List of members of the Northern Ireland Forum

This is a list of members of the Northern Ireland Forum. The Forum was elected in 1996. Most members were elected on a constituency basis, but the ten highest political parties winning the most votes were each allocated two top-up seats.

110 members were elected. The Sinn Féin members did not take their seats, while the Social Democratic and Labour Party and UK Unionist Party members later withdrew.

Members are listed by party, and those parties by number of votes won.

Members by party

This is a list of members elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996, sorted by party.

	Name	Constituency
Ulster Unionist Party (30)	Antony Alcock	Top up seat
	Tom Benson	Strangford
	David Brewster	East Londonderry
	David Browne	Belfast North
	David Campbell	Lagan Valley
	Jim Clarke	Belfast South
	Robert Coulter	North Antrim
	Ivan Davis	Lagan Valley
	Jeffrey Donaldson	Lagan Valley
	Reg Empey	Belfast East
	Sam Foster	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Sam Gardiner	Upper Bann
	Joe Gaston	North Antrim
	John Gorman	Top up seat
	John Hunter	South Antrim
	Derek Hussey	West Tyrone
	John Junkin	Mid Ulster
	Peter King	South Antrim
	Alan McFarland	North Down
	Ken Maginnis	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Dermot Nesbitt	South Down
	Thomas Robinson	East Antrim
	Jim Rodgers	Belfast East
	Jim Speers	Newry and Armagh
	May Steele	East Antrim
	Bob Stoker	Belfast South
	John Taylor	Strangford
	David Trimble	Upper Bann
	Peter Weir	North Down
	Robert White	East Londonderry
Democratic Unionist Party (24)	May Beattie	East Antrim
	Robert Bolton	East Londonderry
	Cecil Calvert	Lagan Valley
	Gregory Campbell	Top up seat
	Mervyn Carrick	Upper Bann
	Wilson Clyde	South Antrim
	Nigel Dodds	Belfast North
	Oliver Gibson	West Tyrone
	Trevor Kirkland	South Antrim
	St Clair McAlister	North Down
	William McCrea	Mid Ulster
	Jack McKee	East Antrim
	Maurice Morrow	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Ian Paisley	North Antrim
	Ian Paisley Jr.	North Antrim
	Joan Parkes	Belfast South
	Edwin Poots	Lagan Valley
	Iris Robinson	Strangford
	Peter Robinson	Belfast East
	Jim Shannon	Strangford
	Eric Smyth	Top up seat
	Billy Snoddy	South Antrim
	Robert Stewart	East Londonderry
	Sammy Wilson	East Belfast
Social Democratic and Labour Party (21)	Joe Byrne	West Tyrone
	Hugh Carr	South Down
	Arthur Doherty	East Londonderry
	Mark Durkan	Foyle
	Sean Farren	North Antrim
	Frank Feely	Newry and Armagh
	Dorita Field	Top up seat
	Tommy Gallagher	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Joe Hendron	Belfast West
	John Hume	Foyle
	Alban Maginness	Belfast North
	Seamus Mallon	Newry and Armagh
	Donovan McClelland	South Antrim
	Alasdair McDonnell	Belfast South
	Patsy McGlone	Mid Ulster
	Paddy McGowan	West Tyrone
	Eddie McGrady	South Down
	Margaret Ritchie	South Down
	Bríd Rodgers	Upper Bann
	Jonathan Stephenson	Top up seat
	John Tierney	Foyle
Sinn Féin (17)	Gerry Adams	Belfast West
	Annie Armstrong	Belfast West
	Lucilita Bhreatnach	Top up seat
	Maria Caraher	Newry and Armagh
	Pat Doherty	Top up seat
	Patrick Groogan	Mid Ulster
	Gerry Kelly	Belfast North
	Alex Maskey	Belfast West
	Barry McElduff	West Tyrone
	Dodie McGuinness	Belfast West
	Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster
	Gerry McHugh	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Mitchel McLaughlin	Foyle
	Pat McNamee	Newry and Armagh
	Francie Molloy	Mid Ulster
	Mick Murphy	South Down
	Michelle O'Connor	Upper Bann
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7)	John Alderdice	Belfast East
	Eileen Bell	Top up seat
	Seamus Close	Top up seat
	Steve McBride	Belfast South
	Kieran McCarthy	Strangford
	Oliver Napier	North Down
	Seán Neeson	East Antrim
UK Unionist Party (3)	Robert McCartney	North Down
	Conor Cruise O'Brien	Top up seat
	Cedric Wilson	Top up seat
Progressive Unionist Party (2)	David Ervine	Top up seat
Progressive Unionist Party (2)	Hugh Smyth	Top up seat
Ulster Democratic Party (2)	Gary McMichael	Top up seat
Ulster Democratic Party (2)	John White	Top up seat
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (2)	Monica McWilliams	Top up seat
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (2)	Pearl Sagar	Top up seat
Labour Coalition (2)	Hugh Casey	Top up seat
Labour Coalition (2)	Malachi Curran	Top up seat

