List of members of the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly

This is a list of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973.

All members elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1973 election are listed and grouped by party.

Members by party

This is a list of members elected in the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.

Party		Name	Constituency
	Ulster Unionist Party (31)	Norman Agnew	Belfast East
		Austin Ardill	South Antrim
		John Baxter	North Antrim
		Roy Bradford	Belfast East
		Ronald Broadhurst	South Down
		John Brooke	North Down
		William Brownlow	North Down
		Robert Campbell	North Down
		Joshua Cardwell	Belfast East
		Sheena Conn	Londonderry
		William Douglas	Londonderry
		Nelson Elder	Belfast South
		Brian Faulkner	South Down
		Lloyd Hall-Thompson	Belfast North
		Herbert Heslip	South Down
		James Kilfedder	North Down
		Herbert Kirk	Belfast South
		John Laird *	Belfast West
		Reginald Magee	Belfast South
		Basil McIvor	Belfast South
		Peter McLachlan	South Antrim
		Frank Millar	Belfast North
		Nat Minford	South Antrim
		William Morgan	Belfast North
		Leslie Morrell	Londonderry
		Duncan Pollock	Mid Ulster
		James Stronge	Armagh
		John Taylor	North Down
		William Thompson	Mid Ulster
		Harry West	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
		Herbert Whitten	Armagh
	Social Democratic and Labour Party (19)	Michael Canavan	Londonderry
		Ivan Cooper	Mid Ulster
		Austin Currie	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
		Thomas Daly	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
		Paddy Devlin	Belfast West
		Paddy Duffy	Mid Ulster
		Frank Feely	South Down
		Gerry Fitt	Belfast North
		Desmond Gillespie	Belfast West
		John Hume	Londonderry
		Aidan Larkin	Mid Ulster
		Hugh Logue	Londonderry
		Seamus Mallon	Armagh
		Vincent McCloskey	South Antrim
		Eddie McGrady	South Down
		Hugh News	Armagh
		Patrick O'Donoghue	South Down
		John O'Hagan	North Antrim
		Paddy O'Hanlon	Armagh
	Democratic Unionist Party (9)	William Beattie	South Antrim
		Thomas Burns	Belfast South
		James Craig	North Antrim
		Douglas Hutchinson	Armagh
		John McQuade	Belfast North
		Eileen Paisley	Belfast East
		Ian Paisley	North Antrim
		Charles Poots	North Down
		Clifford Smyth ♭	North Antrim
	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (8)	Ernest Baird	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
		Glenn Barr	Londonderry
		Thomas Carson	Armagh
		Jean Coulter *	Belfast West
		William Craig	North Antrim
		John Dunlop	Mid Ulster
		Cecil Harvey	South Down
		Kennedy Lindsay	South Antrim
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (8)	Bob Cooper	Belfast West
		Derrick Crothers	South Antrim
		John Ferguson	Belfast North
		Basil Glass	Belfast South
		Bertie McConnell	North Down
		Charles Mulholland	North Down
		Oliver Napier	Belfast East
		Hugh Wilson	North Antrim
	Northern Ireland Labour Party (1)	David Bleakley	Belfast East
	Independent Unionist (2)	Anne Dickson	South Antrim
		Hugh Smyth *	Belfast West

• John Laird, Hugh Smyth and Jean Coulter used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations.

Members by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the Northern Ireland Forum
Constituency	Name	Party
Armagh	Thomas Carson		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Douglas Hutchinson		Democratic Unionist Party
	Seamus Mallon		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Hugh News		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Paddy O'Hanlon		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	James Stronge		Ulster Unionist Party
	Herbert Whitten		Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast East	Norman Agnew		Ulster Unionist Party
	David Bleakley		Northern Ireland Labour Party
	Roy Bradford		Ulster Unionist Party
	Joshua Cardwell		Ulster Unionist Party
	Oliver Napier		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Eileen Paisley		Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast North	John Ferguson		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Gerry Fitt		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Lloyd Hall-Thompson		Ulster Unionist Party
	John McQuade		Democratic Unionist Party
	Frank Millar		Ulster Unionist Party
	William Morgan		Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast South	Thomas Burns		Democratic Unionist Party
	Nelson Elder		Ulster Unionist Party
	Basil Glass		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Herbert Kirk		Ulster Unionist Party
	Reginald Magee		Ulster Unionist Party
	Basil McIvor		Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast West	Bob Cooper		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Jean Coulter *		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Paddy Devlin		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Desmond Gillespie		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	John Laird *		Ulster Unionist Party
	Hugh Smyth *		Independent Unionist
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Ernest Baird		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Austin Currie		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Thomas Daly		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	John Taylor		Ulster Unionist Party
	Harry West		Ulster Unionist Party
Londonderry	Michael Canavan		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Sheena Conn		Ulster Unionist Party
	Glenn Barr		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	William Douglas		Ulster Unionist Party
	John Hume		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Hugh Logue		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Leslie Morrell		Ulster Unionist Party
Mid Ulster	Ivan Cooper		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	John Dunlop		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Paddy Duffy		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Aidan Larkin		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Duncan Pollock		Ulster Unionist Party
	William Thompson		Ulster Unionist Party
North Antrim	John Baxter		Ulster Unionist Party
	James Craig		Democratic Unionist Party
	William Craig		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	John O'Hagan		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Ian Paisley		Democratic Unionist Party
	Clifford Smyth ♭		Democratic Unionist Party
	Hugh Wilson		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
North Down	John Brooke		Ulster Unionist Party
	William Brownlow		Ulster Unionist Party
	Robert Campbell		Ulster Unionist Party
	James Kilfedder		Ulster Unionist Party
	Bertie McConnell		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Charles Mulholland		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Charles Poots		Democratic Unionist Party
South Antrim	Austin Ardill		Ulster Unionist Party
	William Beattie		Democratic Unionist Party
	Anne Dickson		Independent Unionist
	Charles Kinahan		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Kennedy Lindsay		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Vincent McCloskey		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Peter McLachlan		Ulster Unionist Party
	Nat Minford		Ulster Unionist Party
South Down	Ronald Broadhurst		Ulster Unionist Party
	Brian Faulkner		Ulster Unionist Party
	Frank Feely		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Cecil Harvey		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Herbert Heslip		Ulster Unionist Party
	Eddie McGrady		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Patrick O'Donoghue		Social Democratic and Labour Party

• John Laird, Hugh Smyth and Jean Coulter used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations.

Changes

By-Elections

Date	Constituency	Outgoing Member	Party		New Member	Party		Reason
20 June 1974	North Antrim	David McCarthy		UUP	Clifford Smyth		DUP	David McCarthy died.

Representation of women

Of all the candidates, the four women were: Sheena Conn, Jean Coulter, Anne Dickson, Eileen Paisley.^[1]

References

1. "List of all elected female representatives". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

• Northern Ireland Elections: Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 1973