Part of Assembly Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 1:15 pm on 30 May 2022.
No other Members have indicated that they wish to speak.
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
53 | Total Ayes | 27 | [50.9%] | |
Nationalist Votes | 0 | Nationalist Ayes | 0 | [NaN%] |
Unionist Votes | 35 | Unionist Ayes | 9 | [25.7%] |
Other Votes | 18 | Other Ayes | 18 | [100.0%] |
Question accordingly negatived (cross-community vote).
Question put, That Mr Patsy McGlone be Speaker of this Assembly.