Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1998
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This is a list of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1998.
All members of the Assembly
, or MLAs ("Members of the Legislative Assembly") elected at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
are listed. MLAs are grouped by party.
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ulster Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party
Sinn Féin
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
UK Unionist Party
Independent Unionist
All members of the Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
, or MLAs ("Members of the Legislative Assembly") elected at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
-Seats summary:-Details:Although the SDLP won the most first preference votes, the Ulster Unionists won the most seats in the Assembly. This has been attributed to several reasons, including:...
are listed. MLAs are grouped by party.
Social Democratic and Labour PartySocial Democratic and Labour PartyThe Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...
- 24 MLAs
- Alex AttwoodAlex AttwoodAlex Attwood, MLA is an Irish politician, currently serving in the Northern Ireland Executive, and is the Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Belfast West....
- P. J. BradleyP. J. BradleyP. J. Bradley MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998 and 2011 for the South Down Constituency...
- Joe ByrneJoe Byrne (politician)Joe Byrne is a Nationalist politician in Northern Ireland, representing West Tyrone between 1998 and 2003 and since 2011 in the Northern Ireland Assembly.-Political biography:...
- John DallatJohn DallatJohn Dallat is an Irish politician.He attended Coleraine College of Further Education, the North West College of Further and Higher Education, the University of Ulster and University College, Galway before becoming a teacher of business studies.Dallat joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party...
- Arthur DohertyArthur DohertyArthur Doherty was a nationalist politician in Ireland.Born in County Donegal, Doherty studied in Strabane, then at St Columb's College in Derry before becoming a teacher...
(later resigned and replaced by Michael CoyleMichael Coyle (politician)Michael Coyle is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Dungiven, Coyle attended St Columb's College in Derry and the Belfast College of Technology...
) - Mark DurkanMark DurkanMark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...
- Sean FarrenSean FarrenSean Nial Farren is an Northern Irish politician.Farren studied at the National University of Ireland, University College Dublin, University of Essex and the University of Ulster...
- John FeeJohn FeeJohn Fitzgerald Fee was an Irish nationalist politician from County Armagh who served in the Northern Ireland Assembly.-Career:...
- Tommy GallagherTommy Gallagher (politician)Tommy Gallagher is an Irish politician.Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Gallagher attended Queen's University Belfast before becoming a teacher in Belleek, County Fermanagh....
- Carmel HannaCarmel HannaCarmel Hanna MLA is a Northern Irish politician. She is a member of the SDLP and was MLA for South Belfast from 1998 to 2010.-Early life and nursing career:...
- Denis HaugheyDenis HaugheyDenis Haughey is a former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Coalisland, Haughey studied politics at Queens University, Belfast, becoming involved in the civil rights movement and the first Chair of the Tyrone Civil Rights Association and a founder member of the Social Democratic...
- Joe HendronJoe HendronJoseph Gerard Hendron is a Northern Ireland politician, a member of the moderate Irish nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party ....
- John HumeJohn HumeJohn Hume is a former Irish politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble....
(later resigned and replaced by Annie CourtneyAnnie CourtneyAnnie Courtney is a former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.After studying in Derry and Edinburgh, Courtney became a nurse back in Derry. She also joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party , was elected to Derry City Council in 1985, and served as Mayor of Derry in 1993...
) - Patricia LewsleyPatricia LewsleyPatricia Lewsley is the current Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland. She was previously a member of the Northern Irish Assembly for Lagan Valley, and a councillor in Lisburn City Council....
- Donovan McClellandDonovan McClellandDonovan McClelland is a Protestant member of the mostly Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland....
- Alasdair McDonnellAlasdair McDonnellDr Alasdair McDonnell is an Irish politician, Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and both a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Belfast. On 5 November, 2011, he was elected as the new leader of the SDLP.-Early...
- Eddie McGradyEddie McGradyEdward Kevin McGrady, known as Eddie McGrady is an Irish nationalist politician and a former member of the British Parliament.One of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St...
