{{Short description|Northern Ireland MLAs 2003 to 2007}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox legislative session |name = 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly |image = |image_size = 80px |body = Assembly |country = Northern Ireland |meeting_place = Parliament Buildings,<br />Stormont |election = 2003 assembly election |government = ''Executive of the 2nd Assembly'' (Direct Rule) |term_start = 15 May 2006 |term_end = 29 January 2007 |before = 1st Assembly |after = 3rd Assembly |membership1 = 108 |chamber1_leader1_type = Speaker |chamber1_leader1 = Eileen Bell |session1_start = 15 May 2006 |session1_end = 7 July 2006 |session2_start = 11 September 2006 |session2_end = 3 October 2006 |session3_start = 24 November 2006 |session3_end = 29 January 2007 }}
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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/20060017.htm|title=Northern Ireland Act 2006 (repealed)|access-date=19 May 2006|archive-date=8 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908104116/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/20060017.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and then under the St Andrews Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/about-the-assembly/general-information/history-of-the-assembly/|title=History of the Assembly|website=www.niassembly.gov.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-04-29|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409154736/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/about-the-assembly/general-information/history-of-the-assembly|url-status=dead}}</ref> These bodies failed to form a government before the 2007 election.
The following is a list of the '''members of that second Assembly''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2007/nielection/html/main.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} Election 2007 {{!}} Northern Ireland elections {{!}} Results: Overview|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2017-04-29|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801003621/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/nielection/html/main.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> including members co-opted after the election to replace those who had resigned or died, and changes in party affiliation.
==Party strengths== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" ! colspan="2" |Party !Designation!!Nov 2003<br />election!!Jan 2007<br />end |- |style="color:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}; background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | || Democratic Unionist Party |align="center"|Unionist||align="center"| 30 ||align="center"| '''32''' |- |style="color:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}; background:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | || Ulster Unionist Party |align="center"|Unionist||align="center"| 27 ||align="center"| '''24''' |- |style="color:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}; background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | || Sinn Féin |align="center"|Nationalist||align="center"| 24 ||align="center"|'''21''' |- |style="color:{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}; background:{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | || Social Democratic and Labour Party |align="center"|Nationalist||align="center"| 18 ||align="center"| 18 |- |style="color:{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}; background:{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | || Alliance Party |align="center"|Other||align="center"| 6 ||align="center"| '''5''' |- |bgcolor="{{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" | || UK Unionist Party |align="center"|Unionist||align="center"| 1 ||align="center"| 1 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" | || Progressive Unionist Party |align="center"|Unionist||align="center"| 1 ||align="center"| 1 |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" | || Independent |align="center"|Nationalist||align="center"|0||align="center"|'''1''' |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |Independent |align="center"|Other |align="center"|0 |align="center"|'''1''' |- |bgcolor="{{party color|Independent Unionist}}" | |Independent |align="center"|Unionist |align="center"|1 |align="center"|'''2''' |- | bgcolor="#000000" | || Speaker{{#tag:ref|While in post, the Speaker is not counted as a member of their parliamentary party.|name="S"|group="n"}} |align="center"|None||align="center"| 0 ||align="center"|'''1''' |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" | |''Vacant''{{#tag:ref|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.|name="V"|group="n"}} |align="center"|Nationalist |align="center"|0 |align="center"|'''1''' |- | colspan="2" rowspan="4" |'''Totals by Designation''' |Unionist||align="center"|60||align="center"|60 |- |Nationalist||align="center"| 42 ||align="center"|'''41''' |- |Other||align="center"|6||align="center"|6 |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" |None |align="center"|0 |align="center"|'''1''' |- | colspan="3" |'''Total''' |align="center" colspan="2" |'''108''' |}
'''Notes''' <references group="n"/>
===Graphical representation=== <gallery style="margin:0" mode="slideshow"> File:NIAssembly20031126.svg|At election, 26 Nov 2003 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly) File:NIAssembly20060410.svg|10 Apr to 25 Sep 2006 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Assembly est. under the Northern Ireland Act 2006), File:NIAssembly20060925.svg|25 Sep 2006 to 15 Jan 2007 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Transitional Assembly) File:NIAssembly20070202.svg|2 Feb 2007 to end (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly) </gallery>
== 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.
