# 7th Northern Ireland Assembly

This is a list of the 90 members of the seventh Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. The election took place on 5 May 2022, with counting continuing the following 2 days; voter turnout was estimated at 64.4%.
Five MLAs were elected from each of the 18 constituencies. Sinn Féin became the biggest party for the first time, entitling them to the First Minister. Additionally, Alliance, the biggest cross-community party, also had a big increase, overtaking the SDLP and UUP in votes to become third in the assembly, following the DUP, the biggest Unionist party.
The DUP blocked the formation of an Executive until a meeting of the Assembly on 3 February 2024.

## Party strengths

| Party | Party | Designation | Elected | Current |
| ● | Sinn Féin | Nationalist | 27 | 27 |
| ● | Democratic Unionist Party | Unionist | 25 | 25 |
| ● | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Other | 17 | 17 |
| ● | Ulster Unionist Party | Unionist | 9 | 9 |
| ♦ | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Nationalist | 8 | 8 |
| | Independent Unionist | Unionist | 2 | 1 |
| | Traditional Unionist Voice | Unionist | 1 | 1 |
| | People Before Profit | Other | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent Nationalist | Nationalist | 0 | 0 |
| | Speaker | None | 0 | 1 |
| Totals by Designation | Totals by Designation | Unionist | 37 | 36 |
| Totals by Designation | Totals by Designation | Nationalist | 35 | 35 |
| Totals by Designation | Totals by Designation | Other | 18 | 18 |
| Totals by Designation | Totals by Designation | None | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 90 | 90 |
| ● = Northern Ireland Executive; ♦ = Official Opposition |||||

### Graphical representation

* Party Composition following the 2022 Election
* Designations of the Assembly after the 2022 Election. Unionists in Orange, Nationalists in Green and "Others" in Yellow
Parties arranged roughly on the nationalist-unionist spectrum

