MPs standing down from the Commons ahead of the next general election
MPs that have announced they are standing down from the House of Commons ahead of the next general election.
Documents to download
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Northern Ireland Assembly Elections: 2016 (417 KB , PDF)
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Supporting documents
Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 5 May 2016 resulted in little change to the party composition. Changes to the number of Members for individual parties comprised one or two seats.
Following the 2016 elections the two largest parties in the Assembly remain the DUP (38 MLAs) and Sinn Féin (28 MLAs).
2016 Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly
108 Members were elected by Single Transferrable Vote, 6 Members for each of 18 constituencies. The Democratic Unionist Party had the highest share of first preference votes in 11 constituencies, Sinn Féin in 5 and the SDLP in 2.
30 women were elected to the Assembly; 27.5% of MLAs are women, the highest number and proportion ever
The People before Profit Alliance won two seats, their first in the Assembly.
Turnout was 54.2%, lower than any previous Assembly election since 1998 (based on valid votes).
Documents to download
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Northern Ireland Assembly Elections: 2016 (417 KB , PDF)
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Supporting documents
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