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
‡ 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
‡ Changed affiliation during the term