- Eugene McMenaminEugene McMenaminEugene McMenamin is an Irish politician standing as an independent in the forthcoming Assembly elections in 2011, formerly from the Social Democratic and Labour Party ....
- Alban MaginnessAlban MaginnessAlban Maginness is a Nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Maginness was born in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. He completed his secondary education at St. Malachy's College, Belfast. He then attended the New University of Ulster and subsequently Queen's University of Belfast where...
- Seamus MallonSeamus MallonSeamus Frederick Mallon born 17 August 1936, in Markethill, County Armagh, is an Irish politician and former Deputy Leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland...
- Danny O'ConnorDanny O'Connor (politician)Danny O'Connor is a former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland having previously been a member of Larne Borough Council from 1997 to 2011....
- Eamon O'NeillEamon O'Neill (Northern Ireland politician)Eamon O'Neill is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland, and a former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.Born in Emyvale, County Monaghan, O'Neill studied at St Mary's College in Strawberry Hill, then with the Open University. He began working as a teacher in St...
- Brid RodgersBríd RodgersBríd Rodgers , born Bríd Stratford Bríd Rodgers (Irish: Bríd Mhic Ruairí), born Bríd Stratford Bríd Rodgers (Irish: Bríd Mhic Ruairí), born Bríd Stratford (born 20 February 1935, in Gweedore [Gaoth Dobhair], County Donegal, Ireland, is a former Irish nationalist politician....
- John TierneyJohn Tierney (Irish politician)John Tierney is a nationalist politician in Ireland.Born in Derry, Tierney worked as a tool setter before joining the Social Democratic and Labour Party . He was elected to Derry City Council in 1981, and served as the Mayor of Derry in 1984...
Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
- 28 MLAs
- Ian AdamsonIan AdamsonCllr Ian Adamson OBE is a former Lord Mayor of Belfast. He is a member of the Ulster Unionist Party and is a retired medical doctor.A serving Councillor on Belfast City Council from 1989 until 2011, Adamson was Lord Mayor in 1996....
- Pauline ArmitagePauline ArmitagePauline Armitage is a former politician in Northern Ireland.Based in Coleraine, Armitage joined the Young Unionists in 1969. She served in the Ulster Defence Regiment before being elected to Coleraine Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party in 1985...
- Billy ArmstrongBilly ArmstrongBilly Armstrong is an Ulster Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.He served as Assembly Member for Mid Ulster from 1998 until 2011, when he was succeeded by his daughter, Sandra Overend. He was a member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, the Committee for Enterprise, Trade &...
- Roy BeggsRoy BeggsJohn Robert Beggs, commonly known as Roy Beggs, is a Northern Ireland politician.Beggs was educated at Ballyclare High School, followed by Stranmillis College, to study teacher training...
- Billy BellBilly Bell (politician)William Bradshaw "Billy" Bell, OBE, JP is an Unionist politician from Northern Ireland and former Lord Mayor of Belfast.He served as a Councillor on Belfast City Council from 1976 to 1985 and was Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1979 to 1980...
- Tom BensonTom Benson (politician)Tom Benson was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Enniskillen, Benson was an officer in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party and was elected to Ards Borough Council, serving as Mayor of Ards from 1987-88...
(died 2000, replaced by Tom HamiltonTom Hamilton (politician)Tom Hamilton is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Hamilton studied at the Methodist College, Belfast, then at Stranmillis College. He became a teacher and in 1993 was elected to Ards Borough Council as an Ulster Unionist Party member...
) - Esmond BirnieEsmond BirnieDr John Esmond Birnie, is an author, economist, and Ulster Unionist Party politician. He is a former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Belfast....
- Joan CarsonJoan CarsonJoan Carson is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Enniskillen, Carson studied at Enniskillen Collegiate School and Stranmillis College before working as a teacher...
