3rd Northern Ireland Assembly
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This is a list of the members of the third Northern Ireland Assembly elected on 7 March 2007 or subsequently co-opted. The third term was the first in the Assembly's history to run to completion.
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 | 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 | None | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 108 | |||
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive |
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.
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
MLAs by constituency
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA ‡ Changed affiliation during the term
Changes since the election
† Co-options
‡ Changes in affiliation
| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | 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. on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil. 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. | ||
| 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. |