| 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly | |
| 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 |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | First Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Peter Robinson — Arlene Foster — Peter Robinson — Ian Paisley |
| 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.[1]
| Party | Designation | Mar 2011 end | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | Unionist | 36 | 35 | ||
| ● | Nationalist | 28 | 27 | ||
| ● | Unionist | 18 | 16 | ||
| ● | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nationalist | 16 | 16 | |
| ● | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Other | 7 | 7 | |
| Unionist | 1 | 0 | |||
| Green Party in Northern Ireland | Other | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Nationalist | 0 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Other | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Unionist | 0 | 3 | ||
| None | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 108 | ||||
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive | |||||
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
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
| Date co-opted | Constituency | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2007 | East Antrim | George Dawson | Alastair Ross | George Dawson died.[2] | ||
| 9 June 2009 | South Antrim | David Burnside | Danny Kinahan | David Burnside resigned. | ||
| 7 January 2010 | East Londonderry | Francie Brolly | Billy Leonard | Francie Brolly resigned.[3] | ||
| 21 January 2010 | Belfast South | Carmel Hanna | Conall McDevitt | Carmel Hanna resigned.[4] | ||
| 25 January 2010 | Strangford | Iris Robinson | Jonathan Bell | Iris Robinson resigned. | ||
| 10 June 2010 | Lagan Valley | Jeffrey Donaldson | Paul Givan | Jeffrey Donaldson resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | ||
| 21 June 2010 | North Antrim | Ian Paisley Jr | Paul Frew | Ian Paisley Jr was elected as Member of Parliament for North Antrim in the 2010 general election.[5] [6] | ||
| 1 July 2010 | Upper Bann | 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 | William McCrea | Paul Girvan | William McCrea resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | ||
| 5 July 2010 | Belfast East | Naomi Long | Chris Lyttle | Naomi Long was elected as Member of Parliament for Belfast East in the 2010 general election.[7] | ||
| 2 August 2010 | Strangford | Jim Shannon | Simpson Gibson | Jim Shannon was elected as Member of Parliament for Strangford in the 2010 general election. | ||
| 10 September 2010 | Belfast North | Nigel Dodds | William Humphrey | Nigel Dodds resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament.[8] [9] | ||
| 15 November 2010 | Foyle | Mark Durkan | Pól Callaghan | Mark Durkan resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. | ||
| 7 December 2010 | Belfast West | Gerry Adams | Pat Sheehan | Gerry Adams resigned to run for Dáil Éireann. | ||
| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2007 | Foyle | William Hay | William Hay elected Speaker of the Assembly at its first sitting. | ||||
| 29 November 2007 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Gerry McHugh | Gerry McHugh resigned from Sinn Féin to become an independent nationalist.[10] on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil.[11] 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.[12] | ||||
| 31 March 2010 | North Down | Alan McFarland | Alan McFarland resigned from the UUP to become an independent unionist. | ||||
| 3 June 2010 | Belfast East | Dawn Purvis | Dawn Purvis resigned from the PUP to become an independent unionist. | ||||
| 3 January 2011 | East Londonderry | David McClarty | David McClarty resigned from the UUP after being deselected for the 2011 election.[13] | ||||