- Fred CobainFred CobainFred Cobain, MBE is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 until 2011.Cobain was first elected to Belfast City Council in 1985. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1990-1991...
- Robert CoulterRobert CoulterRev Dr Robert Coulter MLA is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.He is an Ulster Unionist Party MLA for North Antrim. Coulter was born in 1929, making him the second oldest MLA after the Rev. Ian Paisley....
- Ivan DavisIvan Davis (politician)Ivan Davis is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Lisburn, Davis was elected to Lisburn Borough Council in 1973, representing the Democratic Unionist Party . He was also elected to represent South Antrim at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982.In 1987, Davis resigned from...
- Reg EmpeyReg EmpeyReginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey of Shandon, OBE, – known as Sir Reg Empey prior to 2011 – is a former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Belfast...
- Sam Foster
- John GormanJohn Gorman (politician)Sir John Reginald Gorman, CVO, CBE, MC, DL, was between 1998 and 2003 an Ulster Unionist Party MLA for North Down, and one of the tiny number of Roman Catholics to be elected as a Unionist representative in Northern Ireland.-Early life:Born in Omagh, County Tyrone in 1923 and educated at Rockport...
- Derek HusseyDerek HusseyDerek Robert Hussey is a Ulster Unionist politician from Northern IrelandHussey was educated at Omagh Model School, Omagh Academy and Stranmillis College, Belfast. He previously was a teacher at Castlederg High School.In 1989 he was elected as councillor on Strabane District Council...
- Danny KennedyDanny KennedyDanny Kennedy MLA is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland a former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly Group and current Minister for Regional Development.-Background:...
- James LeslieJames Leslie (UK politician)James Seymour Leslie was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Singida, Tanzania, Leslie read law and land economy at Queens' College, Cambridge, before becoming a merchant banker...
- David McClartyDavid McClartyCouncillor David McClarty, MLA is an Independent Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.He is from Coleraine and was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Magee College...
- Alan McFarlandAlan McFarlandMajor Robert Alan McFarland, MLA was an Independent Unionist politician and MLA for North Down in Northern Ireland. He lost his Assembly seat in the 2011 election....
- Michael McGimpseyMichael McGimpseyMichael McGimpsey MLA is an Ulster Unionist Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast South who has twice served in the Northern Ireland Executive...
- Dermot NesbittDermot NesbittDermot Nesbitt is a politician from Northern Ireland.Nesbitt studied economics at Queens University Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist Party...
- Ken Robinson
- George SavageGeorge Savage (politician)George Savage, is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. A native of Donacloney, he served in the Northern Ireland Assembly as an Ulster Unionist Party member for Upper Bann from 1998 to 2003 and from 2007-11.-External links:...
- Duncan Shipley-DaltonDuncan Shipley-DaltonDuncan Shipley-Dalton is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Newport, Isle of Wight, Shipley-Dalton attended the University of Essex and Queen's University Belfast before becoming a barrister. From 1994-98, he served in the Royal Irish Regiment.- Biography :Shipley-Dalton was...
- John TaylorJohn Taylor, Baron KilclooneyJohn David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC , is a former Ulster Unionist Party MP and a life peer. He was deputy leader of the UUP from 1995 to 2001, and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.-Career and family:...
- David TrimbleDavid TrimbleWilliam David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC , is a politician from Northern Ireland. He served as Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party , was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland , and was a Member of the British Parliament . He is currently a life peer for the Conservative Party...
- Peter WeirPeter Weir (politician)Peter Weir MLA is a Northern Ireland unionist politician.A past chairman of the Young Unionists , Weir is a barrister by profession. He attended Bangor Grammar School and graduated from the Queen's University of Belfast in Law and Accountancy. He was called to the Northern Ireland Bar in 1992 and...
