The All-Island Economy - Amendment 1

Division held on 9 March 2026. The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed

Decision type: Simple Majority
Method: Lobby Division
Result: The Amendment Was Therefore Agreed
Debate: All-island Economy

Official Assembly record of this division Official Report of the debate

The motion voted on

Motion Amendment (Private Members' Motion): The All-Island Economy - Amendment 1

Leave out all after ‘has not been consistently prioritised’ and insert: ‘by all ministers; acknowledges that barriers to cross-border economic cooperation have had negative impacts across the island of Ireland; calls on all Executive Ministers to work with their Ministerial counterparts on the island to prioritise enhanced cooperation on strategic infrastructure, including rail, energy networks, digital connectivity, skills and labour market alignment, arts and creative industries, tackling academic underachievement; and further calls for the establishment of an all-island economic task force to drive delivery on agreed economic priorities.’

The motion has not been assessed yet.

Tabled by: Mr Pádraig Delargy, Miss Jemma Dolan, Mr Declan Kearney

Totals

Votes by community designation, as published
Designation	Ayes	Noes
Nationalist	26	6
Unionist	0	27
Other	13	0
Total	39	33

How each MLA voted

Alliance Party: 13 Aye, 0 No
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 Peter McReynolds	Aye	Other
Mr Nick Mathison	Aye	Other
Ms Kate Nicholl	Aye	Other
Mr Eóin Tennyson	Aye	Other

Democratic Unionist Party: 0 Aye, 20 No
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 Jonathan Buckley	No	Unionist
Mrs Pam Cameron	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 Harry Harvey	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 Gareth Wilson	No	Unionist

Sinn Féin: 26 Aye, 0 No
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
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, 6 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Mark Durkan	No	Nationalist
Mr Daniel McCrossan	No	Nationalist
Mr Patsy McGlone	No	Nationalist
Mr Colin McGrath	No	Nationalist
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin	No	Nationalist
Mr Matthew O'Toole	No	Nationalist

Traditional Unionist Voice: 0 Aye, 1 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Mr Timothy Gaston	No	Unionist

Ulster Unionist Party: 0 Aye, 6 No
MLA	Vote	Designation
Dr Steve Aiken OBE	No	Unionist
Mr Doug Beattie MC	No	Unionist
Mr Jon Burrows	No	Unionist
Mr Robbie Butler	No	Unionist
Mr Alan Chambers	No	Unionist
Mr Mike Nesbitt	No	Unionist

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