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Ireland Act 2006{{Cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/20060017.htm|title=Northern Ireland Act 2006 (repealed)|access-date=19 May 2006|archive-date=8 September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

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bgcolor="CCCCCC" style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Designation!!Nov 2003
election!!Jan 2007
end

style="color:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}; background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |  Democratic Unionist Party

|align="center"|Unionist

align="center"| 30align="center"| 32
style="color:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}; background:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |  Ulster Unionist Party

|align="center"|Unionist

align="center"| 27align="center"| 24
style="color:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}; background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |  Sinn Féin

|align="center"|Nationalist

align="center"| 24align="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"| 18align="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"| 6align="center"| 5
bgcolor="{{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" |  UK Unionist Party

|align="center"|Unionist

align="center"| 1align="center"| 1
bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" |  Progressive Unionist Party

|align="center"|Unionist

align="center"| 1align="center"| 1
bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" |  Independent

|align="center"|Nationalist

align="center"|0align="center"|1
bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |  

|Independent

|align="center"|Other

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|1

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Unionist}}" |  

|Independent

|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"| 0align="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"|60align="center"|60
Nationalistalign="center"| 42align="center"|41
Otheralign="center"|6align="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.

class="wikitable"
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! colspan=2|Party

!Name

!Constituency

rowspan="32" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan="32"|Democratic Unionist Party (32)

|Norah Beare

|Lagan Valley

Thomas Buchanan

|West Tyrone

Gregory Campbell

|East Londonderry

Wilson Clyde

|South Antrim

George Dawson

|East Antrim

Diane Dodds

|Belfast West

Nigel Dodds

|Belfast North

Jeffrey Donaldson

|Lagan Valley

Alex Easton

|North Down

George Ennis

|Strangford

Arlene Foster

|Fermanagh & South Tyrone

Paul Girvan

|South Antrim

William Hay

|Foyle

David Hilditch

|East Antrim

Nelson McCausland

|Belfast North

William McCrea

|Mid Ulster

Lord Morrow

|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Stephen Moutray

|Upper Bann

Robin Newton

|Belfast East

Ian Paisley

|North Antrim

Ian Paisley Jr.

|North Antrim

Edwin Poots

|Lagan Valley

George Robinson

|East Londonderry

Iris Robinson

|Strangford

Mark Robinson

|Belfast South

Peter Robinson

|Belfast East

Jim Shannon

|Strangford

David Simpson

|Upper Bann

Mervyn Storey

|North Antrim

Peter Weir

|North Down

Jim Wells

|South Down

Sammy Wilson

|East Antrim

rowspan="24" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan="24"|Ulster Unionist Party (24)

|Billy Armstrong

|Mid Ulster

Roy Beggs, Jr.

|East Antrim

Billy Bell

|Lagan Valley

Esmond Birnie

|South Belfast

David Burnside

|South Antrim

Fred Cobain

|Belfast North

Michael Copeland

|Belfast East

Robert Coulter

|North Antrim

Leslie Cree

|North Down

Tom Elliott

|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Reg Empey

|Belfast East

Sam Gardiner

|Upper Bann

Norman Hillis

|East Londonderry

Derek Hussey

|West Tyrone

Danny Kennedy

|Newry and Armagh

David McClarty

|East Londonderry

Alan McFarland

|North Down

Michael McGimpsey

|Belfast South

David McNarry

|Strangford

Dermot Nesbitt

|South Down

Ken Robinson

|East Antrim

John Taylor

|Strangford

David Trimble

|Upper Bann

Jim Wilson

|South Antrim

rowspan="22" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|rowspan="22"|Sinn Féin (22)

|Gerry Adams

|Belfast West

Francie Brolly

|East Londonderry

Willie Clarke

|South Down

Pat Doherty

|West Tyrone

Michelle Gildernew

|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

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

Mitchel McLaughlin

|Foyle

Francie 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 Ramsey

|Belfast West

Caitríona Ruane

|South Down

Kathy Stanton

|Belfast North

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"}}

|Belfast West

rowspan="18" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|rowspan="18"|Social Democratic and Labour Party (18)

|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

Mark Durkan

|Foyle

Sean Farren

|North Antrim

Marietta Farrell

|Lagan Valley

Tommy Gallagher

|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Carmel Hanna

|Belfast South

Dolores Kelly

|Upper Bann

Alban Maginness

|Belfast North

Alasdair McDonnell

|Belfast South

Patsy McGlone

|Mid Ulster

Eugene McMenamin

|West Tyrone

Pat Ramsey

|Foyle

Margaret Ritchie

|South Down

rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|rowspan="5"|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5)

|Seamus Close

|Lagan Valley

David Ford

|South Antrim

Naomi Long

|East Belfast

Kieran McCarthy

|Strangford

Seán Neeson

|East Antrim

rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan="1"|Progressive Unionist Party (1)

|Dawn Purvis

|Belfast East

rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan="1"|UK Unionist Party (1)

|Robert McCartney

|North Down

rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

|rowspan="1"|Independent (1)

|Kieran Deeny

|West Tyrone

rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" |

|rowspan="1"|Independent Unionist (1)

|Paul Berry

|Newry and Armagh

rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" |

|rowspan="2"|Independent Nationalist (2)

|Geraldine Dougan

|Mid Ulster

Davy Hyland

|Newry and Armagh

rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly}}" |

|rowspan="1"|Speaker (1)

|Eileen Bell

|North Down

† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA

‡ Changed affiliation during the term

MLAs by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

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! 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

|Michael Copeland

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Reg Empey

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Naomi Long

! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Robin Newton

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Dawn Purvis

! style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" |

|Progressive Unionist Party

Peter Robinson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Belfast North

|Fred Cobain

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Nigel Dodds

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Gerry Kelly

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Nelson McCausland

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Alban Maginness

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Kathy Stanton

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

rowspan="6"|Belfast South

|Carmel Hanna

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Esmond Birnie

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Alex Maskey

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Alasdair McDonnell

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Michael McGimpsey

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Mark Robinson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Belfast West

|Gerry Adams

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Alex Attwood

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Diane Dodds

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Fra McCann

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Sue Ramsey

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|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}}" |

|Sinn Féin

rowspan="6"|East Antrim

|Roy Beggs, Jr.