(later joined Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyThe Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
) - Jim Wilson
Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyThe Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
- 20 MLAs
- Paul BerryPaul BerryPaul 'London' Berry is a Northern Ireland unionist politician.Berry was born in Craigavon, County Armagh, and brought up in Tandragee, where he was educated at local state schools and colleges, following which he was employed in the textile industry...
- Gregory CampbellGregory Campbell (politician)Gregory Lloyd Campbell is a Northern Irish unionist politician, and the Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, representing the East Londonderry constituency of Northern Ireland....
- Mervyn CarrickMervyn CarrickWilliam Mervyn Carrick, known as Mervyn Carrick is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Portadown, Carrick studied at Portadown Technical College before becoming an accountant...
- Wilson ClydeWilson ClydeWilson Clyde is a politician from Northern Ireland.Born in Kilbegs, County Antrim, Clyde worked as a farmer before being elected to Antrim Borough Council for the Democratic Unionist Party in 1981. In 1996, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing South Antrim, and he held the...
- Nigel DoddsNigel DoddsNigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, BL is a barrister and Northern Irish unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament for Belfast North, and deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP...
- Oliver GibsonOliver GibsonOliver Gibson is a founding member of the Democratic Unionist Party .Gibson is a retired DUP councillor for West Tyrone. He also served as an MLA for West Tyrone in the first session of the Assembly...
- William Hay
- David HilditchDavid HilditchAlderman David Hilditch MLA is a Northern Irish politician for the Democratic Unionist Party . He is an MLA for East Antrim.David Hilditch was born in 1963 in Carrickfergus....
- Gardiner KaneGardiner KaneAndrew Gardiner Kane, known as Gardiner Kane is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Ballymoney, Kane joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1974 and served until 1984. He joined the Democratic Unionist Party , and was elected to Moyle District Council in 1985, serving as its...
- William McCreaWilliam McCrea (politician)Robert Thomas William McCrea is a politician from Northern Ireland, and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party.-Career:...
- Maurice Morrow
- Ian PaisleyIan PaisleyIan Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC is a politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , he and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively on 8 May 2007.In addition to co-founding...
- Ian Paisley Jr
- Edwin PootsEdwin PootsAlderman Edwin Poots MLA is a Northern Irish politician and a Democratic Unionist Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Lagan Valley. He is one of three DUP MLAs for Lagan Valley.-Biography:...
- Iris RobinsonIris RobinsonIris Robinson is a former Northern Ireland Unionist politician. She is married to Peter Robinson, who is currently the First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly....
- Mark RobinsonMark Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)Cllr Mark Robinson was the Democratic Unionist Party Northern Ireland Assembly Member for Belfast South. Elected in sixth place in 1998 he increased his vote in the 2003 election and was returned in second place....
- Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson (politician)Peter David Robinson is the current First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party...
- Jim ShannonJim ShannonRichard James Shannon is a unionist politician from Northern Ireland.-Early life:Shannon was educated at Ballywalter Primary School and Coleraine Academical Institution. He was in the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1973-75 and 1976–77 and was awarded the General Service Medal. He served in the Royal...
- Jim Wells
- Sammy WilsonSammy WilsonSamuel Wilson is a politician from Northern Ireland who is a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Antrim. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1986 – 1987; and again from June 2000 to June 2001. He was the first person from the Democratic Unionist Party ...
Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
- 18 MLAs
- Gerry AdamsGerry AdamsGerry Adams is an Irish republican politician and Teachta Dála for the constituency of Louth. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, the second largest political party in Northern...
- Bairbre de BrúnBairbre de BrúnBairbre de Brún is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing Northern Ireland.- Political work :...
- Pat DohertyPat DohertyPatrick "Pat" Doherty is an Irish republican politician and abstentionist Member of Parliament for West Tyrone. He has been a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the same constituency since 25 June 1998...
- Michelle GildernewMichelle GildernewMichelle Gildernew is an Irish republican Sinn Féin politician and former Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Northern Ireland Executive...
