Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007

2003 ← 7 March 2007 → 2011

outgoing members ← → MLAs elected

All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly 55 seats were needed for a majority in the Assembly All 12 seats to the Northern Ireland Executive Turnout 62.3% 0.7%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Ian Paisley Gerry Adams Reg Empey Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP Leader since 30 September 1971 13 November 1983 24 June 2005 Leader's seat North Antrim Belfast West Belfast East Last election 30 seats (27.8%) 24 seats (23.5%) 27 seats (22.7%) Seats won 36 28 18 Seat change 6 4 9 Popular vote 207,721 180,573 103,145 Percentage 30.1% 26.2% 14.9% Swing 2.3% 2.7% 7.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mark Durkan David Ford John Barry Party SDLP Alliance Green (NI) Leader since 10 November 2001 6 October 2001 January 2003 Leader's seat Foyle South Antrim None Last election 18 seats (17%) 6 seats (3.7%) 1 seat (0.4%) Seats won 16 7 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 105,164 36,139 11,985 Percentage 15.2% 5.2% 1.7% Swing 1.8% 1.5% 1.3%

Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.

First Minister before election Suspended First Minister-designate Ian Paisley DUP

Suspended

Ian Paisley
DUP

The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007 when 108 members were elected. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin, along with the Alliance Party, increase their support, with falls in support for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).

At the 2003 election the DUP became the largest party. As it opposed the Belfast Agreement, there was no prospect of the assembly voting for the First and deputy First Ministers. Therefore, the British Government did not restore power to the Assembly and the elected members never met. Instead there commenced a protracted series of negotiations. During these negotiations a legally separate assembly, known as The Assembly consisting of the members elected in 2003 was formed in May 2006 to enable the parties to negotiate and to prepare for government.

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