Election of Speaker and Deputy Speakers

Part of Assembly Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 1:15 pm on 30 May 2022.

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Photo of Alan Chambers Alan Chambers UUP 1:15, 30 May 2022

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Question put, That Mr Mike Nesbitt be Speaker of this Assembly.

<SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;"> Ayes 27; Noes 26

AYES

UNIONIST:

Dr Aiken, Mr Allen, Mr Beattie, Mr Butler, Mr Elliott, Mr Nesbitt, Mr Stewart, Ms Sugden, Mr Swann

OTHER:

Ms Armstrong, Mr Blair, Ms Bradshaw, Mr Brown, Mr Carroll, Mr Dickson, Mr Donnelly, Ms Eastwood, Ms Egan, Mr Honeyford, Mrs Long, Ms McAllister, Mr McReynolds, Mr Mathison, Mr Muir, Ms Nicholl, Dr O'Lynn, Mr Tennyson

Tellers for the Ayes: Mr Butler, Mr Stewart

NOES

UNIONIST:

Mr Allister, Mr Bradley, Mr Brett, Mr Brooks, Mr K Buchanan, Mr T Buchanan, Mr Buckley, Ms Bunting, Mrs Cameron, Mr Clarke, Mrs Dodds, Mr Dunne, Mr Easton, Mrs Erskine, Ms Forsythe, Mr Frew, Mr Givan, Mr Harvey, Mr Irwin, Mr Kingston, Mrs Little-Pengelly, Mr Lyons, Miss McIlveen, Mr Middleton, Mr Poots, Mr Robinson

Tellers for the Noes: Mr K Buchanan, Ms Forsythe

<TR><TD>Total Votes
53Total Ayes27[50.9%]
Nationalist Votes0Nationalist Ayes0[NaN%]
Unionist Votes35Unionist Ayes9[25.7%]
Other Votes18Other Ayes18[100.0%]
<BR/>The following Members voted in both Lobbies and are therefore not counted in the result: Mr Durkan, Ms Hunter, Mr McCrossan, Mr McGlone, Mr McGrath, Ms McLaughlin, Mr McNulty, Mr O'Toole

Question accordingly negatived (cross-community vote).

Question put, That Mr Patsy McGlone be Speaker of this Assembly.