End the Forced Starvation in Gaza
Division held on 9 September 2025. The Motion Was Carried
- Decision type
- Simple Majority
- Method
- Lobby Division
- Result
- The Motion Was Carried
- Debate
- Gaza: Action to End Forced Starvation
Official Assembly record of this division Official Report of the debate
The motion voted on
Motion (Private Members' Motion): End the Forced Starvation in Gaza
That this Assembly notes with deep concern the declaration of famine in Gaza by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) with half a million people, a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza, suffering from famine; further notes the IPC's assessment that this situation is entirely man-made and the assessment by the Head of Emergency Relief at the UN that it is a result of systematic obstruction by Israel; condemns Israel's use of starvation as a weapon of war; further condemns the targeting and killing by Israeli forces of hundreds of Palestinians desperately trying to access aid through the discredited, US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; and calls for an immediate ceasefire, an end to ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing, the immediate and unconditional supply of all required humanitarian aid to Gaza, the release of all hostages and the upholding of human rights and international law.
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Tabled by: Mr Declan Kearney, Mr Pat Sheehan, Ms Emma Sheerin
Totals
| Designation | Ayes | Noes | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Unionist | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| Other | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 45 | 30 | 0 |
How each MLA voted
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Kellie Armstrong | Aye | Other |
| Mr Stewart Dickson | Aye | Other |
| Mr Danny Donnelly | Aye | Other |
| Ms Connie Egan | Aye | Other |
| Mrs Michelle Guy | Aye | Other |
| Mr David Honeyford | Aye | Other |
| Mr Andrew McMurray | Aye | Other |
| Mr Peter McReynolds | Aye | Other |
| Mr Nick Mathison | Aye | Other |
| Mr Andrew Muir | Aye | Other |
| Ms Sian Mulholland | Aye | Other |
| Mr Eóin Tennyson | Aye | Other |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Maurice Bradley | No | Unionist |
| Mr Phillip Brett | No | Unionist |
| Mr David Brooks | No | Unionist |
| Ms Cheryl Brownlee | No | Unionist |
| Mr Keith Buchanan | No | Unionist |
| Mr Tom Buchanan | No | Unionist |
| Mr Jonathan Buckley | No | Unionist |
| Ms Joanne Bunting | No | Unionist |
| Mr Trevor Clarke | No | Unionist |
| Mrs Diane Dodds | No | Unionist |
| Mr Stephen Dunne | No | Unionist |
| Ms Diane Forsythe | No | Unionist |
| Mr Paul Frew | No | Unionist |
| Mr Paul Givan | No | Unionist |
| Mr Harry Harvey | No | Unionist |
| Mr William Irwin | No | Unionist |
| Mr Brian Kingston | No | Unionist |
| Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly | No | Unionist |
| Mr Gordon Lyons | No | Unionist |
| Miss Michelle McIlveen | No | Unionist |
| Mr Peter Martin | No | Unionist |
| Mr Gary Middleton | No | Unionist |
| Mr Alan Robinson | No | Unionist |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Claire Sugden | Aye | Unionist |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerry Carroll | Aye | Other |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Caoimhe Archibald | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Danny Baker | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Cathal Boylan | 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 |
| Ms Aoife Finnegan | Aye | Nationalist |
| Miss Órlaithí Flynn | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Colm Gildernew | Aye | Nationalist |
| Miss Deirdre Hargey | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Declan Kearney | 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 |
| Mrs Cathy Mason | Aye | Nationalist |
| Miss Áine Murphy | Aye | Nationalist |
| Ms Michelle O'Neill | Aye | Nationalist |
| Ms Aisling Reilly | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Pat Sheehan | Aye | Nationalist |
| Ms Emma Sheerin | Aye | Nationalist |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Durkan | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Daniel McCrossan | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Patsy McGlone | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Colin McGrath | Aye | Nationalist |
| Ms Sinéad McLaughlin | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Justin McNulty | Aye | Nationalist |
| Mr Matthew O'Toole | Aye | Nationalist |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy Gaston | No | Unionist |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Steve Aiken OBE | No | Unionist |
| Mr Andy Allen MBE | No | Unionist |
| Ms Diana Armstrong | No | Unionist |
| Mr Doug Beattie MC | No | Unionist |
| Mr Mike Nesbitt | No | Unionist |
| Mr John Stewart | No | Unionist |
MLAs who did not vote are not listed. Download these votes (CSV)