2nd Northern Ireland Assembly
{{Short description|Northern Ireland MLAs 2003 to 2007}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox legislative session
|name = 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly
|image =
|image_size = 80px
|body = Assembly
|country = Northern Ireland
|meeting_place = Parliament Buildings,
Stormont
|election = 2003 assembly election
|government = Executive of the 2nd Assembly (Direct Rule)
|term_start = 15 May 2006
|term_end = 29 January 2007
|before = 1st Assembly
|after = 3rd Assembly
|membership1 = 108
|chamber1_leader1_type = Speaker
|chamber1_leader1 = Eileen Bell
|session1_start = 15 May 2006
|session1_end = 7 July 2006
|session2_start = 11 September 2006
|session2_end = 3 October 2006
|session3_start = 24 November 2006
|session3_end = 29 January 2007
}}
The Northern Ireland Assembly elected in November 2003 never met as such: Northern Ireland's devolved government and representative institutions had been suspended with the re-introduction of direct rule by the United Kingdom government on 14 October 2002. However, the persons (Members of the Legislative Assembly, MLAs) elected to the Assembly at the 2003 assembly election were called together in a non-legislative capacity, initially under the Northern Ireland Act 2006{{Cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/20060017.htm|title=Northern Ireland Act 2006 (repealed)|access-date=19 May 2006|archive-date=8 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908104116/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/20060017.htm|url-status=live}} and then under the St Andrews Agreement.{{Cite web|url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/about-the-assembly/general-information/history-of-the-assembly/|title=History of the Assembly|website=www.niassembly.gov.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-04-29|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409154736/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/about-the-assembly/general-information/history-of-the-assembly|url-status=dead}} These bodies failed to form a government before the 2007 election.
The following is a list of the members of that second Assembly,{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/nielection/html/main.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Election 2007 {{!}} Northern Ireland elections {{!}} Results: Overview|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2017-04-29|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801003621/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/nielection/html/main.stm|url-status=live}} including members co-opted after the election to replace those who had resigned or died, and changes in party affiliation.
Party strengths
| class="wikitable" | |||
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
! colspan="2" |Party !Designation!!Nov 2003 | |||
| style="color:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}; background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | | Democratic Unionist Party
|align="center"|Unionist | align="center"| 30 | align="center"| 32 |
| style="color:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}; background:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | | Ulster Unionist Party
|align="center"|Unionist | align="center"| 27 | align="center"| 24 |
| style="color:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}; background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | | Sinn Féin
|align="center"|Nationalist | align="center"| 24 | align="center"|21 |
| style="color:{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}; background:{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | | Social Democratic and Labour Party
|align="center"|Nationalist | align="center"| 18 | align="center"| 18 |
| style="color:{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}; background:{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | | Alliance Party
|align="center"|Other | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| 5 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" | | UK Unionist Party
|align="center"|Unionist | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" | | Progressive Unionist Party
|align="center"|Unionist | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" | | Independent
|align="center"|Nationalist | align="center"|0 | align="center"|1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|align="center"|Other |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 | |||
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Unionist}}" |
|align="center"|Unionist |align="center"|1 |align="center"|2 | |||
| bgcolor="#000000" | | Speaker{{#tag:ref|While in post, the Speaker is not counted as a member of their parliamentary party.|name="S"|group="n"}}
|align="center"|None | align="center"| 0 | align="center"|1 |
| style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
| |Vacant{{#tag:ref|When Sinn Féin MLA Michael Ferguson died in September 2006, no substitutes were available. Sinn Féin was allowed to use his vote in the Assembly despite his death.|name="V"|group="n"}} |align="center"|Nationalist |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 | |||
| colspan="2" rowspan="4" |Totals by Designation
|Unionist | align="center"|60 | align="center"|60 | |
| Nationalist | align="center"| 42 | align="center"|41 | |
| Other | align="center"|6 | align="center"|6 | |
| style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
|None |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 | |||
| colspan="3" |Total
|align="center" colspan="2" |108 |
Notes
=Graphical representation=
File:NIAssembly20031126.svg|At election, 26 Nov 2003 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly)
File:NIAssembly20060410.svg|10 Apr to 25 Sep 2006 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Assembly est. under the Northern Ireland Act 2006),
File:NIAssembly20060925.svg|25 Sep 2006 to 15 Jan 2007 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Transitional Assembly)
File:NIAssembly20070202.svg|2 Feb 2007 to end (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly)
MLAs by party
This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
MLAs by constituency
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
| class="wikitable" |
| style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
! colspan=4|Members of the 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly |
| align=center|Constituency
!align=center|Name ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Party |
|---|
| rowspan="6"|Belfast East
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Reg Empey
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Naomi Long
! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |
| Robin Newton
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Dawn Purvis †
! style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" | |
| Peter Robinson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Belfast North
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Nigel Dodds
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Gerry Kelly
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Nelson McCausland
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Alban Maginness
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Kathy Stanton
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Belfast South
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Esmond Birnie
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Alex Maskey
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Alasdair McDonnell
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Michael McGimpsey
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Mark Robinson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Belfast West
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Alex Attwood
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Diane Dodds
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Fra McCann
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Sue Ramsey †
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Vacant{{#tag:ref|When Sinn Féin MLA Michael Ferguson died in September 2006, no substitutes were available. Sinn Féin was allowed to use his vote in the Assembly despite his death.|name="V"|group="n"}}
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|East Antrim
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Sean Neeson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |
| David Hilditch
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| George Dawson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Ken Robinson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Sammy Wilson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|East Londonderry
