# 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly

The Northern Ireland Assembly elected in November 2003 never met as such: Northern Ireland's devolved government and representative institutions had been suspended with the re-introduction of direct rule by the United Kingdom government on 14 October 2002. However, the persons (Members of the Legislative Assembly, MLAs) elected to the Assembly at the 2003 assembly election were called together in a non-legislative capacity, initially under the Northern Ireland Act 2006 and then under the St Andrews Agreement. These bodies failed to form a government before the 2007 election.
The following is a list of the members of that second Assembly, including members co-opted after the election to replace those who had resigned or died, and changes in party affiliation.

## Party strengths

| Party | Party | Designation | Nov 2003 election | Jan 2007 end |
| | Democratic Unionist Party | Unionist | 30 | 32 |
| | Ulster Unionist Party | Unionist | 27 | 24 |
| | Sinn Féin | Nationalist | 24 | 21 |
| | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nationalist | 18 | 18 |
| | Alliance Party | Other | 6 | 5 |
| | UK Unionist Party | Unionist | 1 | 1 |
| | Progressive Unionist Party | Unionist | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | Nationalist | 0 | 1 |
| | Independent | Other | 0 | 1 |
| | Independent | Unionist | 1 | 2 |
| | Speaker | None | 0 | 1 |
| | Vacant | Nationalist | 0 | 1 |
| Totals by Designation | Totals by Designation | Unionist | 60 | 60 |
| Totals by Designation | Totals by Designation | Nationalist | 42 | 41 |
| Totals by Designation | Totals by Designation | Other | 6 | 6 |
| Totals by Designation | Totals by Designation | None | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 108 | 108 |
Notes
* ↑ While in post, the Speaker is not counted as a member of their parliamentary party.
* ↑ When Sinn Féin MLA Michael Ferguson died in September 2006, no substitutes were available. Sinn Féin was allowed to use his vote in the Assembly despite his death.

### Graphical representation

* At election, 26 Nov 2003 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly)
* 10 Apr to 25 Sep 2006 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Assembly est. under the Northern Ireland Act 2006),
* 25 Sep 2006 to 15 Jan 2007 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Transitional Assembly)
* 2 Feb 2007 to end (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly)

## MLAs by party

This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.
| Party | Name | Constituency |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Norah Beare ‡ | Lagan Valley |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Thomas Buchanan | West Tyrone |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Wilson Clyde | South Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | George Dawson | East Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Diane Dodds | Belfast West |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Nigel Dodds | Belfast North |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Jeffrey Donaldson ‡ | Lagan Valley |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Alex Easton | North Down |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | George Ennis | Strangford |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Arlene Foster ‡ | Fermanagh & South Tyrone |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Paul Girvan | South Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | William Hay | Foyle |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | David Hilditch | East Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Nelson McCausland | Belfast North |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | William McCrea | Mid Ulster |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Lord Morrow | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Stephen Moutray | Upper Bann |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Robin Newton | Belfast East |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Ian Paisley | North Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Ian Paisley Jr. | North Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Edwin Poots | Lagan Valley |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | George Robinson | East Londonderry |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Iris Robinson | Strangford |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Mark Robinson | Belfast South |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Peter Robinson | Belfast East |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Jim Shannon | Strangford |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | David Simpson | Upper Bann |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Mervyn Storey | North Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Peter Weir | North Down |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Jim Wells | South Down |
| Democratic Unionist Party (32) | Sammy Wilson | East Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Billy Armstrong | Mid Ulster |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Roy Beggs, Jr. | East Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Billy Bell | Lagan Valley |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Esmond Birnie | South Belfast |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | David Burnside | South Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Fred Cobain | Belfast North |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Michael Copeland | Belfast East |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Robert Coulter | North Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Leslie Cree | North Down |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Reg Empey | Belfast East |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Sam Gardiner | Upper Bann |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Norman Hillis | East Londonderry |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Derek Hussey | West Tyrone |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Danny Kennedy | Newry and Armagh |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | David McClarty | East Londonderry |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Alan McFarland | North Down |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Michael McGimpsey | Belfast South |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | David McNarry | Strangford |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Dermot Nesbitt | South Down |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Ken Robinson | East Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | John Taylor | Strangford |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | David Trimble | Upper Bann |
| Ulster Unionist Party (24) | Jim Wilson | South Antrim |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Gerry Adams | Belfast West |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Francie Brolly | East Londonderry |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Willie Clarke | South Down |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Pat Doherty | West Tyrone |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Gerry Kelly | Belfast North |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Alex Maskey | Belfast South |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Fra McCann | Belfast West |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Raymond McCartney † | Foyle |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Barry McElduff | West Tyrone |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Philip McGuigan | North Antrim |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Mitchel McLaughlin | Foyle |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Francie Molloy | Mid Ulster |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh |
| Sinn Féin (22) | John O'Dowd | Upper Bann |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Patricia O'Rawe | Newry and Armagh |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Tom O'Reilly | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Sue Ramsey † | Belfast West |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Caitríona Ruane | South Down |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Kathy Stanton | Belfast North |
| Sinn Féin (22) | Vacant | Belfast West |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Alex Attwood | Belfast West |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Dominic Bradley | Newry and Armagh |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Mary Bradley | Foyle |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | P. J. Bradley | South Down |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Thomas Burns | South Antrim |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | John Dallat | East Londonderry |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Mark Durkan | Foyle |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Sean Farren | North Antrim |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Marietta Farrell † | Lagan Valley |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Tommy Gallagher | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Carmel Hanna | Belfast South |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Dolores Kelly | Upper Bann |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Alban Maginness | Belfast North |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Patsy McGlone | Mid Ulster |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Eugene McMenamin | West Tyrone |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Pat Ramsey | Foyle |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) | Margaret Ritchie | South Down |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5) | Seamus Close | Lagan Valley |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5) | David Ford | South Antrim |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5) | Naomi Long | East Belfast |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5) | Kieran McCarthy | Strangford |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5) | Seán Neeson | East Antrim |
| Progressive Unionist Party (1) | Dawn Purvis † | Belfast East |
| UK Unionist Party (1) | Robert McCartney | North Down |
| Independent (1) | Kieran Deeny | West Tyrone |
| Independent Unionist (1) | Paul Berry ‡ | Newry and Armagh |
| Independent Nationalist (2) | Geraldine Dougan ‡ | Mid Ulster |
| Independent Nationalist (2) | Davy Hyland ‡ | Newry and Armagh |
| Speaker (1) | Eileen Bell ‡ | North Down |
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term

