2nd Northern Ireland Assembly | |||||||
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Overview | |||||||
Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland | ||||||
Meeting place |
Parliament Buildings, Stormont |
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Term | 15 May 2006 – 29 January 2007 | ||||||
Election | 2003 assembly election | ||||||
Government | Executive of the 2nd Assembly (Direct Rule) | ||||||
Members | 108 | ||||||
Speaker | Eileen Bell | ||||||
Sessions | |||||||
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1st | 15 May 2006 – 7 July 2006 |
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2nd | 11 September 2006 – 3 October 2006 |
3rd | 24 November 2006 – 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 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 passed away, and changes in party affiliation.
Notes
At election, 26 Nov 2003 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly)
10 Apr to 25 Sep 2006 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Assembly est. under the Northern Ireland Act 2006),
25 Sep 2006 to 15 Jan 2007 (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly and Transitional Assembly)
2 Feb 2007 to end (Suspended Northern Ireland Assembly)