List of female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

This is a list of women who are or have served as members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

List of female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

	Name	Constituency	Start year	End year	Reason
Democratic Unionist Party	Eileen Paisley	Belfast East	1973	1976	Retired
Ulster Unionist Party	Dorothy Dunlop	East Belfast	1982	1986	Retired
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Mary McSorley	South Down	1982	1986	Retired
UK Unionist Party	Pauline Armitage	East Londonderry	1998	2003	Defeated
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Eileen Bell	North Down	1998	2007	Retired
Sinn Féin	Bairbre de Brún	West Tyrone	1998	2004	Resigned
Ulster Unionist Party	Joan Carson	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	1998	2003	Retired
Sinn Féin	Michelle Gildernew	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	1998	2012	Resigned
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Carmel Hanna	Belfast South	1998	2010	Retired^[1]
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Patricia Lewsley	Lagan Valley	1998	2006	Resigned
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition	Jane Morrice	North Down	1998	2003	Defeated
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition	Monica McWilliams	Belfast South	1998	2003	Defeated
Sinn Féin	Mary Nelis	Foyle	1998	2004	Resigned
Sinn Féin	Dara O'Hagan	Upper Bann	1998	2003	Defeated
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Bríd Rodgers	Upper Bann	1998	2003	Retired
Sinn Féin	Sue Ramsey	Belfast West	1998	2003	Defeated
Sinn Féin	Sue Ramsey	Belfast West	2004	2014	Retired
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Iris Robinson	Strangford	1998	2010	Resigned
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Annie Courtney	Foyle	2000	2003	Defeated
Democratic Unionist Party	Norah Beare	Lagan Valley	2003	2007	De-selected
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Mary Bradley	Foyle	2003	2011	Retired
Democratic Unionist Party	Diane Dodds	Belfast West	2003	2007	Defeated
Democratic Unionist Party	Diane Dodds	Belfast West	2020		Serving
Independent Nationalist	Geraldine Dougan	Mid Ulster	2003	2007	Retired
Democratic Unionist Party	Arlene Foster	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	2003	2021	Resigned
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Dolores Kelly	Upper Bann	2003	2016	Defeated
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Dolores Kelly	Upper Bann	2017	2022	Defeated
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Naomi Long	Belfast East	2003	2010	Resigned
			2016	2019	Resigned
			2020		Serving
Sinn Féin	Patricia O'Rawe	Newry and Armagh	2003	2007	De-selected
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Margaret Ritchie	South Down	2003	2012	Resigned
Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane	South Down	2003	2017	Retired
Sinn Féin	Kathy Stanton	South Down	2003	2007	Retired
Sinn Féin	Martina Anderson	Foyle	2007	2012	Resigned
Sinn Féin	Martina Anderson	Foyle	2020	2021	Resigned
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Marietta Farrell	Lagan Valley	2007	2007	Defeated
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Anna Lo	Belfast South	2007	2016	Retired^[2]
Sinn Féin	Jennifer McCann	Belfast West	2007	2016	Resigned
Sinn Féin	Claire McGill	West Tyrone	2007	2011	Retired
Democratic Unionist Party	Michelle McIlveen	Strangford	2007		Serving
Sinn Féin	Carál Ní Chuilín	Belfast North	2007		Serving
Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Neill	Belfast North	2007		Serving
Progressive Unionist Party	Dawn Purvis	Belfast East	2007	2011	Defeated
Democratic Unionist Party	Michaela Boyle	West Tyrone	2011	2019	Resigned
Democratic Unionist Party	Paula Bradley	Belfast North	2011	2022	Retired
Democratic Unionist Party	Pam Cameron	South Antrim	2011		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Judith Cochrane	Belfast East	2011	2016	Retired
Ulster Unionist Party	Jo-Anne Dobson	Belfast North	2011	2017	Defeated
Sinn Féin	Megan Fearon	Newry and Armagh	2011	2020	Resigned