{| class="wikitable" |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" ! colspan=2|Party !Name !Constituency |- !rowspan="32" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan="32"|Democratic Unionist Party (32) |Norah Beare ‡ |Lagan Valley |- |Thomas Buchanan |West Tyrone |- |Gregory Campbell |East Londonderry |- |Wilson Clyde |South Antrim |- |George Dawson |East Antrim |- |Diane Dodds |Belfast West |- |Nigel Dodds |Belfast North |- |Jeffrey Donaldson ‡ |Lagan Valley |- |Alex Easton |North Down |- |George Ennis |Strangford |- |Arlene Foster ‡ |Fermanagh & South Tyrone |- |Paul Girvan |South Antrim |- |William Hay |Foyle |- |David Hilditch |East Antrim |- |Nelson McCausland |Belfast North |- |William McCrea |Mid Ulster |- |Lord Morrow |Fermanagh and South Tyrone |- |Stephen Moutray |Upper Bann |- |Robin Newton |Belfast East |- |Ian Paisley |North Antrim |- |Ian Paisley Jr. |North Antrim |- |Edwin Poots |Lagan Valley |- |George Robinson |East Londonderry |- |Iris Robinson |Strangford |- |Mark Robinson |Belfast South |- |Peter Robinson |Belfast East |- |Jim Shannon |Strangford |- |David Simpson |Upper Bann |- |Mervyn Storey |North Antrim |- |Peter Weir |North Down |- |Jim Wells |South Down |- |Sammy Wilson |East Antrim |- !rowspan="24" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan="24"|Ulster Unionist Party (24) |Billy Armstrong |Mid Ulster |- |Roy Beggs, Jr. |East Antrim |- |Billy Bell |Lagan Valley |- |Esmond Birnie |South Belfast |- |David Burnside |South Antrim |- |Fred Cobain |Belfast North |- |Michael Copeland |Belfast East |- |Robert Coulter |North Antrim |- |Leslie Cree |North Down |- |Tom Elliott |Fermanagh and South Tyrone |- |Reg Empey |Belfast East |- |Sam Gardiner |Upper Bann |- |Norman Hillis |East Londonderry |- |Derek Hussey |West Tyrone |- |Danny Kennedy |Newry and Armagh |- |David McClarty |East Londonderry |- |Alan McFarland |North Down |- |Michael McGimpsey |Belfast South |- |David McNarry |Strangford |- |Dermot Nesbitt |South Down |- |Ken Robinson |East Antrim |- |John Taylor |Strangford |- |David Trimble |Upper Bann |- |Jim Wilson |South Antrim |- !rowspan="22" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |rowspan="22"|Sinn Féin (22) |Gerry Adams |Belfast West |- |Francie Brolly |East Londonderry |- |Willie Clarke |South Down |- |Pat Doherty |West Tyrone |- |Michelle Gildernew |Fermanagh and South Tyrone |- |Gerry Kelly |Belfast North |- |Alex Maskey |Belfast South |- |Fra McCann |Belfast West |- |Raymond McCartney † |Foyle |- |Barry McElduff |West Tyrone |- |Philip McGuigan |North Antrim |- |Martin McGuinness |Mid Ulster |- |Mitchel McLaughlin |Foyle |- |Francie Molloy |Mid Ulster |- |Conor Murphy |Newry and Armagh |- |John O'Dowd |Upper Bann |- |Patricia O'Rawe |Newry and Armagh |- |Tom O'Reilly |Fermanagh and South Tyrone |- |Sue Ramsey † |Belfast West |- |Caitríona Ruane |South Down |- |Kathy Stanton |Belfast North |- |''Vacant''{{#tag:ref|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.|name="V"|group="n"}} |Belfast West |- !rowspan="18" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |rowspan="18"|Social Democratic and Labour Party (18) |Alex Attwood |Belfast West |- |Dominic Bradley |Newry and Armagh |- |Mary Bradley |Foyle |- |P. J. Bradley |South Down |- |Thomas Burns |South Antrim |- |John Dallat |East Londonderry |- |Mark Durkan |Foyle |- |Sean Farren |North Antrim |- |Marietta Farrell † |Lagan Valley |- |Tommy Gallagher |Fermanagh and South Tyrone |- |Carmel Hanna |Belfast South |- |Dolores Kelly |Upper Bann |- |Alban Maginness |Belfast North |- |Alasdair McDonnell |Belfast South |- |Patsy McGlone |Mid Ulster |- |Eugene McMenamin |West Tyrone |- |Pat Ramsey |Foyle |- |Margaret Ritchie |South Down |- !rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |rowspan="5"|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (5) |Seamus Close |Lagan Valley |- |David Ford |South Antrim |- |Naomi Long |East Belfast |- |Kieran McCarthy |Strangford |- |Seán Neeson |East Antrim |- !rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan="1"|Progressive Unionist Party (1) |Dawn Purvis † |Belfast East |- !rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan="1"|UK Unionist Party (1) |Robert McCartney |North Down |- !rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |rowspan="1"|Independent (1) |Kieran Deeny |West Tyrone |- !rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" | |rowspan="1"|Independent Unionist (1) |Paul Berry ‡ |Newry and Armagh |- !rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" | |rowspan="2"|Independent Nationalist (2) |Geraldine Dougan ‡ |Mid Ulster |- |Davy Hyland ‡ |Newry and Armagh |- !rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly}}" | |rowspan="1"|Speaker (1) |Eileen Bell ‡ |North Down |}
<small>† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA</small>
<small>‡ Changed affiliation during the term</small>
==MLAs by constituency== The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. {| class="wikitable" |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" ! colspan=4|Members of the 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly |- !align=center|Constituency !align=center|Name ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Party |- |rowspan="6"|Belfast East |Michael Copeland ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Reg Empey ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Naomi Long ! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |- |Robin Newton ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Dawn Purvis † ! style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" | |Progressive Unionist Party |- |Peter Robinson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|Belfast North |Fred Cobain ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Nigel Dodds ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Gerry Kelly ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Nelson McCausland ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Alban Maginness ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Kathy Stanton ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |rowspan="6"|Belfast South |Carmel Hanna ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Esmond Birnie ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Alex Maskey ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Alasdair McDonnell ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Michael McGimpsey ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Mark Robinson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|Belfast West |Gerry Adams ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Alex Attwood ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Diane Dodds ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Fra McCann ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Sue Ramsey † ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |''Vacant''{{#tag:ref|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.