## MLAs by current affiliation

| Party | Name | Constituency | Member since |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Caoimhe Archibald | East Londonderry | 5 May 2016 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Danny Baker | Belfast West | 5 May 2022 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Nicola Brogan | West Tyrone | 31 October 2020 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Cathal Boylan | Newry and Armagh | 7 March 2007 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Pádraig Delargy | Foyle | 13 September 2021 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Linda Dillon | Mid Ulster | 5 May 2016 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Jemma Dolan | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2 March 2017 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Sinéad Ennis | South Down | 2 March 2017 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Ciara Ferguson | Foyle | 13 September 2021 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Órlaithí Flynn | Belfast West | 7 December 2016 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Aoife Finnegan † | Newry and Armagh | 9 February 2025 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Colm Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 20 June 2017 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Deirdre Hargey | Belfast South | 9 January 2020 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Declan Kearney | South Antrim | 5 May 2016 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Gerry Kelly | Belfast North | 25 June 1998 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Liz Kimmins | Newry and Armagh | 9 January 2020 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Cathy Mason | South Down | 5 May 2022 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Declan McAleer | West Tyrone | 2 July 2012 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Philip McGuigan | North Antrim | 30 August 2016 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Maolíosa McHugh | West Tyrone | 29 May 2019 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Aine Murphy | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 2 July 2021 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Carál Ní Chuilín ° | Belfast North | 7 March 2007 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | John O'Dowd | Upper Bann | 26 November 2003 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Michelle O'Neill* | Mid Ulster | 7 March 2007 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Aisling Reilly | Belfast West | 19 October 2021 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Pat Sheehan | Belfast West | 7 December 2010 |
| Sinn Féin (27) | Emma Sheerin | Mid Ulster | 4 December 2018 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | David Brooks | Belfast East | 5 May 2022 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Maurice Bradley | East Londonderry | 5 May 2016 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Phillip Brett | Belfast North | 5 May 2022 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Cheryl Brownlee † | East Antrim | 15 September 2023 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Tom Buchanan | West Tyrone | 26 November 2003 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Keith Buchanan | Mid Ulster | 5 May 2016 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Jonathan Buckley | Upper Bann | 2 March 2017 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Joanne Bunting | Belfast East | 5 May 2016 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Pam Cameron | South Antrim | 5 May 2011 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Trevor Clarke | South Antrim | 28 June 2017 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Diane Dodds | Upper Bann | 11 January 2020 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Stephen Dunne | North Down | 1 June 2021 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Deborah Erskine | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 11 October 2021 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Diane Forsythe | South Down | 5 May 2022 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Paul Frew | North Antrim | 21 June 2010 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Paul Givan | Lagan Valley | 10 June 2010 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Harry Harvey | Strangford | 12 September 2019 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | William Irwin | Newry and Armagh | 7 March 2007 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Brian Kingston | Belfast North | 5 May 2022 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Emma Little-Pengelly † | Lagan Valley | 12 May 2022 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Gordon Lyons | East Antrim | 11 August 2015 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Peter Martin † | North Down | 10 July 2024 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Michelle McIlveen | Strangford | 7 March 2007 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Gary Middleton | Foyle | 13 April 2015 |
| Democratic Unionist Party (25) | Alan Robinson | East Londonderry | 5 May 2022 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Kellie Armstrong | Strangford | 5 May 2016 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | John Blair ° | South Antrim | 27 June 2018 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Paula Bradshaw | Belfast South | 5 May 2016 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Stewart Dickson | East Antrim | 5 May 2011 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Danny Donnelly | East Antrim | 5 May 2022 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Connie Egan | North Down | 5 May 2022 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Michelle Guy † | Lagan Valley | 10 July 2024 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | David Honeyford | Lagan Valley | 5 May 2022 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Naomi Long* | Belfast East | 9 January 2020 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Nick Mathison | Strangford | 5 May 2022 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Nuala McAllister | Belfast North | 5 May 2022 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Andrew McMurray † | South Down | 29 April 2024 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Peter McReynolds | Belfast East | 5 May 2022 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Andrew Muir | North Down | 18 December 2019 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Sian Mulholland † | North Antrim | 4 April 2023 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Kate Nicholl | Belfast South | 5 May 2022 |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (17) | Eóin Tennyson | Upper Bann | 5 May 2022 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | Steve Aiken ° | South Antrim | 5 May 2016 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | Andy Allen | Belfast East | 15 September 2015 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | Diana Armstrong † | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 27 September 2024 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | Doug Beattie | Upper Bann | 5 May 2016 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | Robbie Butler | Lagan Valley | 5 May 2016 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | Alan Chambers | North Down | 5 May 2016 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | Colin Crawford † | North Antrim | 10 July 2024 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | Mike Nesbitt* | Strangford | 5 May 2011 |
| Ulster Unionist Party (9) | John Stewart | East Antrim | 2 March 2017 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (8) | Mark Durkan | Foyle | 5 May 2011 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (8) | Cara Hunter | East Londonderry | 18 May 2020 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (8) | Daniel McCrossan | West Tyrone | 7 January 2016 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (8) | Colin McGrath | South Down | 5 May 2016 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (8) | Patsy McGlone | Mid Ulster | 26 November 2003 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (8) | Sinéad McLaughlin | Foyle | 11 January 2020 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (8) | Justin McNulty ‡‡ | Newry and Armagh | 5 May 2016 |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (8) | Matthew O'Toole* | Belfast South | 11 January 2020 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | Timothy Gaston † | North Antrim | 16 July 2024 |
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll | Belfast West | 7 May 2016 |
| Independent Unionist | Claire Sugden | East Londonderry | 6 May 2014 |
| Speaker | Edwin Poots ‡ | Belfast South | 25 June 1998 |
* Party Leader in Stormont
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
° Deputy Speaker

