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3rd Northern Ireland Assembly

{{Short description|Northern Ireland MLAs 2007 to 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox legislative session

|name = 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly

|image =

|image_size = 80px

|body = Assembly

|country = Northern Ireland

|meeting_place = Parliament Buildings,
Stormont

|election = 2007 assembly election

|government = Executive of the 3rd Assembly

|term_start = 13 March 2007

|term_end = 23 March 2011

|before = 2nd Assembly

|after = 4th Assembly

|membership1 = 108

|chamber1_leader1_type = Speaker

|chamber1_leader1 = William Hay
— Eileen Bell
{{small|until 8 May 2007}}

|chamber1_leader2_type = First Minister

|chamber1_leader2 = Peter Robinson
— Arlene Foster
{{small|until 3 February 2010}}
— Peter Robinson
{{small|until 11 January 2010}}
— Ian Paisley
{{small|until 5 June 2008}}

|chamber1_leader3_type = Deputy First Minister

|chamber1_leader3 = Martin McGuinness

|session1_start = 13 March 2007

|session1_end = 20 March 2007

|session2_start = 8 May 2007

|session2_end = 3 July 2007

|session3_start = 10 September 2007

|session3_end = 1 July 2008

|session4_start = 15 September 2008

|session4_end = 7 July 2009

|session5_start = 14 September 2009

|session5_end = 30 June 2010

|session6_start = 13 September 2010

|session6_end = 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-12865791/first-full-term-for-ni-assembly|title=Ian Paisley retires as NI Assembly completes historical first full term|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-04-29|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926142900/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-12865791|url-status=live}}

Party strengths

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!colspan=2| Party

DesignationMar 2007
election		Mar 2011
end
style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |●

|Democratic Unionist Party || align="center" | Unionist ||align="center"| 36 || align="center" | 35

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |●

|Sinn Féin || align="center" | Nationalist || align="center"| 28 || align="center" | 27

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |●

|Ulster Unionist Party || align="center" | Unionist ||align="center"| 18 || align="center" | 16

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |●

|Social Democratic and Labour Party|| align="center" | Nationalist ||align="center"| 16 || align="center" | 16

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |●

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland{{#tag:ref|Alliance joined the Executive on 12 April 2010, administering the Department of Justice with cross-community support.|name="A"|group="n"}}|| align="center" | Other ||align="center"| 7 || align="center" | 7

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" |

|Progressive Unionist Party || align="center" | Unionist ||align="center"| 1 || align="center" | 0

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Green Party in Northern Ireland}}" |

|Green Party in Northern Ireland|| align="center" | Other ||align="center"| 1 || align="center" | 1

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" |

|Independent|| align="center" | Nationalist ||align="center"| 0 || align="center" | 1

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

|Independent|| align="center" | Other ||align="center"| 1 || align="center" | 1

style="color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black; background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" |

|Independent|| align="center" | Unionist ||align="center"| 0 || align="center" | 3

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

! style="background-color: #000000" |

|Speaker{{#tag:ref|The MLA elected Speaker by the Assembly relinquishes party affiliation while in post.|name="S"|group="n"}}

align="center" | Nonealign="center"| 0align="center" |1
colspan="3"|Totalcolspan="2" align="center"| 108
colspan="5" style="font-size:85%"|● = Northern Ireland Executive

{{smalldiv|Notes

}}

=Graphical representation=

File:NIAssembly20070307.svg|At election, 7 Mar 2007

File:NIAssembly20070508.svg|8 May to 29 Nov 2007

File:NIAssembly20110103.svg|3 Jan 2011 to end

{{small|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.

class="wikitable"
style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"

! colspan=2|Party

!Name

!Constituency

rowspan="35" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan="35"|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

rowspan="27" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

|rowspan="27"|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

rowspan="16" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan="16"|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

rowspan="16" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

|rowspan="16"|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

rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|rowspan="7"|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

rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

|rowspan="1"|Green Party of Northern Ireland (1)

|Brian Wilson

|North Down

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

|rowspan="1"|Independent (1)

|Kieran Deeny

|West Tyrone

rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" |

|rowspan="3"|Independent Unionist (3)

|Dawn Purvis ‡

|Belfast East

David McClarty ‡

|East Londonderry

Alan McFarland ‡

|North Down

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

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

|Gerry McHugh ‡

|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

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

|rowspan="1"|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.

