Election of Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Edwin Poots

Division held on 3 February 2024. The Motion Was Carried By Cross Community Consent

Decision type: Cross-Community
Method: Lobby Division
Result: The Motion Was Carried By Cross Community Consent
Debate: Election of the Speaker

Official Assembly record of this division Official Report of the debate

The motion voted on

Motion (Private Members' Motion): Election of Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Edwin Poots

Mr Edwin Poots Proposed by: Mr Keith Buchanan Seconded by: Ms Joanne Bunting

The motion has not been assessed yet.

Tabled by: Mr Keith Buchanan, Ms Joanne Bunting

Totals

Votes by community designation, as published
Designation	Ayes	Noes	Abstentions
Nationalist	25	8	0
Unionist	25	1	0
Other	17	0	0
Total	67	9	0

How each MLA voted

Alliance Party: 17 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Ms Kellie Armstrong	Aye	Other
Mr John Blair	Aye	Other
Ms Paula Bradshaw	Aye	Other
Mr Patrick Brown	Aye	Other
Mr Stewart Dickson	Aye	Other
Mr Danny Donnelly	Aye	Other
Ms Sorcha Eastwood	Aye	Other
Ms Connie Egan	Aye	Other
Mr David Honeyford	Aye	Other
Mrs Naomi Long	Aye	Other
Miss Nuala McAllister	Aye	Other
Mr Peter McReynolds	Aye	Other
Mr Nick Mathison	Aye	Other
Mr Andrew Muir	Aye	Other
Ms Sian Mulholland	Aye	Other
Ms Kate Nicholl	Aye	Other
Mr Eóin Tennyson	Aye	Other

Democratic Unionist Party: 23 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Maurice Bradley	Aye	Unionist
Mr Phillip Brett	Aye	Unionist
Mr David Brooks	Aye	Unionist
Ms Cheryl Brownlee	Aye	Unionist
Mr Keith Buchanan	Aye	Unionist
Mr Tom Buchanan	Aye	Unionist
Mr Jonathan Buckley	Aye	Unionist
Ms Joanne Bunting	Aye	Unionist
Mrs Pam Cameron	Aye	Unionist
Mrs Diane Dodds	Aye	Unionist
Mr Stephen Dunne	Aye	Unionist
Mrs Deborah Erskine	Aye	Unionist
Ms Diane Forsythe	Aye	Unionist
Mr Paul Frew	Aye	Unionist
Mr Paul Givan	Aye	Unionist
Mr Harry Harvey	Aye	Unionist
Mr William Irwin	Aye	Unionist
Mr Brian Kingston	Aye	Unionist
Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly	Aye	Unionist
Mr Gordon Lyons	Aye	Unionist
Mr Gary Middleton	Aye	Unionist
Mr Edwin Poots	Aye	Unionist
Mr Alan Robinson	Aye	Unionist

Independent: 2 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Alex Easton	Aye	Unionist
Ms Claire Sugden	Aye	Unionist

Sinn Féin: 25 Aye, 0 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Dr Caoimhe Archibald	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Danny Baker	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Cathal Boylan	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Nicola Brogan	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Pádraig Delargy	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Linda Dillon	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Jemma Dolan	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Sinéad Ennis	Aye	Nationalist
Mrs Ciara Ferguson	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Órlaithí Flynn	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Colm Gildernew	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Deirdre Hargey	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Gerry Kelly	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Liz Kimmins	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Declan McAleer	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Philip McGuigan	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Maolíosa McHugh	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Conor Murphy	Aye	Nationalist
Miss Áine Murphy	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Carál Ní Chuilín	Aye	Nationalist
Mr John O'Dowd	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Michelle O'Neill	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Aisling Reilly	Aye	Nationalist
Mr Pat Sheehan	Aye	Nationalist
Ms Emma Sheerin	Aye	Nationalist

Social Democratic and Labour Party: 0 Aye, 8 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Mark Durkan	No	Nationalist
Ms Cara Hunter	No	Nationalist
Mr Daniel McCrossan	No	Nationalist
Mr Patsy McGlone	No	Nationalist
Mr Colin McGrath	No	Nationalist
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin	No	Nationalist
Mr Justin McNulty	No	Nationalist
Mr Matthew O'Toole	No	Nationalist

Traditional Unionist Voice: 0 Aye, 1 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Jim Allister KC	No	Unionist

MLAs who did not vote are not listed. Download these votes (CSV)