List of members of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly

Party strengths

Graphical representation

Members

Changes since the election

• William Hay was elected Speaker of the Assembly at its first sitting.
• George Dawson died on 7 May 2007 and was replaced by Alastair Ian Ross on 14 May 2007.
• Gerry McHugh resigned from Sinn Féin and became an independent on 29 November 2007; on 30 November 2009 he announced that he had joined Fianna Fáil. On 3 December 2009, it was reported that even though he was now a member of Fianna Fáil, he would remain an independent member of the Assembly.
• Danny Kinahan replaced David Burnside on 9 June 2009.
• Billy Leonard replaced Francie Brolly on 7 January 2010.
• Iris Robinson's membership in the DUP was terminated around 9 January 2010, she resigned as an MLA on 12 January 2010, and was replaced by Jonathan Bell on 25 January 2010.
• Carmel Hanna resigned on 15 January 2010; Conall McDevitt was sworn in as her replacement on 21 January 2010.
• Alan McFarland resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party on 31 March 2010.
• Dawn Purvis resigned from the Progressive Unionist Party on 3 June 2010.
• Naomi Long was elected to the Belfast East parliamentary constituency on 6 May 2010 and was replaced by Chris Lyttle on 5 July.
• Ian Paisley, Jr. was elected to the North Antrim parliamentary constituency on 6 May 2010. He resigned on 21 June 2010 and was replaced by Paul Frew.
• Jeffrey Donaldson resigned on 10 June 2010 and was replaced by Paul Givan.
• David Simpson and William McCrea were replaced by Sydney Anderson and Paul Girvan on 1 July 2010.
• Jim Shannon resigned on 1 August 2010 and was replaced by Simpson Gibson on 2 August 2010.
• Nigel Dodds resigned on 10 September 2010 and was replaced by William Humphrey on 13 September 2010.
• Mark Durkan resigned on 9 November 2010 and was replaced by Pól Callaghan on 15 November 2010.
• Gerry Adams resigned on 7 December 2010 and was replaced by Pat Sheehan on the same date.
• David McClarty resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party on 3 January 2011, after being deselected for the 2011 election.