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! colspan=4|Members of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly

align=center|Constituency

!align=center|Name

! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Party

rowspan="6"|Belfast East

|Wallace Browne

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

|Democratic 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|Independent Unionist}}" |

|Independent Unionist

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

William Humphrey †

! 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

Carál Ní Chuilín

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

|Sinn Féin

rowspan="6"|Belfast South

|Anna Lo

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

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Alex Maskey

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

|Sinn Féin

Conall McDevitt †

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

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

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

Jimmy Spratt

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Belfast West

|Alex Attwood

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

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Fra McCann

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

|Sinn Féin

Jennifer McCann

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

|Sinn Féin

Paul Maskey

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

|Sinn Féin

Sue Ramsey

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

|Sinn Féin

Pat Sheehan †

! 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

Alastair Ross †

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

Ken Robinson

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

|Sinn Féin

Sammy Wilson

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|East Londonderry

|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

Billy Leonard †

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

|Sinn Féin

David McClarty ‡

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

|Independent Unionist

Adrian McQuillan

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

|Democratic 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

Gerry McHugh ‡

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

|Independent Nationalist

Maurice Morrow

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Foyle

|Martina Anderson

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

|Sinn Féín

Mary Bradley

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

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Pól Callaghan †

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

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

William Hay ‡

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

|Speaker

Raymond McCartney

! 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

|Paul Butler

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

|Sinn Féin

Jonathan Craig

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

Paul Givan †

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

Trevor Lunn

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

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Basil McCrea

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

|Ulster Unionist 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

Ian 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

Michelle O'Neill

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

|Sinn Féin

rowspan="6"|Newry and Armagh

|Cathal Boylan

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

|Sinn Féin

Mickey Brady

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

|Sinn Féin

Dominic Bradley

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

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

William Irwin

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

Danny Kennedy

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

|Ulster Unionist Party

Conor Murphy

! 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

Paul Frew †

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

Daithí McKay

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

|Sinn Féin

Declan O'Loan

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

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Ian Paisley

! 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

|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

Stephen Farry

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

|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Alan McFarland ‡

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

|Independent Unionist

Peter Weir

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

Brian Wilson

! style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party in Northern Ireland}}" |

|Green Party in Northern Ireland

rowspan="6"|South Antrim

|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

Danny Kinahan †

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

|Ulster Unionist Party

Thomas Burns

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

|Social Democratic and Labour Party

Mitchel McLaughlin

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

|Sinn Féin

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

John McCallister

! 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

|Jonathan Bell †

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

Simon Hamilton

! 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

Michelle McIlveen

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

David McNarry

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

|Ulster Unionist Party

Simpson Gibson †

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|Upper Bann

|Sydney Anderson †

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

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

George Savage

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

|Ulster Unionist Party

rowspan="6"|West Tyrone

|Allan Bresland

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

|Democratic Unionist Party

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

Claire McGill

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

|Sinn Féin

Barry McElduff

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

|Sinn Féin

† 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

14 May 2007

|East Antrim

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

|George Dawson

|Alastair Ross

|George Dawson died.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6633433.stm|title=BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - DUP assembly member Dawson dies|work=bbc.co.uk|date=7 May 2007|access-date=8 May 2007|archive-date=14 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514032215/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6633433.stm|url-status=live}}

9 June 2009

|South Antrim

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

|David Burnside

|Danny Kinahan

|David Burnside resigned.

7 January 2010

|East Londonderry

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

|Francie Brolly

|Billy Leonard

|Francie Brolly resigned.{{cite web|url=http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/17966|title=Ní Chuilín welcomes Billy Leonard onto the Sinn Féin Assembly Team|work=sinnfein.ie|access-date=30 January 2010|archive-date=4 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504114718/http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/17966|url-status=live}}

21 January 2010

|Belfast South

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

|Carmel Hanna

|Conall McDevitt

|Carmel Hanna resigned.{{cite web|url=http://oconallstreet.com/2010/01/21/conall-mcdevitt-mla/ |title=Conall McDevitt MLA @ O'Conall Street |accessdate=2010-01-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124083751/http://oconallstreet.com/2010/01/21/conall-mcdevitt-mla/ |archivedate=24 January 2010 }}

25 January 2010

|Strangford

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

|Iris Robinson

|Jonathan Bell

|Iris Robinson resigned.