Representatives by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the Northern Ireland Forum
Constituency	Name	Party
Belfast East	John Alderdice		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Reg Empey		Ulster Unionist Party
	Peter Robinson		Democratic Unionist Party
	Jim Rodgers		Ulster Unionist Party
	Sammy Wilson		Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast North	David Browne		Ulster Unionist Party
	Nigel Dodds		Democratic Unionist Party
	Gerry Kelly		Sinn Féin
	Alban Maginness		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Billy Snoddy		Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast South	Jim Clarke		Ulster Unionist Party
	Steve McBride		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Alasdair McDonnell		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Joan Parkes		Democratic Unionist Party
	Bob Stoker		Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast West	Gerry Adams		Sinn Féin
	Annie Armstrong		Sinn Féin
	Joe Hendron		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Alex Maskey		Sinn Féin
	Dodie McGuinness		Sinn Féin
East Antrim	May Beattie		Democratic Unionist Party
	Sean Neeson		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Jack McKee		Democratic Unionist Party
	Thomas Robinson		Ulster Unionist Party
	May Steele		Ulster Unionist Party
East Londonderry	Robert Bolton		Democratic Unionist Party
	David Brewster		Ulster Unionist Party
	Arthur Doherty		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Robert Stewart		Democratic Unionist Party
	Robert White		Ulster Unionist Party
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Sam Foster		Ulster Unionist Party
	Tommy Gallagher		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Ken Maginnis		Ulster Unionist Party
	Gerry McHugh		Sinn Féin
	Maurice Morrow		Democratic Unionist Party
Foyle	Mark Durkan		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	John Hume		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Martin McGuinness		Sinn Féín
	Mitchel McLaughlin		Sinn Féín
	John Tierney		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Lagan Valley	Cecil Calvert		Democratic Unionist Party
	David Campbell		Ulster Unionist Party
	Ivan Davis		Ulster Unionist Party
	Jeffrey Donaldson		Ulster Unionist Party
	Edwin Poots		Democratic Unionist Party
Mid Ulster	Patrick Groogan		Sinn Féin
	John Junkin		Ulster Unionist Party
	William McCrea		Democratic Unionist Party
	Patsy McGlone		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Francie Molloy		Sinn Féin
Newry and Armagh	Maria Caraher		Sinn Féin
	Frank Feely		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Danny Kennedy		Ulster Unionist Party
	Pat McNamee		Sinn Féin
	Seamus Mallon		Social Democratic and Labour Party
North Antrim	Robert Coulter		Ulster Unionist Party
	Sean Farren		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Joe Gaston		Ulster Unionist Party
	Ian Paisley		Democratic Unionist Party
	Ian Paisley Jr		Democratic Unionist Party
North Down	St Clair McAlister		Democratic Unionist Party
	Robert McCartney		UK Unionist Party
	Alan McFarland		Ulster Unionist Party
	Oliver Napier		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Peter Weir		Ulster Unionist Party
South Antrim	Wilson Clyde		Democratic Unionist Party
	John Hunter		Ulster Unionist Party
	Peter King		Ulster Unionist Party
	Trevor Kirkland		Democratic Unionist Party
	Donovan McClelland		Social Democratic and Labour Party
South Down	Hugh Carr		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Dermot Nesbitt		Ulster Unionist Party
	Eddie McGrady		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Mick Murphy		Sinn Féin
	Margaret Ritchie		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Strangford	Tom Benson		Ulster Unionist Party
	Kieran McCarthy		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Iris Robinson		Democratic Unionist Party
	Jim Shannon		Democratic Unionist Party
	John Taylor		Ulster Unionist Party
Upper Bann	Mervyn Carrick		Democratic Unionist Party
	Michelle O'Connor		Sinn Féin
	Bríd Rodgers		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Sam Gardiner		Ulster Unionist Party
	David Trimble		Ulster Unionist Party
West Tyrone	Joe Byrne		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Oliver Gibson		Democratic Unionist Party
	Derek Hussey		Ulster Unionist Party
	Barry McElduff		Sinn Féin
	Paddy McGowan		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Top up seats	Antony Alcock		Ulster Unionist Party
	Eileen Bell		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Lucilita Bhreatnach		Sinn Féin
	Gregory Campbell		Democratic Unionist Party
	Hugh Casey		Labour Coalition
	Seamus Close		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Malachi Curran		Labour Coalition
	Pat Doherty		Sinn Féin
	David Ervine		Progressive Unionist Party
	Dorita Field		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	John Gorman		Ulster Unionist Party
	Gary McMichael		Ulster Democratic Party
	Monica McWilliams		Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
	Conor Cruise O'Brien		UK Unionist Party
	Pearl Sagar		Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
	Eric Smyth		Democratic Unionist Party
	Hugh Smyth		Progressive Unionist Party
	Jonathan Stephenson		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	John White		Ulster Democratic Party
	Cedric Wilson		UK Unionist Party

