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)

8 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 Steve Aiken OBE UUP · South Antrim Deputy Speaker	Dr Steve Aiken OBE: 1	33 673 awaiting	0.37 2.71 years	3.0%	Members' statements: 1
=2	Mr Andy Allen MBE UUP · East Belfast	Mr Andy Allen MBE: 0	69 497 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%	None
=2	Ms Diana Armstrong UUP · Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Ms Diana Armstrong: 0	2 1,175 awaiting	0.00 2.06 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=2	Mr Jon Burrows UUP · North Antrim	Mr Jon Burrows: 0	0 1,115 awaiting	0.00 1.21 years	–	None
=2	Mr Robbie Butler UUP · Lagan Valley Minister of Health	Mr Robbie Butler: 0	39 717 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%	None
=2	Mr Alan Chambers UUP · North Down	Mr Alan Chambers: 0	171 524 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%	None
=2	Mr Mike Nesbitt UUP · Strangford Minister of Health	Mr Mike Nesbitt: 0	18 1,102 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%* (small sample)	None
=2	Mr John Stewart UUP · East Antrim	Mr John Stewart: 0	38 374 awaiting	0.00 2.71 years	0.0%	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 12,788 of 97,616 analysable records (13.1%) 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.