# 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly

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.

## Party strengths

| Party | Party | Designation | Mar 2007 election | Mar 2011 end |
| ● | 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 | 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 | None | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 108 | 108 |
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive |||||
* ↑ Alliance joined the Executive on 12 April 2010, administering the Department of Justice with cross-community support.
* ↑ The MLA elected Speaker by the Assembly relinquishes party affiliation while in post.

### Graphical representation

* At election, 7 Mar 2007
* 8 May to 29 Nov 2007
* 3 Jan 2011 to end
This is not the actual seating plan.

## MLAs by party

This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.
| Party | Name | Constituency |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Sydney Anderson † | Upper Bann |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Jonathan Bell † | Strangford |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Allan Bresland | West Tyrone |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Wallace Browne | Belfast East |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Thomas Buchanan | West Tyrone |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Trevor Clarke | South Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Jonathan Craig | Lagan Valley |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Alex Easton | North Down |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Arlene Foster | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Paul Frew † | North Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Simpson Gibson † | Strangford |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Paul Girvan † | South Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Paul Givan † | Lagan Valley |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Simon Hamilton | Strangford |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | David Hilditch | East Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | William Humphrey † | Belfast North |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | William Irwin | Newry and Armagh |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Nelson McCausland | Belfast North |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Ian McCrea | Mid Ulster |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Michelle McIlveen | Strangford |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Adrian McQuillan | East Londonderry |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Maurice Morrow | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Stephen Moutray | Upper Bann |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Robin Newton | Belfast East |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Ian Paisley | North Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Edwin Poots | Lagan Valley |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | George Robinson | East Londonderry |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Peter Robinson | Belfast East |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Alastair Ross † | East Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Jimmy Spratt | Belfast South |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Mervyn Storey | North Antrim |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Peter Weir | North Down |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Jim Wells | South Down |
| Democratic Unionist Party (35) | Sammy Wilson | East Antrim |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Martina Anderson | Foyle |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Cathal Boylan | Newry and Armagh |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Mickey Brady | Newry and Armagh |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Paul Butler | Lagan Valley |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Carál Ní Chuilín | Belfast North |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Willie Clarke | South Down |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Pat Doherty | West Tyrone |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Gerry Kelly | Belfast North |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Billy Leonard † | East Londonderry |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Alex Maskey | Belfast South |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Paul Maskey | Belfast West |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Fra McCann | Belfast West |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Jennifer McCann | Belfast West |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Raymond McCartney | Foyle |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Barry McElduff | West Tyrone |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Claire McGill | West Tyrone |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Daithí McKay | North Antrim |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Mitchel McLaughlin | South Antrim |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Francie Molloy | Mid Ulster |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh |
| Sinn Féin (27) | John O'Dowd | Upper Bann |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Michelle O'Neill | Mid Ulster |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Sue Ramsey | Belfast West |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Caitríona Ruane | South Down |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Pat Sheehan † | Belfast West |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Billy Armstrong | Mid Ulster |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Roy Beggs Jr | East Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Danny Kinahan † | South Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Fred Cobain | Belfast North |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Robert Coulter | North Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Leslie Cree | North Down |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Reg Empey | Belfast East |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Sam Gardiner | Upper Bann |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Danny Kennedy | Newry and Armagh |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | John McCallister | South Down |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Basil McCrea | Lagan Valley |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Michael McGimpsey | Belfast South |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | David McNarry | Strangford |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | Ken Robinson | East Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist Party (16) | George Savage | Upper Bann |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Alex Attwood | Belfast West |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Dominic Bradley | Newry and Armagh |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Mary Bradley | Foyle |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | P. J. Bradley | South Down |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Thomas Burns | South Antrim |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | John Dallat | East Londonderry |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Pól Callaghan † | Foyle |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Tommy Gallagher | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Conall McDevitt † | Belfast South |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Dolores Kelly | Upper Bann |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Alban Maginness | Belfast North |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Patsy McGlone | Mid Ulster |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Declan O'Loan | North Antrim |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Pat Ramsey | Foyle |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (16) | Margaret Ritchie | South Down |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7) | Stephen Farry | North Down |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7) | David Ford | South Antrim |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7) | Anna Lo | Belfast South |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7) | Chris Lyttle † | Belfast East |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7) | Trevor Lunn | Lagan Valley |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7) | Kieran McCarthy | Strangford |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (7) | Sean Neeson | East Antrim |
