| 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly | |||||||
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| Legislative body | Assembly | ||||||
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Meeting place | Parliament Buildings, Stormont | ||||||
| Term | 15 May 2006 – 29 January 2007 | ||||||
| Election | 2003 assembly election | ||||||
| Government | Executive of the 2nd Assembly (Direct Rule) | ||||||
| Members | 108 | ||||||
| Speaker | Eileen Bell | ||||||
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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[1] and then under the St Andrews Agreement.[2] These bodies failed to form a government before the 2007 election.
The following is a list of the members of that second Assembly,[3] including members co-opted after the election to replace those who had resigned or died, and changes in party affiliation.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Act 2006 (repealed)". Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2006.
- ^ "History of the Assembly". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "BBC NEWS | Election 2007 | Northern Ireland elections | Results: Overview". news.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.