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MLA (Northern Ireland)
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs; ga, Comhaltaí den Tionól Reachtach; sco-ulster, Laa-Makkan Forgaitherars) are representatives elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly. About The Northern Ireland Assembly has 90 elected members - five from each of 18 constituencies, the boundaries of which are the same as those used for electing members of the UK Parliament. Its role is primarily to scrutinise and make decisions on the issues dealt with by Government Departments and to consider and make legislation. Responsibilities MLAs are responsible for the Northern Ireland Assembly. Salary The basic salary for an MLA is £55,000, while the Speaker, ministers and committee chairs receive an additional 'Office Holders Salary' on top of their basic salary. History Previous similar legislators From 22 June 1921 until 30 March 1972 MPs of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and Senators of the Senate of Northern Ireland in the Parliament of Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NI Assembly
sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameral , house1 = , leader1_type = Speaker , leader1 = Alex Maskey , election1 = 11 January 2020 , members = 90 , salary = £55,000 per year + expenses , structure1 = PartyNI2022.svg , structure1_res = 250px , political_groups1 = * Sinn Féin (27) N * DUP (25) U * Alliance (17) O * UUP (9) U * SDLP (8) N * TUV ( 1) U * PBP ( 1) O * Speaker (0) * Speaker (0) , political_groups2= , committees1 = , last_election1 = 5 May 2022 , next_election1 = , voting_system1 = Single transferable vote , session_room = NI Assembly chamber.png , session_res = 250px , session_room2 = StormontGeneral.jpg , session_res2 = 250px , meeting_place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembly Members (Reduction Of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
The Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 is a 2016 Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. It provided for a reduction of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the Assembly from 108 to 90 for the first election following the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. History The Northern Ireland Act 1998, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom following the Good Friday Agreement, established the Northern Ireland Assembly and declared that each Assembly constituency would elect six members. In 2014, during consideration of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, the House of Lords added an amendment to the bill to reduce the number of MLAs based upon Northern Irish popular opinion that the Northern Ireland Assembly was too large. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the House of Commons supported the amendment that provided the Assembly the power to vote to reduce itself in size providing there was sufficient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. Electoral system The additional member system produces a form of proportional representation, where each constituency has its own representative, and each region has seats given to political parties to reflect as closely as possible its level of support among voters. Each registered voter is asked to cast 2 votes, resulting in MSPs being elected in one of two ways: * 73 are elected as First past the post constituency MSPs and; * 56 are elected as Regional additional member MSPs. Seven are elected from each of eight regional groups of constituencies. Types of candidates With the additional members system, there are 3 ways in which a person can stand to be a MSP: * a constituency candidate * a candidate named on a party list at the regional election * an individua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (UK)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 and 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly
This is a list of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973. All members elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1973 election are listed and grouped by party. Members by party This is a list of members elected in the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party. * John Laird, Hugh Smyth and Jean Coulter used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations. Members by constituency The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. * John Laird, Hugh Smyth and Jean Coulter Rose Jean Coulter is a former unionist (Ireland), unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Born in the Shankill Road district of Belfast, Coulter studied at the Girls' Model School before becoming a solicitor's clerk. She also became active in th ... used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations. Changes By-Elections Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly
This is a list of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1982. All members elected to the Assembly at the 1982 election are listed. Members are grouped by party. The Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Féin members did not take their seats in the Assembly and the Ulster Unionist Party members boycotted the Assembly for five months during 1984. Members by party This is a list of members elected in the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party. Members by constituency The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. Changes ♭ By-Elections Subsequent changes of party or allegiance A considerable number of MPAs, mainly Unionist, subsequently left or were expelled from their respective parties. Of UUP members, Jeffrey Donaldson joined the DUP in 2004 after a short spell as an Independent Unionist. Agnew became an Independent Unionist. Bleakes joined the Conservatives but later became an Independent Unionist, while Dunlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Northern Ireland Assembly
This is a list of the 108 members of the first Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland established by the Good Friday Agreement. Members (fully Members of the Legislative Assembly, MLAs) elected in June 1998 are listed, as well as those subsequently co-opted to replace those who had resigned or deceased. MLAs are grouped by party, and changes in party affiliation are noted. Party strengths Graphical representation File:NIAssembly19980625.svg, At election, 25 Jun 1998 File:NIAssembly19980701.svg, 1 Jul to 21 Sep 1998 File:NIAssembly20031018.svg, 18 Oct 2003 to end MLAs by party This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party. † Co-opted to replace an elected MLA ‡ Changed affiliation during the term MLAs by constituency The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. † Co-opted to replace an elected MLA ‡ Changed affiliatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Northern Ireland Assembly
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 and then under the St Andrews Agreement. These bodies failed to form a government before the 2007 election. The following is a list of the members of that second Assembly, including members co-opted after the election to replace those who had resigned or died, and changes in party affiliation. Party strengths Notes Graphical representation File:NIAssembly20031126.svg, At election, 26 Nov 2003 ( Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly) File:NIAssembly20060410.svg, 10 Apr to 25 Sep 2006 (Suspended Northern Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Northern Ireland Assembly
This is a list of the members of the third Northern Ireland Assembly sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral , hou ... 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 Graphical representation File:NIAssembly20070307.svg, At election, 7 Mar 2007 File:NIAssembly20070508.svg, 8 May to 29 Nov 2007 File:NIAssembly20110103.svg, 3 Jan 2011 to end 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. † Co-opted to replace an elected MLA ‡ Changed affiliation during the term MLAs by constituency The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency. † Co-opted to replace an elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Northern Ireland Assembly
The fourth Northern Ireland Assembly was the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland following the 2011 assembly election on 5 May 2011. This iteration of the elected Assembly convened for the first time on 12 May 2011 in Parliament Buildings in Stormont, and ran for a full term. The election saw 18 Assembly constituencies return six Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) each. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), led by Peter Robinson, remained the largest unionist party and the largest overall. Sinn Féin, led by Gerry Adams, remained the largest Irish nationalist party and the second largest overall. As per the Belfast Agreement and the St Andrews Agreement, a power-sharing coalition was then formed with the DUP, Sinn Féin, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. William Hay was elected as Speaker in the first sitting of the Assembly. Following Hay's retirement, Mitchel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Northern Ireland Assembly
− This is a list of the members of the fifth Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) elected on 5 May 2016 or subsequently co-opted are listed by party and by constituency. Only the Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Féin and an Independent Unionist participated in the 4th Northern Ireland Executive, which now comprised nine rather than 12 departments. The Ulster Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party and Alliance Party declined the roles they were entitled to, and under the Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 the larger UUP and SDLP formed the first official Assembly Opposition. The Assembly convened on 12 May, electing the DUP's Robin Newton as Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Northern Ireland Assembly
This is a list of the 90 members of the sixth Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. The election took place on 2 March 2017, with counting finishing the following day; voter turnout was estimated at 64.8%. Only five (rather than six) MLAs were elected from each of the 18 constituencies, following the Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. The reduction negatively affected Unionist candidates whose bloc lost its majority for the first time in the history of the Assembly. The SDLP was also negatively impacted, losing its only West Belfast seat. Incumbent Speaker Robin Newton informally convened the Assembly on 22 March to pay tribute to the former deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness James Martin Pacelli McGuinness ( ga, Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman from Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