Representation of women

Of all the members, there were 18 women:

References

v t e Elected representatives in Northern Ireland
House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1922–1973	1st Parliament (1921–25) 2nd Parliament (1925–29) 3rd Parliament (1929–33) 4th Parliament (1933–38) 5th Parliament (1938–45) 6th Parliament (1945–49) 7th Parliament (1949–53) 8th Parliament (1953–58) 9th Parliament (1958–62) 10th Parliament (1962–65) 11th Parliament (1965–69) 12th Parliament (1969–73) By-elections Women
Senate of Northern Ireland 1922–1973	1st Parliament (1921–25) 2nd Parliament (1925–29) 3rd Parliament (1929–33) 4th Parliament (1933–38) 5th Parliament (1938–45) 6th Parliament (1945–49) 7th Parliament (1949–53) 8th Parliament (1953–58) 9th Parliament (1958–62) 10th Parliament (1962–65) 11th Parliament (1965–69) 12th Parliament (1969–73) Women
Assemblies etc pre-1998	1973 Assembly (1973–74) Constitutional Convention (1975–76) 1982 Assembly (1982–86) Forum (1996–98)
Northern Ireland Assembly since 1998	1st Assembly (1998–03) 2nd Assembly (2006–07) 3rd Assembly (2007–11) 4th Assembly (2011–16) 5th Assembly (2016–17) 6th Assembly (2017–22) 7th Assembly (2022–27)
House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1922	1922–23‎ 1923–24‎ 1924–29‎ 1929–31‎ 1931–35‎ 1935–45‎ 1945–50‎ 1950–51‎ 1951–55‎ 1955–59‎ 1959–64‎ 1964–66‎ 1966–70‎ 1970–74‎ 1974‎ 1974–79‎ 1979–83‎ 1983–87‎ 1987–92‎ 1992–97‎ 1997–2001‎ 2001–05‎ 2005–10 2010–15 2015–17 2017–19 2019-24

Members by party

Representatives by constituency

Representation of women

See also

References