- Gerry KellyGerry KellyGerard "Gerry" Kelly is an Irish republican politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer who played a leading role in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement on 10 April 1998...
- John KellyJohn Kelly (Sinn Féin politician)John Kelly was an Irish republican militant and politician in Northern Ireland. He joined the IRA in the 1950s, and was a founder member and a leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in the early 1970s....
- Barry McElduffBarry McElduffBarry McElduff is an Irish politician.Born in County Tyrone, McElduff attended the Christian Brothers Grammar School in Omagh before attending Queen's University Belfast and becoming an Irish republican activist for Sinn Féin....
- Martin McGuinnessMartin McGuinnessJames Martin Pacelli McGuinness is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and the current deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. McGuinness was also the Sinn Féin candidate for the Irish presidential election, 2011. He was born in Derry, Northern Ireland....
- Gerry McHughGerry McHughGerry McHugh MLA is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. He represented Sinn Féin on Fermanagh District Council from 1993 to 2007 and has sat as an independent since then. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996, then to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1998 election as a...
- Mitchel McLaughlinMitchel McLaughlinJohn Mitchel McLaughlin is the former General Secretary of Sinn Féin and an MLA.McLaughlin was born in Derry city, Northern Ireland and educated at Long Tower Boys School, Derry and Christian Brothers Technical College, Derry....
- Pat McNameePat McNameePat McNamee is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in the 1998 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Newry & Armagh....
- Alex MaskeyAlex MaskeyAlex Maskey is an Irish politician who was the first member of Sinn Féin to serve as Belfast's Lord Mayor. He is Sinn Féin's longest sitting councillor and is currently an MLA for South Belfast as well as being a councillor for the Laganbank area of Belfast.-Early life:Maskey was educated at St...
- Francie MolloyFrancie MolloyFrancie Molloy MLA is a Sinn Féin politician and a deputy speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.He first stood for Sinn Féin in Fermanagh and South Tyrone in the 1982 Assembly Elections finishing as runner-up 542 votes behind the DUP candidate with over 1400 SDLP votes non-transferable...
- Conor MurphyConor MurphyConor Terence Murphy is an Irish republican Sinn Féin politician.According to An Phoblacht, Murphy first became involved with the Irish Republican Army during the 1981 hunger strikes...
- Mick MurphyMick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician)Michael Murphy is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Active in republican politics since the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s, he worked as a publican. In 1996 he was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Sinn Féin in South Down...
- Mary NelisMary NelisMary Margaret Nelis, was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She was born in Wellington Street in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1935. She is the eldest daughter of the late Catherine and Denis Elliott. She was educated at St Eugene's Convent School and left school at...
- Dara O'HaganDara O'HaganDara O'Hagan is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. She was elected in 1998 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Upper Bann....
- Sue RamseySue RamseySue Ramsey MLA is an Irish Republican politician.After growing up in Belfast, Ramsey studied catering. She represented the Poleglass and Twinbrook areas on Lisburn Borough Council from 1997 to 2005....
Alliance Party of Northern IrelandAlliance Party of Northern IrelandThe Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is a liberal and nonsectarian political party in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall, with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and one in the House of Commons....
- 6 MLAs
- John Alderdice
- Eileen BellEileen BellEileen Bell CBE is a Northern Ireland politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down and former deputy leader of the Alliance Party.-Early life:...
- Seamus CloseSeamus CloseSeamus Close OBE is a Northern Ireland politician, former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley and a former deputy leader of the Alliance Party....
- David FordDavid FordDavid Ford is a politician who is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Ford has been leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland since 2001 and has been Northern Ireland Minister of Justice since April 2010.- Early life :...
- Kieran McCarthyKieran McCarthyKieran McCarthy is a Northern Ireland politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford and Assembly chief whip for the Alliance Party....
- Sean NeesonSéan NeesonSeán Neeson is a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland between 1998 and 2001.- Education and early life :...
