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Official Assembly portrait of Mr Declan Kearney

Mr Declan Kearney

MLA for South Antrim · Sinn Féin

Entered this mandate
5 May 2022
Service
5 May 2022 to present
Time served
4.47 years of the 4.47 years since the election (100%); 2.72 years since devolution was restored
Party
Sinn Féin (5 May 2022 to present)
Designation
Nationalist
Ministerial roles
junior Minister (11 January 2020 to 5 May 2022)
Other roles
Committee Chair, Committee on Standards (from 9 February 2024 to 12 February 2024); Committee Chair, Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee (from 6 February 2024 to 9 February 2024)

Official Assembly profile of Mr Declan Kearney

Mr Declan Kearney has held ministerial office. Ministers answer questions rather than tabling them and speak in debates in a ministerial capacity, so their totals are not directly comparable with backbench MLAs. How roles affect comparisons

Summary

By activity type

Mr Declan Kearney’s records by activity type and classification
Activity typeQualifyingNot qualifyingUncertainAwaiting or failedNot analysedTotal records
Written questions 0 0 0 24 0 24
Oral questions 0 1 0 30 0 31
Topical questions 0 0 0 16 0 16
Motions and amendments 0 0 0 34 0 34
Other tabled business 0 0 0 6 0 6
Members' statements 0 0 0 34 0 34
Debate contributions 0 1 0 85 47 133

“Not analysed” covers very short interventions and follow-ups that are assessed as part of the MLA’s own question.

By subject and criterion

No qualifying activities, so there is no subject breakdown.

Activity over time

Mr Declan Kearney: qualifying activities per quarter
011 2022 Q2 2022 Q4 2023 Q2 2023 Q4 2024 Q2 2024 Q4 2025 Q2 2025 Q4 2026 Q2 2026 Q4 Devolution restored
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PeriodQualifying activities
2022 Q20
2022 Q30
2022 Q40
2023 Q10
2023 Q20
2023 Q30
2023 Q40
2024 Q10
2024 Q20
2024 Q30
2024 Q40
2025 Q10
2025 Q20
2025 Q30
2025 Q40
2026 Q10
2026 Q20
2026 Q30
2026 Q40
Records analysed per quarter
QuarterAnalysedQualifying
2022 Q200
2022 Q300
2022 Q400
2023 Q100
2024 Q100
2024 Q200
2024 Q300
2024 Q400
2025 Q110
2025 Q200
2025 Q300
2025 Q410
2026 Q100
2026 Q200
2026 Q300
2026 Q400

Latest qualifying activities

No activities by Mr Declan Kearney have been assessed as qualifying so far.

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Voting

Mr Declan Kearney voted in 197 recorded divisions (128 Aye, 68 No). Votes are factual Assembly data and are not part of the culture-war classification.

Mr Declan Kearney’s voting record and voting agreement with other MLAs · Compare Mr Declan Kearney with other MLAs or parties