament for Upper Bann in the 2010 general election.
1 July 2010	South Antrim	DUP	William McCrea	Paul Girvan	William McCrea resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.
5 July 2010	Belfast East	Alliance	Naomi Long	Chris Lyttle	Naomi Long was elected as Member of Parliament for Belfast East in the 2010 general election.^[7]
2 August 2010	Strangford	DUP	Jim Shannon	Simpson Gibson	Jim Shannon was elected as Member of Parliament for Strangford in the 2010 general election.
10 September 2010	Belfast North	DUP	Nigel Dodds	William Humphrey	Nigel Dodds resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.^[8]^[9]
15 November 2010	Foyle	SDLP	Mark Durkan	Pól Callaghan	Mark Durkan resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.
7 December 2010	Belfast West	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	Pat Sheehan	Gerry Adams resigned to run for Dáil Éireann.

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Constituency	Name			Circumstance
8 May 2007	Foyle	William Hay	DUP	Speaker	William Hay elected Speaker of the Assembly at its first sitting.
29 November 2007	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Gerry McHugh	Sinn Féin	Ind. Nationalist	Gerry McHugh resigned from Sinn Féin to become an independent nationalist.^[10] on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil.^[11] 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.^[12]
31 March 2010	North Down	Alan McFarland	UUP	Ind. Unionist	Alan McFarland resigned from the UUP to become an independent unionist.
3 June 2010	Belfast East	Dawn Purvis	PUP	Ind. Unionist	Dawn Purvis resigned from the PUP to become an independent unionist.
3 January 2011	East Londonderry	David McClarty	UUP	Ind. Unionist	David McClarty resigned from the UUP after being deselected for the 2011 election.^[13]

References

^ "Ian Paisley retires as NI Assembly completes historical first full term". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - DUP assembly member Dawson dies". bbc.co.uk. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
^ "Ní Chuilín welcomes Billy Leonard onto the Sinn Féin Assembly Team". sinnfein.ie. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
^ "Conall McDevitt MLA @ O'Conall Street". Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
^ "BBC News - Paisley set to leave NI assembly". bbc.co.uk. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ "DUP's Paul Frew to replace Paisley jnr in the Assembly". BBC News. 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
^ "Alliance selects Chris Lyttle as new East Belfast MLA". BBC News. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
^ "ITV Hub - The home of ITV". ITV Hub. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ "Welcome to the Northern Ireland Assembly". Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
^ "BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - 'Disillusioned' SF man resigns". bbc.co.uk. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
^ "nwipp-newspapers.com". Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
^ "Gerry McHugh still independent MLA despite Fianna Fail move". Impartial Reporter. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
^ "David McClarty resigns from UUP after being deselected". BBC News. 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

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