This is a list of
Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the
House of Commons by constituencies in
Northern Ireland for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the
United Kingdom (2005 to present).
It includes both MPs elected at the
2005 general election, held on
5 May 2005, and those subsequently elected in
by-elections.
The list is sorted by the name of the MP, and MPs who did not serve throughout the Parliament are
italicised. New MPs elected since the general election are noted at the
bottom of the page.
MPs
| MP |
Surname, Firstname |
Constituency |
Party |
In constituency since |
First entered Parliament
|
| Gerry Adams | Adams, Gerry | Belfast West | Sinn Féin | 1997 | 1983 |
| Gregory Campbell | Campbell, Gregory | East Londonderry | DUP | 2001 | 2001 |
| Nigel Dodds | Dodds, Nigel | Belfast North | DUP | 2001 | 2001 |
| Pat Doherty | Doherty, Pat | West Tyrone | Sinn Féin | 2001 | 2001 |
| Jeffrey Donaldson | Donaldson, Jeffrey | Lagan Valley | DUP | 1997 | 1997 |
| Mark Durkan | Durkan, Mark | Foyle | SDLP | 2005 | 2005 |
| Michelle Gildernew | Gildernew, Michelle | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Sinn Féin | 2001 | 2001 |
| Lady Hermon | Hermon, Lady Sylvia | North Down | Ulster Unionist Party | 2001 | 2001 |
| William McCrea | McCrea, William | South Antrim | DUP | 2005 | 1983 |
| Alasdair McDonnell | McDonnell, Alasdair | Belfast South | SDLP | 2005 | 2005 |
| Eddie McGrady | McGrady, Eddie | South Down | SDLP | 1987 | 1987 |
| Martin McGuinness | McGuinness, Martin | Mid Ulster | Sinn Féin | 1997 | 1997 |
| Conor Murphy | Murphy, Conor | Newry and Armagh | Sinn Féin | 2005 | 2005 |
| Ian Paisley | Paisley, Ian | North Antrim | DUP | 1970 | 1970 |
| Iris Robinson | Robinson, Iris | Strangford | DUP | 2001 | 2001 |
| Peter Robinson | Robinson, Peter | Belfast East | DUP | 1979 | 1979 |
| David Simpson | Simpson, David | Upper Bann | DUP | 2005 | 2005 |
| Sammy Wilson | Wilson, Sammy | East Antrim | DUP | 2005 | 2005 |
See also
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The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled
Type Lower House
Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated)
since October 23, 2000
Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour)
since June 28, 2007
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2] (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with a reduced House of Commons overall majority of 66.
For details by constituency, see 2005 general election results.
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May 5 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections. Usually this occurs when the incumbent has died or resigned, but it may also occur when the incumbent becomes ineligible to continue in office,
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Gerard Adams MP (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ãdhaimh[1]; born 6 October, 1948) is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West.
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Belfast West is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons.
Boundaries
The seat was created in 1922 when as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically
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Gregory Lloyd Campbell (born February 15, 1953) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician, and the Democratic Unionist Party member of the British parliament for East Londonderry.
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East Londonderry is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Boundaries
The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old
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Leader Ian Paisley MP MLA
Founded 30 September1971
Headquarters 91 Dundela Avenue
Belfast, BT4 3BU
Northern Ireland
Political Ideology
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Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, MLA, BL (born Derry, August 20, 1958) is a barrister and Northern Ireland unionist politician. He is a Member of the British Parliament for Belfast North, and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party.
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Belfast North is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Boundaries
The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was
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Leader Ian Paisley MP MLA
Founded 30 September1971
Headquarters 91 Dundela Avenue
Belfast, BT4 3BU
Northern Ireland
Political Ideology
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Patrick Doherty (Irish: Pádraig Ó Dochartaigh, born July 18 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an Irish republican politician.
Doherty's parents were from County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.
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West Tyrone is a county constituency in Northern Ireland, represented in the the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Jeffrey Mark Donaldson (born 7 December 1962) is a Northern Irish politician and Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley. He is best known for his opposition to Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader David Trimble during the Northern Ireland peace process, especially from 1998 to 2003.
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Lagan Valley is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
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Leader Ian Paisley MP MLA
Founded 30 September1971
Headquarters 91 Dundela Avenue
Belfast, BT4 3BU
Northern Ireland
Political Ideology
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Mark Henry Durkan (born 26 June 1960, Derry, Northern Ireland) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
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- For other constituencies of the same name, see Foyle.
Foyle is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons.
Boundaries
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Leader Mark Durkan MP, MLA
Founded 1970
Headquarters 121 Ormeau Road
Belfast, BT7 1SH
Northern Ireland
Political Ideology Social democracy, Irish nationalism
Political Position
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Michelle Gildernew (born 28 March 1970, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Republican politician. She is the Sinn Féin Member of Parliament (abstentionist) for the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency.
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Fermanagh and South Tyrone is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons.
Boundaries
The seat was created in 1950 when the old Fermanagh & Tyrone two MP constituency was abolished as part of the final move to single member seats.
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Sylvia, Lady Hermon (born 11 August 1955) is a unionist politician and Member of Parliament for the Northern Ireland constituency of North Down.
Born Sylvia Eileen Paisley
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