UK Unionist PartyUK Unionist PartyThe UK Unionist Party was a small unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2008. It was nominally formed by Robert McCartney, formerly of the Ulster Unionist Party, to contest a by-election the North Down by-election, 1995 and then further constituted to contest the 1996...
- 5 MLAs
- Norman BoydNorman BoydNorman Boyd is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Boyd was born in Belfast and attended Belfast High School and Newtownabbey Technical College before working in banking....
(later joined Northern Ireland Unionist PartyNorthern Ireland Unionist PartyThe Northern Ireland Unionist Party was a small political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the UK Unionist Party . This split was caused by disagreement between the five UKUP members of the Northern Ireland Assembly...
) - Roger HutchinsonRoger HutchinsonRoger Hutchinson is a former politician in Northern Ireland.After attending Larne Technical College, Hutchinson became a religious minister. He also joined the Orange Order. He moved into business in 1990....
(later joined Northern Ireland Unionist PartyNorthern Ireland Unionist PartyThe Northern Ireland Unionist Party was a small political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the UK Unionist Party . This split was caused by disagreement between the five UKUP members of the Northern Ireland Assembly...
, then left and later joined the Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyThe Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
) - Robert McCartneyRobert McCartney (politician)Robert Law McCartney QC is a Northern Ireland barrister and former leader of the UK Unionist Party.He was initially a member of the Ulster Unionist Party but was expelled in June 1987 when he refused to withdraw from the general election of that year...
- Patrick RochePatrick Roche (politician)Patrick Roche is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.After working in banking, Roche studied Economics and Politics at Trinity College, Dublin, followed by Political Philosophy at the University of Durham...
(later joined Northern Ireland Unionist PartyNorthern Ireland Unionist PartyThe Northern Ireland Unionist Party was a small political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the UK Unionist Party . This split was caused by disagreement between the five UKUP members of the Northern Ireland Assembly...
) - Cedric WilsonCedric WilsonCedric Wilson is a politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Wilson became the director of a private nursing home. In 1981, he was elected to Castlereagh Borough Council for the Democratic Unionist Party, a post he held until 1989...
(later joined Northern Ireland Unionist PartyNorthern Ireland Unionist PartyThe Northern Ireland Unionist Party was a small political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the UK Unionist Party . This split was caused by disagreement between the five UKUP members of the Northern Ireland Assembly...
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Independent UnionistIndependent UnionistSee also Independent .Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for Unionism, retaining the unity of the British state....
- 3 MLAs
- Fraser AgnewFraser AgnewWilliam Alexander Fraser Agnew, known as Fraser Agnew, is a politician in Northern Ireland.After growing up in Ballyclare, Agnew studied at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Belfast Technical College and the College of Business Studies...
(later joined United Unionist Assembly Party) - Boyd DouglasBoyd DouglasAlbert Boyd Douglas, known as Boyd Douglas is a politician in Northern Ireland.Douglas attended Strabane Agriculture College before working as a farmer...
(later joined United Unionist Assembly Party) - Denis WatsonDenis Watson (politician)Denis Watson is a former politician in Northern Ireland.Watson worked as a financial consultant and became the Grand Master of the County Armagh Orange Lodge. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 as an independent Unionist representing Upper Bann...
(later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)
See also
- Members of the Northern Ireland AssemblyMembers of the Northern Ireland AssemblyThe Northern Ireland Assembly elected in November 2003, never met as such, since Northern Ireland's devolved government and representative institutions were suspended following the re-introduction of direct rule by the United Kingdom government on 14 October 2002....
- Members of the Northern Ireland ForumMembers of the Northern Ireland ForumThis is a list of members of the Northern Ireland Forum. The Forum was elected in 1996. Most members were elected on a constituency basis, but the ten highest political parties winning the most votes were each allocated two top-up seats....
- Northern Ireland MPs