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| 7th Northern Ireland Assembly | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Legislative body | Assembly | ||
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland | ||
| Meeting place | Parliament Buildings, Stormont | ||
| Election | 2022 assembly election | ||
| Government | Executive of the 7th Assembly | ||
| Members | 90 | ||
| Speaker | Vacant | ||
| First Minister | Vacant | ||
| Deputy First Minister | Vacant | ||
This is a list of the 90 members of the seventh Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. The election took place on 5 May 2022, with counting finishing the following day; voter turnout was estimated at .
Five MLAs were elected from each of the 18 constituencies. The Nationalist bloc had a big increase and became the biggest group for the first time, Sinn Fein becoming the biggest party for the first time, entitling them to the First Minister. Additionally, Alliance, the biggest cross-community party, also had a big increase, overtaking the SDLP and UUP in votes to become third in the assembly, following the DUP, the biggest Unionist party.
Party strengths
[edit]| Party | Designation | Elected | Current | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Unionist Party | Unionist | 2 | 2 | |
| Sinn Féin | Nationalist | 16 | 16 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nationalist | 1 | 1 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Unionist | 3 | 3 | |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Other | 3 | 3 | |
| Green Party Northern Ireland | Other | 0 | 0 | |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | Unionist | 0 | 0 | |
| People Before Profit | Other | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | Other | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Unionist | Unionist | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Nationalist | 0 | 0 | |
| Speaker[n 1] | None | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals by Designation | Unionist | 5 | 5 | |
| Nationalist | 17 | 17 | ||
| Other | 3 | 3 | ||
| None | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 90 | 90 | ||
Graphical representation
[edit]-
As elected, 2 March 2017 -
9 May 2018 -
Current composition, from 10 January 2019 -
Current composition following the election of the Speaker from Sinn Féin, 11 January 2020
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Parties arranged roughly on the nationalist-unionist spectrum
MLAs by party
[edit]* Party Leader in Stormont
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
MLAs by constituency
[edit]Members are ranked by their order of election, and if co-opted, the position of the person who they co-opted.
* Party Leader in Stormont
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
Changes since the election
[edit]† Co-options
[edit]No Co-options since the election on 5 May 2022
‡ Changes in affiliation
[edit]No Changes since 5 May 2022
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]| Assembly |   | |
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| Committees | ||
| Constituencies | ||
| Parties | ||
| Elections | ||
| Members |
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| Procedure | ||
| See also | ||