# List of female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

This is a list of women who are or have served as members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

## List of female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

| Party | Name | Constituency | Start year | End year | Reason |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Eileen Paisley | Belfast East | 1973 | 1976 | Retired |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Dorothy Dunlop | East Belfast | 1982 | 1986 | Retired |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Mary McSorley | South Down | 1982 | 1986 | Retired |
| UK Unionist Party | Pauline Armitage | East Londonderry | 1998 | 2003 | Defeated |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Eileen Bell | North Down | 1998 | 2007 | Retired |
| Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brún | West Belfast | 1998 | 2004 | Resigned |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Joan Carson | Fermanagh & South Tyrone | 1998 | 2003 | Retired |
| Sinn Féin | Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 1998 | 2012 | Resigned |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Carmel Hanna | Belfast South | 1998 | 2010 | Retired |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Patricia Lewsley | Lagan Valley | 1998 | 2006 | Resigned |
| Northern Ireland Women's Coalition | Jane Morrice | North Down | 1998 | 2003 | Defeated |
| Northern Ireland Women's Coalition | Monica McWilliams | Belfast South | 1998 | 2003 | Defeated |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Nelis | Foyle | 1998 | 2004 | Resigned |
| Sinn Féin | Dara O'Hagan | Upper Bann | 1998 | 2003 | Defeated |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Bríd Rodgers | Upper Bann | 1998 | 2003 | Retired |
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | Belfast West | 1998 | 2003 | Defeated |
| Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey | Belfast West | 2004 | 2014 | Retired |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Iris Robinson | Strangford | 1998 | 2010 | Resigned |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Annie Courtney | Foyle | 2000 | 2003 | Defeated |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Norah Beare | Lagan Valley | 2003 | 2007 | De-selected |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Mary Bradley | Foyle | 2003 | 2011 | Retired |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Diane Dodds | Belfast West | 2003 | 2007 | Defeated |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Diane Dodds | Upper Bann | 2020 | | Serving |
| Independent Nationalist | Geraldine Dougan | Mid Ulster | 2003 | 2007 | Retired |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Arlene Foster | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2003 | 2021 | Resigned |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Dolores Kelly | Upper Bann | 2003 | 2016 | Defeated |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Dolores Kelly | Upper Bann | 2017 | 2022 | Defeated |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Naomi Long | Belfast East | 2003 | 2010 | Resigned |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Naomi Long | Belfast East | 2016 | 2019 | Resigned |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Naomi Long | Belfast East | 2020 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Patricia O'Rawe | Newry and Armagh | 2003 | 2007 | De-selected |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Margaret Ritchie | South Down | 2003 | 2012 | Resigned |
| Sinn Féin | Caitríona Ruane | South Down | 2003 | 2017 | Retired |
| Sinn Féin | Kathy Stanton | North Belfast | 2003 | 2007 | Retired |
| Sinn Féin | Martina Anderson | Foyle | 2007 | 2012 | Resigned |
| Sinn Féin | Martina Anderson | Foyle | 2020 | 2021 | Resigned |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Marietta Farrell | Lagan Valley | 2007 | 2007 | Defeated |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Anna Lo | Belfast South | 2007 | 2016 | Retired |
| Sinn Féin | Jennifer McCann | Belfast West | 2007 | 2016 | Resigned |
| Sinn Féin | Claire McGill | West Tyrone | 2007 | 2011 | Retired |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Michelle McIlveen | Strangford | 2007 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Carál Ní Chuilín | Belfast North | 2007 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Michelle O'Neill | Mid Ulster | 2007 | | Serving |
| Progressive Unionist Party | Dawn Purvis | Belfast East | 2007 | 2011 | Defeated |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Michaela Boyle | West Tyrone | 2011 | 2019 | Resigned |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Paula Bradley | Belfast North | 2011 | 2022 | Retired |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Pam Cameron | South Antrim | 2011 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Judith Cochrane | Belfast East | 2011 | 2016 | Retired |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Jo-Anne Dobson | Upper Bann | 2011 | 2017 | Defeated |
| Sinn Féin | Megan Fearon | Newry and Armagh | 2011 | 2020 | Resigned |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Brenda Hale | Lagan Valley | 2011 | 2017 | Defeated |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Karen McKevitt | South Down | 2011 | 2016 | Defeated |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Sandra Overend | Mid Ulster | 2011 | 2017 | Defeated |
| Sinn Féin | Rosie McCorley | Belfast West | 2012 | 2016 | Defeated |
| Sinn Féin | Bronwyn McGahan | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2012 | 2016 | Retired |
| Sinn Féin | Maeve McLaughlin | Foyle | 2012 | 2016 | Defeated |
| Independent Unionist | Claire Sugden | East Londonderry | 2014 | | Serving |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Claire Hanna | Belfast South | 2015 | 2019 | Resigned |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Emma Little-Pengelly | South Belfast | 2015 | 2017 | Resigned |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Emma Little-Pengelly | Lagan Valley | 2022 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Archibald | East Londonderry | 2016 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Kellie Armstrong | Strangford | 2016 | | Serving |
| Green Party in Northern Ireland | Clare Bailey | South Belfast | 2016 | 2022 | Defeated |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Rosemary Barton | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2016 | 2022 | Defeated |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Sinéad Bradley | South Down | 2016 | 2022 | Retired |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Paula Bradshaw | Belfast South | 2016 | | Serving |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Joanne Bunting | Belfast East | 2016 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Linda Dillon | Mid Ulster | 2016 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Órlaithí Flynn | Belfast West | 2016 | | Serving |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Carla Lockhart | Upper Bann | 2016 | 2019 | Resigned |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nichola Mallon | Belfast North | 2016 | 2022 | Defeated |
| Sinn Féin | Elisha McCallion | Foyle | 2017 | 2017 | Resigned |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Jennifer Palmer | Lagan Valley | 2016 | 2017 | Defeated |
| Sinn Féin | Catherine Seeley | Upper Bann | 2016 | 2017 | Retired |
| Sinn Féin | Jemma Dolan | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2017 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Karen Mullan | Foyle | 2017 | 2021 | Resigned |
| Sinn Féin | Emma Rogan | South Down | 2017 | 2022 | Resigned |
| Sinn Féin | Sinéad Ennis | South Down | 2017 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Emma Sheerin | Mid Ulster | 2018 | | Serving |
| Green Party Northern Ireland | Rachel Woods | North Down | 2019 | 2022 | Defeated |
| Sinn Féin | Nicola Brogan | West Tyrone | 2020 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Deirdre Hargey | Belfast South | 2020 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Cara Hunter | East Londonderry | 2020 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Liz Kimmins | Newry and Armagh | 2020 | | Serving |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Sinead McLaughlin | Foyle | 2020 | | Serving |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Deborah Erskine | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2021 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Ciara Ferguson | Foyle | 2021 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Áine Murphy | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2021 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Aisling Reilly | West Belfast | 2021 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Connie Egan | North Down | 2022 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Sorcha Eastwood | Lagan Valley | 2022 | 2024 | Resigned |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Diane Forsythe | South Down | 2022 | | Serving |
| Sinn Féin | Cathy Mason | South Down | 2022 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Nuala McAllister | Belfast North | 2022 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Kate Nicholl | Belfast South | 2022 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Patricia O'Lynn | North Antrim | 2022 | 2023 | Resigned |
| Democratic Unionist Party | Cheryl Brownlee | East Antrim | 2023 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Sian Mulholland | North Antrim | 2023 | | Serving |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Michelle Guy | Lagan Valley | 2024 | | Serving |
| Ulster Unionist Party | Diana Armstrong | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2024 | | Serving |