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]
| 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly | |||||||||||||
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| Overview | |||||||||||||
| Legislative body | Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Meeting place | Parliament Buildings, Stormont | ||||||||||||
| Term | 13 March 2007 – 23 March 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Election | 2007 assembly election | ||||||||||||
| Government | Executive of the 3rd Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Members | 108 | ||||||||||||
| Speaker | William Hay — Eileen Bell until 8 May 2007 | ||||||||||||
| First Minister | Peter Robinson — Arlene Foster until 3 February 2010 — Peter Robinson until 11 January 2010 — Ian Paisley until 5 June 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Deputy First Minister | Martin McGuinness | ||||||||||||
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| Party | Designation | Mar 2007 election |
Mar 2011 end | |
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| ● | 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[n 1] | 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[n 2] | None | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 108 | |||
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive | ||||
This is not the actual seating plan.
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.
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA ‡ Changed affiliation during the term
| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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| 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 | Independent Nationalist | 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 | 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.[13] | ||