The Executive’s Multi-Year Budget
Division held on 25 November 2025. The Motion Was Carried
- Decision type
- Simple Majority
- Method
- Lobby Division
- Result
- The Motion Was Carried
- Debate
- Multi-year Budget
Official Assembly record of this division Official Report of the debate
The motion voted on
Motion (Private Members' Motion): The Executive’s Multi-Year Budget
That this Assembly recognises the need for the first multi-year Budget in more than a decade, to support long-term planning, improve certainty on public service funding and public sector pay and provide clarity on infrastructure investment; acknowledges that the forthcoming Autumn Budget will impact Executive plans; notes statements by Ministers on the insufficiency of funding, and also the absence of any concrete plans by the Executive to better fund public services through existing revenue tools or new devolved fiscal powers; and calls on the Minister of Finance to bring forward a draft multi-year budget which includes options for new devolved fiscal powers and other innovative means of funding public services in Northern Ireland, which is fully aligned to the priorities outlined in the Programme for Government, before 9 December 2025.
The motion has not been assessed yet.
Tabled by: Mr Matthew O'Toole
Totals
| Designation | Ayes | Noes | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Unionist | 8 | 23 | 0 |
| Other | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 53 | 23 | 0 |
How each MLA voted
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Kellie Armstrong | Aye | Other |
| Ms Paula Bradshaw | 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 |
| Miss Nuala McAllister | Aye | Other |
| Mr Andrew McMurray | Aye | Other |
| Mr Nick Mathison | Aye | Other |
| Mr Andrew Muir | Aye | Other |
| Ms Kate Nicholl | 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 |
| Ms Joanne Bunting | No | Unionist |
| Mr Trevor Clarke | No | Unionist |
| Mrs Diane Dodds | No | Unionist |
| Mr Stephen Dunne | No | Unionist |
| Mrs Deborah Erskine | 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 |
| Miss Michelle McIlveen | No | Unionist |
| Mr Peter Martin | No | Unionist |
| Mr Gary Middleton | No | Unionist |
| Mr Alan Robinson | No | Unionist |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerry Carroll | Aye | Other |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| MLA | Vote | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Durkan | Aye | Nationalist |
| Ms Cara Hunter | 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 | Aye | Unionist |
| Mr Andy Allen MBE | Aye | Unionist |
| Ms Diana Armstrong | Aye | Unionist |
| Mr Doug Beattie MC | Aye | Unionist |
| Mr Jon Burrows | Aye | Unionist |
| Mr Robbie Butler | Aye | Unionist |
| Mr Alan Chambers | Aye | Unionist |
| Mr John Stewart | Aye | Unionist |
MLAs who did not vote are not listed. Download these votes (CSV)