18 Women MLAs
– Assembly Election 7 March 2007
No increase on
2003 Election which also elected 18 women.
At the end of
2003-07 Assembly there were just 17 women as Sinn Fein had replaced a woman retiree with a man.
1. Women MLAs by Party
DUP 46 Candidates 40
Men 6 Women 13%
36
MLAs 33 Men 3 Women
8.3%
Arlene Foster Fermanagh
& South TyroneMichelle McIlveen
Strangford
Iris Robinson
Strangford
Sinn Fein 37
Candidates 28 Men 9 Women 24.3%28 MLAs 20
Men 8 Women 28.6%
Caral Ni Chuilin
Belfast
North
Jennifer McCann
Belfast West
Sue Ramsey
Belfast West
Michelle Gildernew Fermanagh & South Tyrone
Martina Anderson
Foyle
Michelle O’Neil Mid-Ulster
Caitriona Ruane
South Down
Claire McGill
West Tyrone
SDLP 35 Candidates 21 Men
14 Women 40% 16 MLAs
12 Men 4 Women 25%
Carmel Hanna
Belfast South
Mary Bradley Foyle
Margaret Ritchie South Down
Dolores Kelly
Upper Bann
Alliance 18 Candidates 11 Men
7 Women 38.9
7 MLAs
5 Men 2
Women 28.6%
Naoimi Long
Belfast East
Anna Lo
Belfast South
PUP 3
Candidates 1
Man 2 Women 66.7% 1 MLA 0 Men 1 Women
100%
Dawn Purvis
Belfast East
UUP 38
Candidates 37 Men 1 Woman 2.6%
18 MLA 18
Men 0 Women 0%
Green Party 13
Candidates 9 Men 4 Women 30
1 MLA
1 Man 0
Women 0%
Independents 27
Candidates 24 Men 3 Women 11.1%1 MLA
1 Man 0
Women 0%
Un-Elected Parties
Workers Party 6
Candidates 5 Men
1 Woman 16.70% MLAs
0 Men
0 Women N/A
The following unsuccessful parties contested more
than one constituency but had no women candidates:
UKUP – United Kingdom Unionist Party –
contested 13 constituencies with Bob McCartney standing in 6/13.
Conservative Party 9 candidates.
MPH – Make Politicians History - Rainbow
George stood in 4/4 constituencies.
Socialists 2 candidates.
The following parties stood in one constituency
but none were elected:
Labour.
SEA – Socialist Environmental Alliance (Eamonn McCann).
PROC – Pro-Capitalist.
PBP – People Before Profit.
UKIP – United
Kingdom Independence Party.