## MLAs by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
Members of the 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Belfast East | Michael Copeland | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Belfast East | Reg Empey | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Belfast East | Naomi Long | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Belfast East | Robin Newton | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast East | Dawn Purvis † | Progressive Unionist Party |
| Belfast East | Peter Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | Fred Cobain | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | Nigel Dodds | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | Gerry Kelly | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast North | Nelson McCausland | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | Alban Maginness | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Belfast North | Kathy Stanton | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast South | Carmel Hanna | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Belfast South | Esmond Birnie | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Belfast South | Alex Maskey | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast South | Alasdair McDonnell | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Belfast South | Michael McGimpsey | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Belfast South | Mark Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast West | Gerry Adams | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Alex Attwood | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Belfast West | Diane Dodds | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast West | Fra McCann | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Sue Ramsey † | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Vacant | Sinn Féin |
| East Antrim | Roy Beggs, Jr. | Ulster Unionist Party |
| East Antrim | Sean Neeson | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| East Antrim | David Hilditch | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Antrim | George Dawson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Antrim | Ken Robinson | Ulster Unionist Party |
| East Antrim | Sammy Wilson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | Francis Brolly | Sinn Féin |
| East Londonderry | Gregory Campbell | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | John Dallat | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| East Londonderry | Norman Hillis | Ulster Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | David McClarty | Ulster Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | George Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Tom Elliott | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Arlene Foster ‡ | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Tommy Gallagher | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Michelle Gildernew | Sinn Féin |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Tom O'Reilly | Sinn Féin |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Maurice Morrow | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Foyle | Mary Bradley | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Foyle | Mark Durkan | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Foyle | William Hay | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Foyle | Raymond McCartney † | Sinn Féín |
| Foyle | Mitchel McLaughlin | Sinn Féín |
| Foyle | Pat Ramsey | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Lagan Valley | Norah Beare ‡ | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Billy Bell | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Seamus Close | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Lagan Valley | Jeffrey Donaldson ‡ | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Marietta Farrell † | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Lagan Valley | Edwin Poots | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Mid Ulster | Billy Armstrong | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Mid Ulster | Geraldine Dougan ‡ | Independent Nationalist |
| Mid Ulster | William McCrea | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Mid Ulster | Patsy McGlone | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Mid Ulster | Martin McGuinness | Sinn Féin |
| Mid Ulster | Francie Molloy | Sinn Féin |
| Newry and Armagh | Paul Berry ‡ | Independent Unionist |
| Newry and Armagh | Dominic Bradley | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Newry and Armagh | Davy Hyland ‡ | Independent Nationalist |
| Newry and Armagh | Danny Kennedy | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Newry and Armagh | Conor Murphy | Sinn Féin |
| Newry and Armagh | Patricia O'Rawe | Sinn Féin |
| North Antrim | Robert Coulter | Ulster Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Sean Farren | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| North Antrim | Philip McGuigan | Sinn Féin |
| North Antrim | Ian Paisley | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Ian Paisley Jr | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Mervyn Storey | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Down | Eileen Bell ‡ | Speaker |
| North Down | Leslie Cree | Ulster Unionist Party |
| North Down | Alex Easton | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Down | Robert McCartney | UK Unionist Party |
| North Down | Alan McFarland | Ulster Unionist Party |
| North Down | Peter Weir | Democratic Unionist Party |
| South Antrim | David Burnside | Ulster Unionist Party |
| South Antrim | Trevor Clarke | Democratic Unionist Party |
| South Antrim | David Ford | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| South Antrim | Paul Girvan | Democratic Unionist Party |
| South Antrim | Thomas Burns | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| South Antrim | Jim Wilson | Ulster Unionist Party |
| South Down | P. J. Bradley | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| South Down | Willie Clarke | Sinn Féin |
| South Down | Dermot Nesbitt | Ulster Unionist Party |
| South Down | Margaret Ritchie | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| South Down | Caitríona Ruane | Sinn Féin |
| South Down | Jim Wells | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | George Ennis | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Kieran McCarthy | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Strangford | David McNarry | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Iris Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Jim Shannon | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | John Taylor | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Upper Bann | Sam Gardiner | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Upper Bann | Dolores Kelly | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Upper Bann | Stephen Moutray | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Upper Bann | John O'Dowd | Sinn Féin |
| Upper Bann | David Simpson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Upper Bann | David Trimble | Ulster Unionist Party |
| West Tyrone | Thomas Buchanan | Democratic Unionist Party |
| West Tyrone | Kieran Deeny | Independent |
| West Tyrone | Pat Doherty | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Derek Hussey | Ulster Unionist Party |
| West Tyrone | Barry McElduff | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Eugene McMenamin | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA ‡ Changed affiliation during the term

