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

Graphical representation

Parties arranged roughly on the nationalist-unionist spectrum

MLAs by current affiliation

* 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.

* Party Leader in Stormont

† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA

‡ Changed affiliation during the term

Changes since the election

† Co-options

‡ Changes in affiliation

Notes

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