Culture Wars Leaderboard

Every current MLA, ranked by how many of their Assembly activities Jev assessed as qualifying culture-war activity for each year they have served, so MLAs who joined part-way through the mandate are compared fairly. You can also rank by total, or by share of activity.

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

26 current MLAs ranked by qualifying activities per year served. Scope: 5 May 2022 to 21 October 2026; all activity types.

Rank	MLA	Per year served ▼	Qualifying activities	Share of assessed activity
1	Mr Brian Kingston DUP · North Belfast	1.124.47 years	Mr Brian Kingston: 5	2.0%of 249 analysed; 399 awaiting
2	Mrs Diane Dodds DUP · Upper Bann	0.904.47 years	Mrs Diane Dodds: 4	0.3%of 1,167 analysed; 281 awaiting
3	Mr Peter Martin DUP · North Down	0.882.28 years	Mr Peter Martin: 2	0.2%of 1,307 analysed; 296 awaiting
=4	Mr Jonathan Buckley DUP · Upper Bann	0.674.47 years	Mr Jonathan Buckley: 3	0.8%of 399 analysed; 608 awaiting
=4	Ms Diane Forsythe DUP · South Down	0.674.47 years	Ms Diane Forsythe: 3	0.2%of 1,444 analysed; 380 awaiting
=6	Mr Phillip Brett DUP · North Belfast	0.454.47 years	Mr Phillip Brett: 2	0.1%of 1,956 analysed; 457 awaiting
=6	Mr Harry Harvey DUP · Strangford	0.454.47 years	Mr Harry Harvey: 2	0.8%of 264 analysed; 147 awaiting
8	Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly DUP · Lagan Valley deputy First Minister	0.224.45 years	Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly: 1	4.2%* (small sample)of 24 analysed; 873 awaiting
=9	Mr Maurice Bradley DUP · East Londonderry	0.224.47 years	Mr Maurice Bradley: 1	0.3%of 331 analysed; 166 awaiting
=9	Mr David Brooks DUP · East Belfast	0.224.47 years	Mr David Brooks: 1	0.3%of 384 analysed; 338 awaiting
=9	Mr Tom Buchanan DUP · West Tyrone	0.224.47 years	Mr Tom Buchanan: 1	0.2%of 479 analysed; 114 awaiting
=9	Mrs Pam Cameron DUP · South Antrim junior Minister	0.224.47 years	Mrs Pam Cameron: 1	0.5%of 198 analysed; 165 awaiting
=9	Mrs Deborah Erskine DUP · Fermanagh and South Tyrone	0.224.47 years	Mrs Deborah Erskine: 1	0.1%of 1,244 analysed; 354 awaiting
=9	Mr Gordon Lyons DUP · East Antrim Minister for Communities	0.224.47 years	Mr Gordon Lyons: 1	0.9%of 113 analysed; 1,539 awaiting
–Not ranked	Ms Cheryl Brownlee DUP · East Antrim	0.003.09 years	Ms Cheryl Brownlee: 0	0.0%of 891 analysed; 183 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mr Keith Buchanan DUP · Mid Ulster	0.004.47 years	Mr Keith Buchanan: 0	0.0%of 194 analysed; 154 awaiting
–Not ranked	Ms Joanne Bunting DUP · East Belfast junior Minister	0.004.47 years	Ms Joanne Bunting: 0	0.0%of 231 analysed; 129 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mr Trevor Clarke DUP · South Antrim	0.004.47 years	Mr Trevor Clarke: 0	0.0%of 287 analysed; 242 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mr Stephen Dunne DUP · North Down	0.004.47 years	Mr Stephen Dunne: 0	0.0%of 1,064 analysed; 179 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mr Paul Frew DUP · North Antrim	0.004.47 years	Mr Paul Frew: 0	0.0%of 648 analysed; 491 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mr Paul Givan DUP · Lagan Valley Minister of Education	0.004.47 years	Mr Paul Givan: 0	0.0%of 49 analysed; 1,160 awaiting
–Not ranked	Miss Michelle McIlveen DUP · Strangford	0.004.47 years	Miss Michelle McIlveen: 0	0.0%of 2,605 analysed; 146 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mrs Julie Middleton DUP · Foyle	0.000.53 years	Mrs Julie Middleton: 0	0.0%of 75 analysed; 22 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mr Edwin Poots DUP · South Belfast Speaker	0.004.47 years	Mr Edwin Poots: 0	0.0%* (small sample)of 1 analysed; 9 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mr Alan Robinson DUP · East Londonderry	0.004.47 years	Mr Alan Robinson: 0	0.0%of 324 analysed; 167 awaiting
–Not ranked	Mr Gareth Wilson DUP · Newry and Armagh	0.000.79 years	Mr Gareth Wilson: 0	0.0%of 318 analysed; 73 awaiting

MLAs with no qualifying activity in this scope are listed without a rank (–), as are MLAs whose figure on the chosen measure is unreliable: † served less than 6 months in the period; * fewer than 30 assessed activities. Office holders are listed under their names: ministers do not table questions, which lowers their totals. Each MLA’s profile breaks their activity down by type.

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Source material: 106,973 Assembly records imported for this mandate, of which 63,733 of 97,616 analysable records (65.3%) 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 21 October 2026.