Belfast West (Assembly Constituency) - Members

Members

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2011 are:

  • Alex Attwood – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Paul Maskey – Sinn Féin
  • Fra McCann – Sinn Féin
  • Jennifer McCann – Sinn Féin
  • Sue Ramsey – Sinn Féin
  • Pat Sheehan – Sinn Féin

Alex Attwood was the previous Social Development minister and has since became the Minister for the Environment.
Rosie McCorley replaced Paul Maskey in June 2012.

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election were:

  • Gerry Adams – Sinn Féin
  • Alex Attwood – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Paul Maskey – Sinn Féin
  • Fra McCann – Sinn Féin
  • Jennifer McCann – Sinn Féin
  • Sue Ramsey – Sinn Féin

Changes

  • Gerry Adams resigned from the Assembly and was replaced by Pat Sheehan (also Sinn Féin) with effect from November 2010.

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:

  • Gerry Adams – Sinn Féin
  • Alex Attwood – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Bairbre de Brún – Sinn Féin
  • Diane Dodds – Democratic Unionist Party
  • Michael Ferguson – Sinn Féin
  • Fra McCann – Sinn Féin

Changes

  • Bairbre de Brún resigned from the Assembly and was replaced by Sue Ramsay (also Sinn Féin) with effect from 29 November 2004.
  • Michael Ferguson died on 24 September 2006.

In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:

  • Gerry Adams – Sinn Féin
  • Alex Attwood – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Bairbre de Brún – Sinn Féin
  • Joe Hendron – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Alex Maskey – Sinn Féin
  • Sue Ramsey – Sinn Féin

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from North Belfast. They were as follows:

  • Gerry Adams – Sinn Féin
  • Annie Armstrong – Sinn Féin
  • Joe Hendron – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Alex Maskey – Sinn Féin
  • Dodie McGuinness – Sinn Féin

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. West Belfast elected 4 members as follows:

  • Gerry Adams – Sinn Féin
  • Will Glendinning – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
  • Joe Hendron – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Thomas Passmore – Ulster Unionist Party

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The six members elected from West Belfast were:

  • John Laird – Ulster Unionist Party
  • Paddy Devlin – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Bob Cooper – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
  • Joe Hendron – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Hugh Smyth – independent Unionist
  • Jean Coulter – Ulster Unionist Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The six members elected from West Belfast were:

  • John Laird – Ulster Unionist Party anti Sunningdale
  • Paddy Devlin – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Bob Cooper – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
  • Desmond Gillespie – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Hugh Smyth – independent Unionist
  • Jean Coulter – Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

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