10 June 2010

|Lagan Valley

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

|Jeffrey Donaldson

|Paul Givan

|Jeffrey Donaldson resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.

21 June 2010

|North Antrim

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

|Ian Paisley Jr

|Paul Frew

|Ian Paisley Jr was elected as Member of Parliament for North Antrim in the 2010 general election.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8689845.stm|title=BBC News - Paisley set to leave NI assembly|work=bbc.co.uk|date=18 May 2010|access-date=19 May 2010|archive-date=21 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521181406/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8689845.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/northern_ireland/10231377.stm|title=DUP's Paul Frew to replace Paisley jnr in the Assembly|work=BBC News|date=4 June 2010|access-date=3 June 2010|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926142857/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10231377|url-status=live}}

1 July 2010

|Upper Bann

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

|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

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

|William McCrea

|Paul Girvan

|William McCrea resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.

5 July 2010

|Belfast East

| {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}

|Naomi Long

|Chris Lyttle

|Naomi Long was elected as Member of Parliament for Belfast East in the 2010 general election.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/northern_ireland/10409796.stm|title=Alliance selects Chris Lyttle as new East Belfast MLA|work=BBC News|date=24 June 2010|access-date=26 June 2010|archive-date=28 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628051407/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/northern_ireland/10409796.stm|url-status=live}}

2 August 2010

|Strangford

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

|Jim Shannon

|Simpson Gibson

|Jim Shannon was elected as Member of Parliament for Strangford in the 2010 general election.

10 September 2010

|Belfast North

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

|Nigel Dodds

|William Humphrey

|Nigel Dodds resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/|title=ITV Hub - The home of ITV|website=ITV Hub|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=18 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418191407/http://www.u.tv/News/Hutchinson-elected-PUP-leader/96d96627-96c0-436d-b21b-e7e74bc4d888|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/membership07.htm |title=Welcome to the Northern Ireland Assembly |accessdate=2007-10-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117060753/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/membership07.htm |archivedate=17 November 2007 }}

15 November 2010

|Foyle

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

|Mark Durkan

|Pól Callaghan

|Mark Durkan resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.

7 December 2010

|Belfast West

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

|Gerry Adams

|Pat Sheehan

|Gerry Adams resigned to run for Dáil Éireann.

= ‡ Changes in affiliation =

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

!Date

!Constituency

!Name

! colspan="2" |Previous affiliation

! colspan="2" |New affiliation

!Circumstance

8 May 2007

|Foyle

|William Hay

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

| {{Party name with colour|Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly}}

|William Hay elected Speaker of the Assembly at its first sitting.

29 November 2007

|Fermanagh and South Tyrone

|Gerry McHugh

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

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

|Gerry McHugh resigned from Sinn Féin to become an independent nationalist.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7125105.stm|title=BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - 'Disillusioned' SF man resigns|work=bbc.co.uk|date=3 December 2007|access-date=3 December 2007|archive-date=8 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208090628/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7125105.stm|url-status=live}} on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil.{{cite web|url=http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/FH/free/341629456001438.php|title=nwipp-newspapers.com|access-date=5 December 2009|archive-date=15 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215031251/http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/FH/free/341629456001438.php|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/03/390319-gerry-mchugh-still-independent-mla-despite-fianna-fail-move/|title=Gerry McHugh still independent MLA despite Fianna Fail move|work=Impartial Reporter|access-date=5 December 2009|archive-date=18 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118092343/http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/03/390319-gerry-mchugh-still-independent-mla-despite-fianna-fail-move/|url-status=live}}

31 March 2010

|North Down

|Alan McFarland

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

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

|Alan McFarland resigned from the UUP to become an independent unionist.

3 June 2010

|Belfast East

|Dawn Purvis

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

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

|Dawn Purvis resigned from the PUP to become an independent unionist.

3 January 2011

|East Londonderry

|David McClarty

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

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

|David McClarty resigned from the UUP after being deselected for the 2011 election.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12107666|title=David McClarty resigns from UUP after being deselected|work=BBC News|date=3 January 2011|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413055954/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12107666|url-status=live}}

References

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External links

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