Culture Wars Leaderboard

Every current MLA, ranked by the number of their Assembly activities that Jev assessed as qualifying culture-war activity. Compare raw totals with service-adjusted rates and percentages before drawing conclusions.

Quick date ranges: Since devolution was restored (3 February 2024) · Whole mandate (from 5 May 2022)

27 current MLAs ranked by total qualifying activities. Scope: 3 February 2024 to 20 October 2026; all activity types.

Rank	MLA	Qualifying activities ▼	Activities analysed	Qualifying per year served	Share of assessed activity	Qualifying by activity type
=1	Dr Caoimhe Archibald SF · East Londonderry Minister of Finance, Minister for the Economy	Dr Caoimhe Archibald: 0	0 1,265 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	–	None
=1	Mr Danny Baker SF · West Belfast	Mr Danny Baker: 0	5 418 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mr Paul Boggs SF · West Tyrone	Mr Paul Boggs: 0	0 105 awaiting	0.00† (served less than six months) 0.12 years	–	None
=1	Mr Cathal Boylan SF · Newry and Armagh	Mr Cathal Boylan: 0	0 191 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	–	None
=1	Miss Nicola Brogan SF · West Tyrone	Miss Nicola Brogan: 0	6 241 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mr Pádraig Delargy SF · Foyle	Mr Pádraig Delargy: 0	33 426 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%	None
=1	Mrs Linda Dillon SF · Mid Ulster	Mrs Linda Dillon: 0	1 596 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Miss Jemma Dolan SF · Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Miss Jemma Dolan: 0	8 281 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mrs Sinéad Ennis SF · South Down	Mrs Sinéad Ennis: 0	8 380 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mrs Ciara Ferguson SF · Foyle	Mrs Ciara Ferguson: 0	73 757 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%	None
=1	Ms Aoife Finnegan SF · Newry and Armagh	Ms Aoife Finnegan: 0	0 232 awaiting	0.00 1.69 years	–	None
=1	Miss Órlaithí Flynn SF · West Belfast	Miss Órlaithí Flynn: 0	15 405 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mr Colm Gildernew SF · Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Mr Colm Gildernew: 0	0 456 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	–	None
=1	Miss Deirdre Hargey SF · South Belfast Minister for the Economy	Miss Deirdre Hargey: 0	4 314 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mr Declan Kearney SF · South Antrim	Mr Declan Kearney: 0	0 222 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	–	None
=1	Mr Gerry Kelly SF · North Belfast	Mr Gerry Kelly: 0	3 244 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Ms Liz Kimmins SF · Newry and Armagh Minister for Infrastructure	Ms Liz Kimmins: 0	15 971 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mr Declan McAleer SF · West Tyrone	Mr Declan McAleer: 0	20 497 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mr Philip McGuigan SF · North Antrim	Mr Philip McGuigan: 0	13 485 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mrs Cathy Mason SF · South Down	Mrs Cathy Mason: 0	4 691 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Miss Áine Murphy SF · Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Miss Áine Murphy: 0	6 268 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Ms Carál Ní Chuilín SF · North Belfast Deputy Speaker, Principal Deputy Speaker	Ms Carál Ní Chuilín: 0	25 372 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Mr John O'Dowd SF · Upper Bann Minister for Infrastructure, Minister of Finance	Mr John O'Dowd: 0	0 1,518 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	–	None
=1	Ms Michelle O'Neill SF · Mid Ulster First Minister	Ms Michelle O'Neill: 0	0 952 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	–	None
=1	Ms Aisling Reilly SF · West Belfast junior Minister	Ms Aisling Reilly: 0	0 176 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	–	None
=1	Mr Pat Sheehan SF · West Belfast	Mr Pat Sheehan: 0	1 719 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=1	Ms Emma Sheerin SF · Mid Ulster	Ms Emma Sheerin: 0	19 518 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None

* Fewer than 30 assessed activities, so the percentage is unreliable. † Served less than 6 months in the period, so the annual rate is unreliable. Office holders are listed under their names: ministers do not table questions, which lowers their totals.

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Source material: 106,973 Assembly records imported for this mandate, of which 6,863 of 97,616 analysable records (7.0%) have been assessed, including 198 Official Reports. Processing details.

How to read this table

• Qualifying activities counts each distinct Assembly activity (a question, a speech, a motion signature) that met the published thresholds. Uncertain assessments are not counted until a person reviews them.
• Activities analysed is the number of that MLA’s records Jev has assessed in this scope, including those it found uncertain.
• Qualifying per year served divides the total by the time the MLA actually served as an MLA in the period, so co-opted members are not compared with full-term members on raw totals.
• Share of assessed activity is qualifying activities as a percentage of all activities with an accepted assessment (qualifying or not qualifying).
• The Assembly did not sit normally until 3 February 2024. Use the date filter to compare only the period since restoration.

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Data last updated 20 October 2026.