WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY
The elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place
on 26 November 2003. Females candidates for the election may be found
here >>>>
The Northern Ireland Assembly has 108 members,
or MLAs: six for each of the eighteen Westminster constituencies, elected
by the same single transferable vote system used in Northern Ireland’s
local and European elections. Table 1 lists the women members of the Assembly,
elected in the November election, and Table 2 shows
how many women each party had among its MLAs. Former women members
>>>>
Table 1: Current women MLAs
|
Name
|
Party
|
Constituency
|
Returned/
New
|
%
1st
preference
|
|
Eileen Bell
|
APNI
|
North Down
|
Returned
|
6.3
|
|
Naomi Long
|
APNI
|
East Belfast
|
New
|
9.0
|
|
Diane Dodds
|
DUP
|
West Belfast
|
New
|
7.7
|
|
Iris Robinson
|
DUP
|
Strangford
|
Returned
|
22.9
|
|
Mary Bradley
|
SDLP
|
Foyle
|
New
|
8.2
|
|
Carmel Hanna
|
SDLP
|
South Belfast
|
Returned
|
12.5
|
|
Dolores Kelly
|
SDLP
|
Upper Bann
|
New
|
8.4
|
|
Patricia Lewsley
|
SDLP
|
Lagan Valley
|
Returned
|
7.6
|
|
Margaret Ritchie
|
SDLP
|
South Down
|
New
|
9.4
|
|
Bairbre de Brun
|
SF
|
West Belfast
|
Returned
|
12.4
|
|
Geraldine Dougan
|
SF
|
Mid-Ulster
|
New
|
13.1
|
|
Michelle Gildernew
|
SF
|
Fermanagh/South Tyrone
|
Returned
|
14.1
|
|
Mary Nelis
|
SF
|
Foyle
|
Returned
|
8.6
|
|
Pat O’Rawe
|
SF
|
Newry and Armagh
|
New
|
11.6
|
|
Caitriona Ruane
|
SF
|
South Down
|
New
|
11.3
|
|
Kathy Stanton
|
SF
|
North Belfast
|
New
|
9.5
|
|
Nora Beare
|
UUP
|
Lagan Valley
|
New
|
3.7
|
|
Arlene Foster
|
UUP
|
Fermanagh/South Tyrone
|
New
|
10.7
|
Table 2: Northern Ireland Assembly
election results by gender and party, 2003
|
Party
|
Women
|
Total
Seats
|
%
Women
|
|
DUP
|
2
|
30
|
..6.7
|
|
UUP
|
2
|
27
|
..7.4
|
|
Sinn
Féin
|
7
|
24
|
29.2
|
|
SDLP
|
5
|
18
|
22.2
|
|
APNI
|
2
|
..6
|
33.3
|
|
Other
|
-
|
..3
|
-
|
|
Total
|
18
|
108
|
16.7
|
|
