This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Northern Irish constituencies for the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (2001 to 2005). There are 18 such constituencies, 11 of which were represented by Unionists and seven by Nationalists. It includes MPs elected at the 2001 United Kingdom general election, held on 7 June 2001.[1]
The list is sorted by the name of the MP.
Sinn Féin MPs follow an abstentionist policy of not taking their seats in the House of Commons.
Affiliation | Members | ||
---|---|---|---|
DUP | 5 | ||
Sinn Féin | 4 | ||
SDLP | 3 | ||
Ulster Unionist | 6 | ||
Total | 18 |
MP | Constituency | Party | In constituency since | First elected | ||
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Belfast West | Sinn Féin | 1997 | 1983 | |||
East Londonderry | DUP | 2001 | 2001 | |||
Belfast North | DUP | 2001 | 2001 | |||
West Tyrone | Sinn Féin | 2001 | 2001 | |||
Lagan Valley | Ulster Unionist | 1997 | 1997 | |||
John Hume | Foyle | SDLP | 1983 | 1983 | ||
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Sinn Féin | 2001 | 2001 | |||
North Down | Ulster Unionist | 2001 | 2001 | |||
David Burnside | South Antrim | Ulster Unionist | 2001 | 2001 | ||
Martin Smyth | Belfast South | Ulster Unionist | 1982 | 1982 | ||
South Down | SDLP | 1987 | 1987 | |||
Mid Ulster | Sinn Féin | 1997 | 1997 | |||
Seamus Mallon | Newry and Armagh | SDLP | 1986 | 1986 | ||
North Antrim | DUP | 1970 | 1970 | |||
Strangford | DUP | 2001 | 2001 | |||
Belfast East | DUP | 1979 | 1979 | |||
David Trimble | Upper Bann | Ulster Unionist | 1990 | 1990 | ||
Roy Beggs | East Antrim | Ulster Unionist | 1983 | 1983 |