## MLAs by constituency and current affiliation

Members are ranked by their order of election, and if co-opted, the position of the person who they co-opted.
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Belfast East | Naomi Long* | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Belfast East | Joanne Bunting | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast East | Peter McReynolds | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Belfast East | David Brooks | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast East | Andy Allen | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | Gerry Kelly | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast North | Carál Ní Chuilín | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast North | Phillip Brett | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | Brian Kingston | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Belfast North | Nuala McAllister | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Belfast South | Deirdre Hargey | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast South | Edwin Poots ‡ | Speaker |
| Belfast South | Matthew O'Toole* | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Belfast South | Paula Bradshaw | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Belfast South | Kate Nicholl | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Belfast West | Danny Baker | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Órlaithí Flynn | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Pat Sheehan | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Aisling Reilly | Sinn Féin |
| Belfast West | Gerry Carroll | People Before Profit |
| East Antrim | John Stewart | Ulster Unionist Party |
| East Antrim | Gordon Lyons | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Antrim | Stewart Dickson | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| East Antrim | Danny Donnelly | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| East Antrim | Cheryl Brownlee † | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | Maurice Bradley | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | Alan Robinson | Democratic Unionist Party |
| East Londonderry | Claire Sugden | Independent Unionist |
| East Londonderry | Caoimhe Archibald | Sinn Féin |
| East Londonderry | Cara Hunter | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Jemma Dolan | Sinn Féin |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Diana Armstrong † | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Colm Gildernew | Sinn Féin |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Aine Murphy | Sinn Féin |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Deborah Erskine | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Foyle | Pádraig Delargy | Sinn Féin |
| Foyle | Mark Durkan | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Foyle | Ciara Ferguson | Sinn Féin |
| Foyle | Sinéad McLaughlin | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Foyle | Gary Middleton | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Emma Little-Pengelly † | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Robbie Butler | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | Michelle Guy † | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Lagan Valley | Paul Givan* | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Lagan Valley | David Honeyford | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Mid Ulster | Michelle O'Neill* | Sinn Féin |
| Mid Ulster | Emma Sheerin | Sinn Féin |
| Mid Ulster | Linda Dillon | Sinn Féin |
| Mid Ulster | Keith Buchanan | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Mid Ulster | Patsy McGlone | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Newry and Armagh | Aoife Finnegan † | Sinn Féin |
| Newry and Armagh | Cathal Boylan | Sinn Féin |
| Newry and Armagh | Justin McNulty ‡‡ | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Newry and Armagh | Liz Kimmins | Sinn Féin |
| Newry and Armagh | William Irwin | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Colin Crawford † | Ulster Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Philip McGuigan | Sinn Féin |
| North Antrim | Timothy Gaston † | Traditional Unionist Voice |
| North Antrim | Paul Frew | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Antrim | Sian Mulholland † | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| North Down | Peter Martin † | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Down | Andrew Muir | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| North Down | Stephen Dunne | Democratic Unionist Party |
| North Down | Alan Chambers | Ulster Unionist Party |
| North Down | Connie Egan | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| South Antrim | Declan Kearney | Sinn Féin |
| South Antrim | John Blair | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| South Antrim | Steve Aiken | Ulster Unionist Party |
| South Antrim | Pam Cameron | Democratic Unionist Party |
| South Antrim | Trevor Clarke | Democratic Unionist Party |
| South Down | Sinéad Ennis | Sinn Féin |
| South Down | Cathy Mason | Sinn Féin |
| South Down | Andrew McMurray † | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| South Down | Diane Forsythe | Democratic Unionist Party |
| South Down | Colin McGrath | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Strangford | Kellie Armstrong | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Strangford | Michelle McIlveen | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Harry Harvey | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Mike Nesbitt* | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Strangford | Nick Mathison | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Upper Bann | John O'Dowd | Sinn Féin |
| Upper Bann | Jonathan Buckley | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Upper Bann | Diane Dodds | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Upper Bann | Doug Beattie | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Upper Bann | Eóin Tennyson | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| West Tyrone | Nicola Brogan | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Daniel McCrossan | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| West Tyrone | Tom Buchanan | Democratic Unionist Party |
| West Tyrone | Maolíosa McHugh | Sinn Féin |
| West Tyrone | Declan McAleer | Sinn Féin |
* Party Leader in Stormont
† 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 |
| 12 May 2022 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | Emma Little Pengelly | Jeffrey Donaldson remaining as the Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley. |
| 4 April 2023 | North Antrim | Alliance | Patricia O'Lynn | Sian Mulholland | Patricia O'Lynn resigned. |
| 15 September 2023 | East Antrim | DUP | David Hilditch | Cheryl Brownlee | David Hilditch resigned. |
| 29 April 2024 | South Down | Alliance | Patrick Brown | Andrew McMurray | Patrick Brown resigned. |
| 10 July 2024 | Lagan Valley | Alliance | Sorcha Eastwood | Michelle Guy | Sorcha Eastwood elected as the Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley in the 2024 general election. |
| 10 July 2024 | North Antrim | UUP | Robin Swann | Colin Crawford | Robin Swann elected as the Member of Parliament for South Antrim in the 2024 general election. |
| 10 July 2024 | North Down | Ind. Unionist | Alex Easton | Peter Martin (DUP) | Alex Easton elected as the Member of Parliament for North Down in the 2024 general election. |
| 16 July 2024 | North Antrim | TUV | Jim Allister | Timothy Gaston | Jim Allister elected as the Member of Parliament for North Antrim in the 2024 general election. |
| 27 September 2024 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | Tom Elliott | Diana Armstrong | Tom Elliott was given a peerage in the 2024 Dissolution Honours. |
| 9 February 2024 | Newry and Armagh | Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy | Aoife Finnegan | Conor Murphy was elected to Seanad Éireann at the 2025 Seanad election. |

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 3 February 2024 | Belfast South | Edwin Poots | DUP | Speaker | Edwin Poots elected Speaker of the Assembly at its first sitting. |
| 3 February 2024 | Newry and Armagh | Justin McNulty | SDLP | Ind. Nationalist | Whip suspended after leaving Assembly session early to manage Laois GAA at a gaelic match. |
| 20 August 2024 | Newry and Armagh | Justin McNulty | Ind. Nationalist | SDLP | Whip restored. |