This is a list of the 90 members of the sixth
Northern Ireland Assembly
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, 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
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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
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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, who had died the day before.
However, with the DUP and Sinn Féin unable to agree to form their mandatory coalition government, the Assembly did not formally convene. On 27 April, talks were paused until after a
snap general election on 8 June, with a deadline of 29 June 2017 for the parties to reach agreement, but this deadline was repeatedly extended over the next three years. The DUP, Sinn Féin and other parties finally agreed terms on 10 January 2020.
Party strengths
Graphical representation
File:NIAssembly20170302.svg, As elected, 2 March 2017
File:Sixth (NI) Assembly.svg, 9 May 2018
File:NI Assembly 5 Jan 2020.svg, Current composition, from 10 January 2019
File:NIAssembly20200111.svg, Current composition following the election of the Speaker from Sinn Féin, 11 January 2020
''Parties arranged roughly on the nationalist-unionist spectrum''
MLAs by party
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
MLAs by constituency
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
Changes since the election
† Co-options
‡ Changes in affiliation
Notes
References
{{Northern Ireland Assembly
Lists of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly