Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Review Committee

The Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Review Committee is appointed by the Northern Ireland Assembly to review the functioning of the Assembly and Executive.

History

The committee was created in 2007 following the St Andrew's Agreement and amendment of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.^[1] It has considered issues such as the official opposition in the Assembly, cross-cutting Executive strategies, handling Westminster Statutory Instruments, and proposals for institutional reform.^[2]

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:

Party		Member[3]	Constituency
	DUP	Jonathan Buckley MLA (Chairperson)	Upper Bann
	Sinn Féin	Pat Sheehan MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Belfast West
	Sinn Féin	Sinéad Ennis MLA	South Down
	Alliance	Michelle Guy MLA	Lagan Valley
	DUP	Michelle McIlveen MLA	Strangford
	DUP	Gary Middleton MLA	Foyle
	Sinn Féin	Carál Ní Chuilín MLA	Belfast North
	SDLP	Matthew O'Toole MLA	Belfast South
	UUP	John Stewart MLA	East Antrim

2022-2027 Mandate

Party		Member[4]	Constituency
	DUP	Jonathan Buckley MLA (Chairperson)	Upper Bann
	Sinn Féin	Declan McAleer MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	West Tyrone
	UUP	Tom Elliott MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	SDLP	Cara Hunter MLA	East Londonderry
	DUP	Michelle McIlveen MLA	Strangford
	DUP	Gary Middleton MLA	Foyle
	Alliance	Sian Mulholland MLA	North Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Áine Murphy MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Sinn Féin	Pat Sheehan MLA	Belfast West

Changes 2022–2027

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
11 March 2024		Sian Mulholland MLA (Alliance)	North Antrim	→		Kate Nicholl MLA (Alliance)	Belfast South
28 May 2024		Cara Hunter MLA (SDLP)	East Londonderry	→		Matthew O'Toole MLA (SDLP)	Belfast South
9 September 2024		Kate Nicholl MLA (Alliance)	Belfast South	→		Michelle Guy MLA (Alliance)	Lagan Valley
27 September 2024		Tom Elliott MLA (UUP)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	→		John Stewart MLA (UUP)	East Antrim
3 February 2025		Declan McAleer MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	West Tyrone	→		Pat Sheehan MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	Belfast West
10 February 2025		Áine Murphy MLA (Sinn Féin)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	→		Sinéad Ennis MLA (Sinn Féin)	South Down
		Declan McAleer MLA (Sinn Féin)	West Tyrone			Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast North

2017-2022 Mandate

Party		Member[5]	Constituency
	DUP	Mervyn Storey MLA (Chairperson)	North Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Maolíosa McHugh MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	West Tyrone
	TUV	Jim Allister MLA	North Antrim
	Alliance	Kellie Armstrong MLA	Strangford
	DUP	Jonathan Buckley MLA	Upper Bann
	UUP	Robbie Butler MLA	Lagan Valley
	DUP	Alex Easton MLA	North Down
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Kelly MLA	Belfast North
	SDLP	Colin McGrath MLA	South Down

Changes 2017–2022

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
14 June 2021		Mervyn Storey MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	North Antrim	→		Pam Cameron MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	South Antrim
5 July 2021		Jonathan Buckley MLA (DUP)	Upper Bann	→		Gordon Lyons MLA (DUP)	East Antrim
6 July 2021		Pam Cameron MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	South Antrim	→		Peter Weir MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	Strangford
20 September 2021		Gordon Lyons MLA (DUP)	East Antrim	→		Paul Frew MLA (DUP)	North Antrim
27 September 2021		Alex Easton MLA (DUP)	North Down	→		George Robinson MLA (DUP)	East Londonderry

2016-2017 Mandate

Party		Member[6]	Constituency
	DUP	Christopher Stalford MLA (Chairperson)	Belfast South
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	West Tyrone
	TUV	Jim Allister MLA	North Antrim
	SDLP	Alex Attwood MLA	Belfast West
	DUP	Brenda Hale MLA	Lagan Valley
	UUP	Danny Kennedy MLA	Newry and Armagh
	DUP	Nelson McCausland MLA	Belfast North
	Sinn Féin	Daithí McKay MLA	North Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Ian Milne MLA	Mid Ulster
	UUP	Philip Smith MLA	Strangford
	DUP	Jim Wells MLA	South Down

Changes 2016–2017

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
18 August 2016		Daithí McKay MLA (Sinn Féin)	North Antrim	→	Vacant
12 September 2016	Vacant			→		Philip McGuigan MLA (Sinn Féin)	North Antrim

2011-2016 Mandate

Party		Member[7]	Constituency
	DUP	Stephen Moutray MLA (Chairperson)	Upper Bann
	Sinn Féin	Pat Sheehan MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Belfast West
	UUP	Roy Beggs Jr MLA	East Antrim
	DUP	Gregory Campbell MLA	East Londonderry
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson MLA	East Antrim
	DUP	Paul Givan MLA	Lagan Valley
	DUP	Simon Hamilton MLA	Strangford
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maskey MLA	Belfast West
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney MLA	Foyle
	SDLP	Conall McDevitt MLA	Belfast South
	UUP	Mike Nesbitt MLA	Strangford

Changes 2011–2016

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
26 September 2011		Mike Nesbitt MLA (UUP)	Strangford	→		Sandra Overend MLA (UUP)	Mid Ulster
26 September 2011		Paul Maskey MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West	→		Pat Doherty MLA (Sinn Féin)	West Tyrone
23 April 2012		Sandra Overend MLA (UUP)	Mid Ulster	→		John McCallister MLA (UUP)	South Down
1 July 2012		Pat Doherty MLA (Sinn Féin)	West Tyrone	→	Vacant
10 September 2012	Vacant			→		Caitríona Ruane MLA (Sinn Féin)	South Down
4 March 2013		John McCallister MLA (UUP)	South Down	→		Seán Rogers MLA (SDLP)	South Down
4 September 2013		Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP)	Belfast South	→	Vacant
1 October 2013		Stewart Dickson MLA (Alliance)	East Antrim	→		Trevor Lunn MLA (Alliance)	Lagan Valley
7 October 2013	Vacant			→		Alex Attwood MLA (SDLP)	Belfast West
3 March 2014		Simon Hamilton MLA (DUP)	Strangford	→		Paula Bradley MLA (DUP)	Belfast North
1 December 2014		Paul Givan MLA (DUP)	Lagan Valley	→		Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP)	Belfast East
8 December 2014		Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP)	Belfast East	→		Alastair Ross MLA (DUP)	East Antrim
9 February 2015		Roy Beggs Jr MLA (UUP)	East Antrim	→		Robin Swann MLA (UUP)	North Antrim
14 September 2015		Robin Swann MLA (UUP)	North Antrim	→		Danny Kennedy MLA (UUP)	Newry and Armagh

2007-2011 Mandate

Party		Member[8]	Constituency
	DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson MLA (Chairperson)	Lagan Valley
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Foyle
	SDLP	Alex Attwood MLA	Belfast West
	SDLP	Carmel Hanna MLA	Belfast South
	UUP	Danny Kennedy MLA	Newry and Armagh
	DUP	Nelson McCausland MLA	Belfast North
	DUP	Ian McCrea MLA	Mid Ulster
	UUP	Alan McFarland MLA	North Down
	Sinn Féin	Carál Ní Chuilín MLA	Belfast North
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd MLA	Upper Bann
	DUP	George Robinson MLA	East Londonderry

Changes 2007-2011

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
4 March 2008		Jeffrey Donaldson MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	Lagan Valley	→		Jimmy Spratt MLA (Chairperson, DUP)	Belfast South
20 May 2008		Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast North	→		Alex Maskey MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast South
15 September 2008		Ian McCrea MLA (DUP)	Mid Ulster	→		Simon Hamilton MLA (DUP)	Strangford
		George Robinson MLA (DUP)	East Londonderry			Ian Paisley Jr MLA (DUP)	North Antrim
15 September 2009		Nelson McCausland MLA (DUP)	Belfast North	→		Nigel Dodds MLA (DUP)	Belfast North
25 January 2010		Carmel Hanna MLA (SDLP)	Belfast South	→		Declan O'Loan MLA (SDLP)	North Antrim
19 April 2010		Alan McFarland MLA (UUP)	North Down	→		Fred Cobain MLA (UUP)	Belfast North
13 April 2010		Raymond McCartney MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	Foyle	→		Alex Maskey MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	Belfast South
25 May 2010		Alex Attwood MLA (SDLP)	Belfast West	→		Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP)	Belfast South
7 June 2010		Declan O'Loan MLA (SDLP)	North Antrim	→		Margaret Ritchie MLA (SDLP)	South Down
18 June 2010		Ian Paisley Jr MLA (DUP)	North Antrim	→	Vacant
14 September 2010	Vacant			→		Jonathan Bell MLA (DUP)	Strangford
27 September 2010		Nigel Dodds MLA (DUP)	Belfast North	→		Paul Givan MLA (DUP)	Lagan Valley
9 November 2010		Danny Kennedy MLA (UUP)	Newry and Armagh	→		Tom Elliott MLA (UUP)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
14 December 2010		John O'Dowd MLA (Sinn Féin)	Upper Bann	→		Pat Sheehan MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West

External links

• The Committee's website