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Sean Neeson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

David Hilditch

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

George Dawson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Ken Robinson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Sammy Wilson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|East Londonderry

|Francis Brolly

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Gregory Campbell

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

John Dallat

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Norman Hillis

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

David McClarty

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

George Robinson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

|Tom Elliott

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Arlene Foster

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Tommy Gallagher

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Michelle Gildernew

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Tom O'Reilly

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Maurice Morrow

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Foyle

|Mary Bradley

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Mark Durkan

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

William Hay

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Raymond McCartney

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féín

Mitchel McLaughlin

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féín

Pat Ramsey

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

rowspan="6"|Lagan Valley

|Norah Beare

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Billy Bell

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Seamus Close

! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Jeffrey Donaldson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Marietta Farrell

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Edwin Poots

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Mid Ulster

|Billy Armstrong

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Geraldine Dougan

! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" |

|Independent Nationalist

William McCrea

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Patsy McGlone

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Martin McGuinness

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Francie Molloy

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

rowspan="6"|Newry and Armagh

|Paul Berry

! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" |

|Independent Unionist

Dominic Bradley

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Davy Hyland

! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" |

|Independent Nationalist

Danny Kennedy

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Conor Murphy

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Patricia O'Rawe

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

rowspan="6"|North Antrim

|Robert Coulter

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Sean Farren

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Philip McGuigan

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Ian Paisley

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Ian Paisley Jr

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Mervyn Storey

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|North Down

|Eileen Bell

! style="background-color: {{party color| Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly}}" |

|Speaker

Leslie Cree

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Alex Easton

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Robert McCartney

! style="background-color: {{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" |

|UK Unionist Party

Alan McFarland

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Peter Weir

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|South Antrim

|David Burnside

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Trevor Clarke

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

David Ford

! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Paul Girvan

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Thomas Burns

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Jim Wilson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|South Down

|P. J. Bradley

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Willie Clarke

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Dermot Nesbitt

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Margaret Ritchie

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Caitríona Ruane

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Jim Wells

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Strangford

|George Ennis

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Kieran McCarthy

! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

David McNarry

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Iris Robinson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Jim Shannon

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

John Taylor

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Upper Bann

|Sam Gardiner

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Dolores Kelly

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Stephen Moutray

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

John O'Dowd

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

David Simpson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

David Trimble

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|West Tyrone

|Thomas Buchanan

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|Democratic Unionist Party

Kieran Deeny

! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

|Independent

Pat Doherty

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Derek Hussey

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|Ulster Unionist Party

Barry McElduff

! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|Sinn Féin

Eugene McMenamin

! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA

‡ Changed affiliation during the term

Changes since the election

=† Co-options =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!Date co-opted

!Constituency

! colspan="2" |Party

!Outgoing

!Co-optee

!Reason

15 July 2004

|Foyle

| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

|Mary Nelis

|Raymond McCartney

|Resignation of Mary Nelis.{{cite web |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_fo03.htm |title=The Northern Ireland Assembly - |accessdate=2007-02-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926043449/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_fo03.htm |archivedate=26 September 2006 |df=dmy-all }}

29 November 2004

|Belfast West

| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

|Bairbre de Brún

|Sue Ramsey

|Resignation of Bairbre de Brún.{{cite web|url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_bw03.htm |title=The Northern Ireland Assembly - |accessdate=2005-12-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926043512/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_bw03.htm |archivedate=26 September 2006 }}

25 September 2006

|Belfast West

| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

|Michael Ferguson

|Vacant

|Death of Michael Ferguson.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/5377630.stm|title=Death of Sinn Fein assembly man|date=25 September 2006|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511143027/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/5377630.stm|url-status=live}} The vacancy remained unfilled on the dissolution of the Assembly.

9 January 2007

|Lagan Valley

| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

|Patricia Lewsley

|Marietta Farrell

|Resignation of Patricia Lewsley to take up the post of Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People.

23 January 2007

|Belfast East

| {{Party name with colour|Progressive Unionist Party}}

|David Ervine

|Dawn Purvis

|Death of David Ervine.

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!Date

!Constituency

!Name

! colspan="2" |Previous affiliation

! colspan="2" |New affiliation

!Circumstance

18 December 2003

|Lagan Valley

|Jeffrey Donaldson

| {{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

|Lagan Valley

|Norah Beare

| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}}

|Norah Beare resigned from the UUP.

18 December 2003

|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

|Arlene Foster

| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}}

|Arlene Foster resigned from the UUP.

5 January 2004

|Lagan Valley

|Jeffrey Donaldson

| {{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

|Lagan Valley

|Norah Beare

| {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}}

| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

|Norah Beare joined the DUP.

5 January 2004

|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

|Arlene Foster

| {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}}

| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

|Arlene Foster joined the DUP.

4 July 2005

|Newry and Armagh

|Paul Berry

| {{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

|Mid Ulster

|Francie Molloy

| {{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

|North Down

|Eileen Bell

| {{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

|Mid Ulster

|Geraldine Dougan

| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| {{Party name with colour|Independent Nationalist}}

|Geraldine Dougan resigned from Sinn Féin.

2 February 2007

|Newry and Armagh

|Davy Hyland

| {{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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Category:2003 in Northern Ireland