## Changes since the election
### † Co-options

| Date co-opted | Constituency | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
| 15 July 2004 | Foyle | Sinn Féin | Mary Nelis | Raymond McCartney | Resignation of Mary Nelis. |
| 29 November 2004 | Belfast West | Sinn Féin | Bairbre de Brún | Sue Ramsey | Resignation of Bairbre de Brún. |
| 25 September 2006 | Belfast West | Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson | Vacant | Death of Michael Ferguson. The vacancy remained unfilled on the dissolution of the Assembly. |
| 9 January 2007 | Lagan Valley | SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | Marietta Farrell | Resignation of Patricia Lewsley to take up the post of Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People. |
| 23 January 2007 | Belfast East | PUP | David Ervine | Dawn Purvis | Death of David Ervine. |

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 18 December 2003 | Lagan Valley | Jeffrey Donaldson | UUP | Ind. Unionist | Jeffrey Donaldson resigned from the UUP. |
| 18 December 2003 | Lagan Valley | Norah Beare | UUP | Ind. Unionist | Norah Beare resigned from the UUP. |
| 18 December 2003 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Arlene Foster | UUP | Ind. Unionist | Arlene Foster resigned from the UUP. |
| 5 January 2004 | Lagan Valley | Jeffrey Donaldson | Ind. Unionist | DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson joined the DUP. |
| 5 January 2004 | Lagan Valley | Norah Beare | Ind. Unionist | DUP | Norah Beare joined the DUP. |
| 5 January 2004 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Arlene Foster | Ind. Unionist | DUP | Arlene Foster joined the DUP. |
| 4 July 2005 | Newry and Armagh | Paul Berry | DUP | Ind. Unionist | Paul Berry was suspended by the DUP following an internal disciplinary panel meeting and media coverage of his private life. He resigned from the party outright following legal challenges on 10 February 2006. |
| 23 November 2005 | Mid Ulster | Francie Molloy | Sinn Féin | Ind. Nationalist | Francie Molloy was suspended by Sinn Féin on 23 November 2005 following disagreements about reforms of local government. Molloy was subsequently readmitted to the party. |
| 10 April 2006 | North Down | Eileen Bell | Alliance | Speaker | Eileen Bell was appointed Speaker of the Assembly on 10 April 2006 for the first session on 15 May. |
| 15 January 2007 | Mid Ulster | Geraldine Dougan | Sinn Féin | Ind. Nationalist | Geraldine Dougan resigned from Sinn Féin. |
| 2 February 2007 | Newry and Armagh | Davy Hyland | Sinn Féin | Ind. Nationalist | Davy Hyland resigned from Sinn Féin. |