| Green Party of Northern Ireland (1) | Brian Wilson | North Down |
| Independent (1) | Kieran Deeny | West Tyrone |
| Independent Unionist (3) | Dawn Purvis ‡ | Belfast East |
| Independent Unionist (3) | David McClarty ‡ | East Londonderry |
| Independent Unionist (3) | Alan McFarland ‡ | North Down |
| Independent Nationalist (1) | Gerry McHugh ‡ | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| Speaker (1) | William Hay ‡ | Foyle |
† 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 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Belfast East | Wallace Browne | Democratic 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 ‡ | Independent Unionist |
| Belfast East | Peter Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | Fred Cobain | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | William Humphrey † | 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 | Carál Ní Chuilín | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast South | Anna Lo | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Belfast South | Alex Maskey | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast South | Conall McDevitt † | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Belfast South | Alasdair McDonnell | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Belfast South | Michael McGimpsey | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Belfast South | Jimmy Spratt | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast West | Alex Attwood | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Belfast West | Fra McCann | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Jennifer McCann | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Paul Maskey | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Sue Ramsey | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Pat Sheehan † | 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 | Alastair Ross † | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Antrim | Ken Robinson | Sinn Féin |
| East Antrim | Sammy Wilson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | Gregory Campbell | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | John Dallat | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| East Londonderry | Billy Leonard † | Sinn Féin |
| East Londonderry | David McClarty ‡ | Independent Unionist |
| East Londonderry | Adrian McQuillan | Democratic 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 | Gerry McHugh ‡ | Independent Nationalist |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Maurice Morrow | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Foyle | Martina Anderson | Sinn Féín |
| Foyle | Mary Bradley | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Foyle | Pól Callaghan † | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Foyle | William Hay ‡ | Speaker |
| Foyle | Raymond McCartney | Sinn Féín |
| Foyle | Pat Ramsey | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Lagan Valley | Paul Butler | Sinn Féin |
| Lagan Valley | Jonathan Craig | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Paul Givan † | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Trevor Lunn | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Lagan Valley | Basil McCrea | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Edwin Poots | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Mid Ulster | Billy Armstrong | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Mid Ulster | Ian 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 |
| Mid Ulster | Michelle O'Neill | Sinn Féin |
| Newry and Armagh | Cathal Boylan | Sinn Féin |
| Newry and Armagh | Mickey Brady | Sinn Féin |
| Newry and Armagh | Dominic Bradley | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Newry and Armagh | William Irwin | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Newry and Armagh | Danny Kennedy | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Newry and Armagh | Conor Murphy | Sinn Féin |
| North Antrim | Robert Coulter | Ulster Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Paul Frew † | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Daithí McKay | Sinn Féin |
| North Antrim | Declan O'Loan | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| North Antrim | Ian Paisley | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Mervyn Storey | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Down | Leslie Cree | Ulster Unionist Party |
| North Down | Alex Easton | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Down | Stephen Farry | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| North Down | Alan McFarland ‡ | Independent Unionist |
| North Down | Peter Weir | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Down | Brian Wilson | Green Party in Northern Ireland |
| 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 | Danny Kinahan † | Ulster Unionist Party |
| South Antrim | Thomas Burns | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| South Antrim | Mitchel McLaughlin | Sinn Féin |
| South Down | P. J. Bradley | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| South Down | Willie Clarke | Sinn Féin |
| South Down | John McCallister | 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 | Jonathan Bell † | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Simon Hamilton | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Kieran McCarthy | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Strangford | Michelle McIlveen | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | David McNarry | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Simpson Gibson † | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Upper Bann | Sydney Anderson † | Democratic 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 | George Savage | Ulster Unionist Party |
| West Tyrone | Allan Bresland | Democratic Unionist Party |
| West Tyrone | Thomas Buchanan | Democratic Unionist Party |
| West Tyrone | Kieran Deeny | Independent |
| West Tyrone | Pat Doherty | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Claire McGill | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Barry McElduff | Sinn Féin |
† 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 |
| 14 May 2007 | East Antrim | DUP | George Dawson | Alastair Ross | George Dawson died. |
| 9 June 2009 | South Antrim | UUP | David Burnside | Danny Kinahan | David Burnside resigned. |
| 7 January 2010 | East Londonderry | Sinn Féin | Francie Brolly | Billy Leonard | Francie Brolly resigned. |
| 21 January 2010 | Belfast South | SDLP | Carmel Hanna | Conall McDevitt | Carmel Hanna resigned. |
| 25 January 2010 | Strangford | DUP | Iris Robinson | Jonathan Bell | Iris Robinson resigned. |
| 10 June 2010 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | Paul Givan | Jeffrey Donaldson resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. |
| 21 June 2010 | North Antrim | DUP | Ian Paisley Jr | Paul Frew | Ian Paisley Jr was elected as Member of Parliament for North Antrim in the 2010 general election. |
| 1 July 2010 | Upper Bann | DUP | 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 | DUP | William McCrea | Paul Girvan | William McCrea resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. |
| 5 July 2010 | Belfast East | Alliance | Naomi Long | Chris Lyttle | Naomi Long was elected as Member of Parliament for Belfast East in the 2010 general election. |
| 2 August 2010 | Strangford | DUP | Jim Shannon | Simpson Gibson | Jim Shannon was elected as Member of Parliament for Strangford in the 2010 general election. |
| 10 September 2010 | Belfast North | DUP | Nigel Dodds | William Humphrey | Nigel Dodds resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. |
| 15 November 2010 | Foyle | SDLP | Mark Durkan | Pól Callaghan | Mark Durkan resigned to concentrate on his role as a Member of Parliament. |
| 7 December 2010 | Belfast West | Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | Pat Sheehan | Gerry Adams resigned to run for Dáil Éireann. |

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 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 | Ind. Nationalist | Gerry McHugh resigned from Sinn Féin to become an independent nationalist. on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil. 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. |
| 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. |