|name="V"|group="n"}} ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |rowspan="6"|East Antrim |Roy Beggs, Jr. ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Sean Neeson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |- |David Hilditch ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |George Dawson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Ken Robinson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Sammy Wilson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|East Londonderry |Francis Brolly ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Gregory Campbell ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |John Dallat ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Norman Hillis ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |David McClarty ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |George Robinson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|Fermanagh and South Tyrone |Tom Elliott ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Arlene Foster ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Tommy Gallagher ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Michelle Gildernew ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Tom O'Reilly ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Maurice Morrow ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|Foyle |Mary Bradley ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Mark Durkan ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |William Hay ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Raymond McCartney † ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féín |- |Mitchel McLaughlin ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féín |- |Pat Ramsey ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |rowspan="6"|Lagan Valley |Norah Beare ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Billy Bell ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Seamus Close ! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |- |Jeffrey Donaldson ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Marietta Farrell † ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Edwin Poots ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|Mid Ulster |Billy Armstrong ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Geraldine Dougan ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" | |Independent Nationalist |- |William McCrea ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Patsy McGlone ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Martin McGuinness ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Francie Molloy ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |rowspan="6"|Newry and Armagh |Paul Berry ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" | |Independent Unionist |- |Dominic Bradley ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Davy Hyland ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" | |Independent Nationalist |- |Danny Kennedy ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Conor Murphy ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Patricia O'Rawe ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |rowspan="6"|North Antrim |Robert Coulter ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Sean Farren ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Philip McGuigan ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Ian Paisley ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Ian Paisley Jr ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Mervyn Storey ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|North Down |Eileen Bell ‡ ! style="background-color: {{party color| Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly}}" | |Speaker |- |Leslie Cree ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Alex Easton ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Robert McCartney ! style="background-color: {{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" | |UK Unionist Party |- |Alan McFarland ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Peter Weir ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|South Antrim |David Burnside ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Trevor Clarke ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |David Ford ! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |- |Paul Girvan ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Thomas Burns ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Jim Wilson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|South Down |P. J. Bradley ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Willie Clarke ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Dermot Nesbitt ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Margaret Ritchie ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Caitríona Ruane ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Jim Wells ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|Strangford |George Ennis ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Kieran McCarthy ! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | |Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |- |David McNarry ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Iris Robinson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Jim Shannon ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |John Taylor ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|Upper Bann |Sam Gardiner ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Dolores Kelly ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |- |Stephen Moutray ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |John O'Dowd ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |David Simpson ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |David Trimble ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |rowspan="6"|West Tyrone |Thomas Buchanan ! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | |Democratic Unionist Party |- |Kieran Deeny ! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |Independent |- |Pat Doherty ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Derek Hussey ! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |Ulster Unionist Party |- |Barry McElduff ! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | |Sinn Féin |- |Eugene McMenamin ! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | |Social Democratic and Labour Party |} <small>† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA</small> <small>‡ Changed affiliation during the term</small>