Democratic Unionist Party	Brenda Hale	Belfast North	2011	2017	Defeated
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Karen McKevitt	South Down	2011	2016	Defeated
Ulster Unionist Party	Sandra Overend	Mid Ulster	2011	2017	Defeated
Sinn Féin	Rosie McCorley	Belfast West	2012	2016	Defeated
Sinn Féin	Bronwyn McGahan	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	2012	2016	Retired
Sinn Féin	Maeve McLaughlin	Foyle	2012	2016	Defeated
Independent Unionist	Claire Sugden	East Londonderry	2014		Serving
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Claire Hanna	Belfast South	2015	2019	Resigned
Democratic Unionist Party	Emma Little-Pengelly	South Antrim	2015	2017	Resigned
Democratic Unionist Party	Emma Little-Pengelly	South Antrim	2022		Serving
Sinn Féin	Caoimhe Archibald	East Londonderry	2016		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kellie Armstrong	South Antrim	2016		Serving
Green Party in Northern Ireland	Clare Bailey	South Antrim	2016	2022	Defeated
Ulster Unionist Party	Rosemary Barton	Foyle	2016	2022	Defeated
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Sinéad Bradley	South Down	2016	2022	Retired
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Paula Bradshaw	Belfast South	2016		Serving
Democratic Unionist Party	Joanne Bunting	Belfast East	2016		Serving
Sinn Féin	Linda Dillon	Mid Ulster	2016		Serving
Sinn Féin	Órlaithí Flynn	Belfast West	2016		Serving
Democratic Unionist Party	Carla Lockhart	Upper Bann	2016	2019	Resigned
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Nichola Mallon	Belfast North	2016	2022	Defeated
Sinn Féin	Elisha McCallion	Foyle	2017	2017	Resigned
Ulster Unionist Party	Jennifer Palmer	Lagan Valley	2016	2017	Defeated
Sinn Féin	Catherine Seeley	Belfast West	2016	2017	Retired
Sinn Féin	Jemma Dolan	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	2017		Serving
Sinn Féin	Karen Mullan	Foyle	2017	2021	Resigned
Sinn Féin	Emma Rogan	South Down	2017	2022	Resigned
Sinn Féin	Sinéad Ennis	South Down	2017		Serving
Sinn Féin	Emma Sheerin	Mid Ulster	2018		Serving
Green Party Northern Ireland	Rachel Woods	North Down	2019	2022	Defeated
Sinn Féin	Nicola Brogan	West Tyrone	2020		Serving
Sinn Féin	Deirdre Hargey	Belfast South	2020		Serving
Sinn Féin	Cara Hunter	East Londonderry	2020		Serving
Sinn Féin	Liz Kimmins	Foyle	2020		Serving
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Sinead McLaughlin	Foyle	2020		Serving
Democratic Unionist Party	Deborah Erskine	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	2021		Serving
Sinn Féin	Ciara Ferguson	Foyle	2021		Serving
Sinn Féin	Áine Murphy	West Tyrone	2021		Serving
Sinn Féin	Aisling Reilly	West Tyrone	2021		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Connie Egan	North Down	2022		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Sorcha Eastwood	Lagan Valley	2022	2024	Resigned
Democratic Unionist Party	Diane Forsythe	East Antrim	2022		Serving
Sinn Féin	Cathy Mason	South Down	2022		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Nuala McAllister	Belfast North	2022		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Kate Nicholl	Belfast South	2022		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Patricia O'Lynn	North Antrim	2022	2023	Resigned
Democratic Unionist Party	Cheryl Brownlee	East Antrim	2023		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Sian Mulholland	North Antrim	2023		Serving
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Michelle Guy	Lagan Valley	2024		Serving
Ulster Unionist Party	Diana Armstrong	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	2024		Serving

References

^ "BBC News – Hanna to step down from assembly". BBC News. BBC News. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Anna Lo to quit NI politics over disillusionment". BBC News. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[1] "BBC News – Hanna to step down from assembly". BBC News. BBC News. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

[2] "Anna Lo to quit NI politics over disillusionment". BBC News. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[1]

[2]