Analysis in progress – figures are incomplete

361 of 97,616 records that can be analysed have been assessed so far (0.4%); 97,193 are waiting for analysis and 62 failed and will be retried. Totals and rankings will change as the remaining records are processed, so they do not yet represent the full mandate. How much has been processed

Official Assembly portrait of Mr Edwin Poots

Mr Edwin Poots

MLA for South Belfast · Democratic Unionist Party

Entered this mandate
5 May 2022
Service
5 May 2022 to present
Time served
4.46 years of the 4.46 years since the election (100%); 2.71 years since devolution was restored
Party
Democratic Unionist Party (5 May 2022 to present)
Designation
Unionist
Ministerial roles
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (7 March 2022 to 27 October 2022)
Other roles
Assembly Commission Chair, Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (from 3 February 2024); Committee Chair, Business Committee (from 3 February 2024); Speaker (from 3 February 2024)

Official Assembly profile of Mr Edwin Poots

Mr Edwin Poots 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 Edwin Poots’s records by activity type and classification
Activity typeQualifyingNot qualifyingUncertainAwaiting or failedNot analysedTotal records
Motions and amendments 0 0 0 1 0 1
Debate contributions 0 0 0 9 7 16

“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 Edwin Poots: 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
  • Qualifying activities
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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 Q400
2024 Q100
2025 Q100
2026 Q300

Latest qualifying activities

No activities by Mr Edwin Poots have been assessed as qualifying so far.

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Voting

Mr Edwin Poots voted in 13 recorded divisions (1 Aye, 12 No). Votes are factual Assembly data and are not part of the culture-war classification.

Mr Edwin Poots’s voting record and voting agreement with other MLAs · Compare Mr Edwin Poots with other MLAs or parties