==Changes since the election== ===† Co-options === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Date co-opted !Constituency ! colspan="2" |Party !Outgoing !Co-optee !Reason |- |15 July 2004 |Foyle | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |Mary Nelis |Raymond McCartney |Resignation of Mary Nelis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_fo03.htm |title=The Northern Ireland Assembly - |accessdate=2007-02-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926043449/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_fo03.htm |archivedate=26 September 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |- |29 November 2004 |Belfast West | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |Bairbre de Brún |Sue Ramsey |Resignation of Bairbre de Brún.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_bw03.htm |title=The Northern Ireland Assembly - |accessdate=2005-12-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926043512/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/constits/const_bw03.htm |archivedate=26 September 2006 }}</ref> |- |25 September 2006 |Belfast West | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} |Michael Ferguson |''Vacant'' |Death of Michael Ferguson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/5377630.stm|title=Death of Sinn Fein assembly man|date=25 September 2006|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511143027/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/5377630.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The vacancy remained unfilled on the dissolution of the Assembly. |- |9 January 2007 |Lagan Valley | {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} |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 | {{Party name with colour|Progressive Unionist Party}} |David Ervine |Dawn Purvis |Death of David Ervine. |}
=== ‡ Changes in affiliation === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Date !Constituency !Name ! colspan="2" |Previous affiliation ! colspan="2" |New affiliation !Circumstance |- |18 December 2003 |Lagan Valley |Jeffrey Donaldson | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} |Jeffrey Donaldson resigned from the UUP.<ref name="UUP">{{cite news |title= Donaldson resigns from UUP |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3331805.stm |access-date=5 January 2022 |work=BBC |date=18 December 2003}}</ref> |- |18 December 2003 |Lagan Valley |Norah Beare | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} |Norah Beare resigned from the UUP.<ref name="UUP"/> |- |18 December 2003 |Fermanagh and South Tyrone |Arlene Foster | {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} |Arlene Foster resigned from the UUP.<ref name="UUP"/> |- |5 January 2004 |Lagan Valley |Jeffrey Donaldson | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Jeffrey Donaldson joined the DUP.<ref name="DUP">{{cite news |title= Ulster Unionist rebels defect to DUP |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jan/05/northernireland.devolution |access-date=5 January 2022 |work=BBC |date=5 January 2004}}</ref> |- |5 January 2004 |Lagan Valley |Norah Beare | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Norah Beare joined the DUP.<ref name="DUP"/> |- |5 January 2004 |Fermanagh and South Tyrone |Arlene Foster | {{Party name with colour|Independent Unionist}} | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} |Arlene Foster joined the DUP.<ref name="DUP"/> |- |4 July 2005 |Newry and Armagh |Paul Berry | {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4700172.stm|title=Suspended Berry resigns from DUP|date=10 February 2006|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512060314/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4700172.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |23 November 2005 |Mid Ulster |Francie Molloy | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Nationalist}} |Francie Molloy was suspended by Sinn Féin on 23 November 2005 following disagreements about reforms of local government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4463588.stm|title=SF member critical of suspension|date=23 November 2005|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511143029/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4463588.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Molloy was subsequently readmitted to the party.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} |- |10 April 2006 |North Down |Eileen Bell | {{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}} | {{Party name with colour|Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly}} |Eileen Bell was appointed Speaker of the Assembly on 10 April 2006 for the first session on 15 May.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4896488.stm|title=Bell named new assembly speaker|date=10 April 2006|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512150237/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4896488.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |15 January 2007 |Mid Ulster |Geraldine Dougan | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Nationalist}} |Geraldine Dougan resigned from Sinn Féin. |- |2 February 2007 |Newry and Armagh |Davy Hyland | {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}} | {{Party name with colour|Independent Nationalist}} |Davy Hyland resigned from Sinn Féin. |}
== See also == * Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1998 * Members of the Northern Ireland Forum elected in 1996 * Northern Ireland MPs * 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election
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Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Category:Lists of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Category:2003 in Northern Ireland