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Gregory Campbell
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| John Dallat
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Norman Hillis
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| David McClarty
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| George Robinson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Fermanagh and South Tyrone
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Arlene Foster ‡
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Tommy Gallagher
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Michelle Gildernew
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Tom O'Reilly
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Maurice Morrow
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Foyle
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Mark Durkan
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| William Hay
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Raymond McCartney †
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Mitchel McLaughlin
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Pat Ramsey
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Lagan Valley
|Norah Beare ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Billy Bell
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Seamus Close
! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |
| Jeffrey Donaldson ‡
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Marietta Farrell †
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Edwin Poots
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Mid Ulster
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Geraldine Dougan ‡
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" | |
| William McCrea
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Patsy McGlone
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Martin McGuinness
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Francie Molloy
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Newry and Armagh
|Paul Berry ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" | |
| Dominic Bradley
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Davy Hyland ‡
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" | |
| Danny Kennedy
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Conor Murphy
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Patricia O'Rawe
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|North Antrim
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Sean Farren
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Philip McGuigan
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Ian Paisley
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Ian Paisley Jr
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Mervyn Storey
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|North Down
|Eileen Bell ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color| Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly}}" | |
| Leslie Cree
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Alex Easton
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Robert McCartney
! style="background-color: {{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" | |
| Alan McFarland
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Peter Weir
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|South Antrim
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Trevor Clarke
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| David Ford
! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |
| Paul Girvan
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Thomas Burns
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Jim Wilson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|South Down
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Willie Clarke
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Dermot Nesbitt
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Margaret Ritchie
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Caitríona Ruane
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Jim Wells
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Strangford
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Kieran McCarthy
! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |
| David McNarry
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Iris Robinson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Jim Shannon
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| John Taylor
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|Upper Bann
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Dolores Kelly
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
| Stephen Moutray
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| John O'Dowd
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| David Simpson
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| David Trimble
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="6"|West Tyrone
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |
| Kieran Deeny
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |
| Pat Doherty
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Derek Hussey
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| Barry McElduff
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |
| Eugene McMenamin
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
Changes since the election
=† Co-options =
= ‡ Changes in affiliation =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Date !Constituency !Name ! colspan="2" |Previous affiliation ! colspan="2" |New affiliation !Circumstance |
| 18 December 2003
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} |Jeffrey Donaldson resigned from the UUP.{{cite news |title= Donaldson resigns from UUP |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3331805.stm |access-date=5 January 2022 |work=BBC |date=18 December 2003}} |
| 18 December 2003
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} |Norah Beare resigned from the UUP. |
| 18 December 2003
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} |Arlene Foster resigned from the UUP. |
| 5 January 2004
| {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Jeffrey Donaldson joined the DUP.{{cite news |title= Ulster Unionist rebels defect to DUP |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jan/05/northernireland.devolution |access-date=5 January 2022 |work=BBC |date=5 January 2004}} |
| 5 January 2004
| {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Norah Beare joined the DUP. |
| 5 January 2004
| {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Arlene Foster joined the DUP. |
| 4 July 2005
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} |Paul Berry was suspended by the DUP following an internal disciplinary panel meeting and media coverage of his private life. He resigned from the party outright following legal challenges on 10 February 2006.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4700172.stm|title=Suspended Berry resigns from DUP|date=10 February 2006|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512060314/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4700172.stm|url-status=live}} |
| 23 November 2005
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Nationalist}} |Francie Molloy was suspended by Sinn Féin on 23 November 2005 following disagreements about reforms of local government.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4463588.stm|title=SF member critical of suspension|date=23 November 2005|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511143029/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4463588.stm|url-status=live}} Molloy was subsequently readmitted to the party.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} |
| 10 April 2006
| {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}} | {{Party name with colour|Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly}} |Eileen Bell was appointed Speaker of the Assembly on 10 April 2006 for the first session on 15 May.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4896488.stm|title=Bell named new assembly speaker|date=10 April 2006|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512150237/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4896488.stm|url-status=live}} |
| 15 January 2007
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Nationalist}} |Geraldine Dougan resigned from Sinn Féin. |
| 2 February 2007
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Nationalist}} |Davy Hyland resigned from Sinn Féin. |
See also
Notes
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