List of members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention

This is a list of members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, which was elected in 1975.

All members elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention are listed. Members are grouped by party.

Members by party

This is a list of members elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, sorted by party.

	Name	Constituency
Ulster Unionist Party (19)	Austin Ardill	South Antrim
	Michael Armstrong	Armagh
	Billy Bell	Belfast North
	Peter Brush	South Down
	Jeremy Burchill	Belfast South
	Sheena Conn	Londonderry
	Jean Coulter	Belfast West
	William Douglas	Londonderry
	Herbert Heslip	South Down
	James Kilfedder	North Down
	John Laird	Belfast West
	John McKay	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	William Morgan	Belfast North
	Martin Smyth	Belfast South
	John Taylor	North Down
	Francis Thompson	Mid Ulster
	William Thompson	Mid Ulster
	Harry West	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Herbert Whitten	Armagh
Social Democratic and Labour Party (17)	Michael Canavan	Londonderry
	Ivan Cooper	Mid Ulster
	Austin Currie	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Thomas Daly	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Paddy Devlin	Belfast West
	Paddy Duffy	Mid Ulster
	Frank Feely	South Down
	Gerry Fitt	Belfast North
	Joe Hendron	Belfast West
	John Hume	Londonderry
	Hugh Logue	Londonderry
	Seamus Mallon	Armagh
	Vincent McCloskey	South Antrim
	Eddie McGrady	South Down
	Hugh News	Armagh
	Patrick O'Donoghue	South Down
	John Turnley	North Antrim
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (14)	David Allen	North Antrim
	Ernest Baird	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Glenn Barr	Londonderry
	Alistair Black	Armagh
	Thomas Carson	Armagh
	William Craig	Belfast East
	Reg Empey	Belfast East
	George Green	North Down
	Cecil Harvey	South Down
	Kennedy Lindsay	South Antrim
	George Morrison	South Antrim
	Robert Overend	Mid Ulster
	David Trimble	Belfast South
	William Wright	North Antrim
Democratic Unionist Party (12)	William Annon	Belfast North
	William Beattie	South Antrim
	Thomas Burns	Belfast South
	Stewart Dunlop	South Antrim
	Douglas Hutchinson	Armagh
	James McClure	Londonderry
	Ken McFaul	North Antrim
	Eileen Paisley	Belfast East
	Ian Paisley	North Antrim
	Charles Poots	North Down
	Richard Reid	Mid Ulster
	Clifford Smyth	North Antrim
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (8)	Bob Cooper	Belfast West
	Basil Glass	Belfast South
	Jim Hendron	Belfast South
	Charles Kinahan	South Antrim
	Bertie McConnell	North Down
	Charles Mulholland	North Down
	Oliver Napier	Belfast East
	Hugh Wilson	North Antrim
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (5)	John Brooke	North Down
	Joshua Cardwell	Belfast East
	Anne Dickson	South Antrim
	Brian Faulkner	South Down
	Lloyd Hall-Thompson	Belfast North
Northern Ireland Labour Party (1)	David Bleakley	Belfast East
Independent Unionist (2)	Frank Millar	Belfast North
Independent Unionist (2)	Hugh Smyth	Belfast West

Members by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the Northern Ireland Forum
Constituency	Name	Party
Armagh	Michael Armstrong		Ulster Unionist Party
	Alistair Black		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Thomas Carson		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Douglas Hutchinson		Democratic Unionist Party
	Seamus Mallon		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Hugh News		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Herbert Whitten		Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast East	David Bleakley		Northern Ireland Labour Party
	Joshua Cardwell		Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
	William Craig		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Reg Empey		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Oliver Napier		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Eileen Paisley		Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast North	William Annon		Democratic Unionist Party
	Billy Bell		Ulster Unionist Party
	Gerry Fitt		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Lloyd Hall-Thompson		Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
	Frank Millar		Independent Unionist
	William Morgan		Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast South	Jeremy Burchill		Ulster Unionist Party
	Thomas Burns		Democratic Unionist Party
	Basil Glass		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Jim Hendron		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Martin Smyth		Ulster Unionist Party
	David Trimble		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Belfast West	Bob Cooper		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Jean Coulter		Ulster Unionist Party
	Paddy Devlin		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Joe Hendron		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	John Laird		Ulster Unionist Party
	Hugh Smyth		Independent Unionist
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Ernest Baird		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Austin Currie		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Thomas Daly		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	John McKay		Ulster Unionist Party
	Harry West		Ulster Unionist Party
Londonderry	Michael Canavan		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Sheena Conn		Ulster Unionist Party
	Glenn Barr		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	William Douglas		Ulster Unionist Party
	John Hume		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Hugh Logue		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	James McClure		Democratic Unionist Party
Mid Ulster	Ivan Cooper		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Paddy Duffy		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Robert Overend		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Richard Reid		Democratic Unionist Party
	Francis Thompson		Ulster Unionist Party
	William Thompson		Ulster Unionist Party
North Antrim	David Allen		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Ken McFaul		Democratic Unionist Party
	Ian Paisley		Democratic Unionist Party
	Clifford Smyth		Democratic Unionist Party
	John Turnley		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Hugh Wilson		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	William Wright		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
North Down	John Brooke		Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
	George Green		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	James Kilfedder		Ulster Unionist Party
	Bertie McConnell		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Charles Mulholland		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Charles Poots		Democratic Unionist Party
	John Taylor		Ulster Unionist Party
South Antrim	Austin Ardill		Ulster Unionist Party
	William Beattie		Democratic Unionist Party
	Anne Dickson		Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
	Stewart Dunlop		Democratic Unionist Party
	Charles Kinahan		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
	Kennedy Lindsay		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	George Morrison		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Vincent McCloskey		Social Democratic and Labour Party
South Down	Peter Brush		Ulster Unionist Party
	Brian Faulkner		Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
	Frank Feely		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Cecil Harvey		Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
	Herbert Heslip		Ulster Unionist Party
	Eddie McGrady		Social Democratic and Labour Party
	Patrick O'Donoghue		Social Democratic and Labour Party

Representation by women

Of all the members, the four women were: Sheena Conn, Jean Coulter, Anne Dickson, Eileen Paisley.^[1]

References

Northern Ireland Elections: Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention Elections 1975

^ "List of all elected female representatives". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

[1] "List of all elected female representatives". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

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