Wikipedia / Committee for Communities
Wikipedia / Committee for Communities
The Committee for Communities is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department for Communities and Minister for Communities (currently Gordon Lyons). The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new social development legislation.
Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Social Development.
Membership
Membership of the committee is as follows:
Party | Member | Constituency |
Colm Gildernew MLA (Chairperson) | ||
Nicola Brogan MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | ||
Andy Allen MLA | ||
Kellie Armstrong MLA | ||
Maurice Bradley MLA | ||
Pam Cameron MLA | ||
Mark H. Durkan MLA | ||
Maolíosa McHugh MLA | ||
Sian Mulholland MLA |
2022–2027 Assembly
Party | Member | Constituency |
Colm Gildernew MLA (Chairperson) | ||
Ciara Ferguson MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | ||
Andy Allen MLA | ||
Kellie Armstrong MLA | ||
Maurice Bradley MLA | ||
Brian Kingston MLA | ||
Daniel McCrossan MLA | ||
Maolíosa McHugh MLA | ||
Sian Mulholland MLA |
Changes 2022–2027
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency |
6 February 2025 | Ciara Ferguson MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | → | Nicola Brogan MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | ||
8 September 2025 | Daniel McCrossan MLA (SDLP) | → | Mark H. Durkan MLA (SDLP) | ||
23 September 2025 | Brian Kingston MLA (DUP) | → | Pam Cameron MLA (DUP) |
2017-2022 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2017-2022 Assembly on 23 January 2020.
Party | Member | Constituency |
Paula Bradley MLA (Chairperson) | ||
Kellie Armstrong MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | ||
Andy Allen MLA | ||
Jonathan Buckley MLA | ||
Mark H. Durkan MLA | ||
Sinéad Ennis MLA | ||
Robin Newton MLA | ||
Carál Ní Chuilín MLA | ||
Emma Sheerin MLA |
Changes 2017-2022
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency |
9 March 2020 | Emma Sheerin MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Fra McCann MLA (Sinn Féin) | ||
17 June 2020 | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Vacant | ||
2 November 2020 | Jonathan Buckley MLA (DUP) | → | Alex Easton MLA (DUP) | ||
16 December 2020 | Vacant | → | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Sinn Féin) | ||
1 February 2021 | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Karen Mullan MLA (Sinn Féin) | ||
21 June 2021 | Robin Newton MLA (DUP) | → | Pam Cameron MLA (DUP) | ||
15 September 2021 | Sinéad Ennis MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Áine Murphy MLA (Sinn Féin) | ||
20 September 2021 | Pam Cameron MLA (DUP) | → | Stephen Dunne MLA (DUP) | ||
Alex Easton MLA (DUP) | |||||
27 September 2021 | Karen Mullan MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Ciara Ferguson MLA (Sinn Féin) | ||
1 November 2021 | Fra McCann MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Aisling Reilly MLA (Sinn Féin) |
2016-2017 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2016-2017 Assembly on 2 June 2016.
Party | Member | Constituency |
Colum Eastwood MLA (Chairperson) | ||
Michelle Gildernew MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | ||
Steven Agnew MLA | ||
Andy Allen MLA | ||
Jonathan Bell MLA | ||
Naomi Long MLA | ||
Fra McCann MLA | ||
Adrian McQuillan MLA | ||
Nichola Mallon MLA | ||
Carál Ní Chuilín MLA | ||
Changes 2016-2017
None
2011-2016 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2011-2016 Assembly in May 2011.
Party | Member | Constituency |
Alex Maskey MLA (Chairperson) | ||
Mickey Brady MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | ||
Gregory Campbell MLA | ||
Judith Cochrane MLA | ||
Michael Copeland MLA | ||
Pam Cameron MLA | ||
Sammy Douglas MLA | ||
Mark H. Durkan MLA | ||
Alex Easton MLA | ||
Fra McCann MLA | ||
David McClarty MLA |
Changes 2011-2016
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency |
20 February 2012 | Gregory Campbell MLA (DUP) | → | Paula Bradley MLA (DUP) | ||
26 March 2012 | Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP) | → | Alastair Ross MLA (DUP) | ||
1 October 2012 | Alex Easton MLA (DUP) | → | Gregory Campbell MLA (DUP) | ||
Alastair Ross MLA (DUP) | Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP) | ||||
11 February 2013 | Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP) | → | Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP) | ||
7 May 2013 | Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP) | → | Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP) | ||
9 September 2013 | David McClarty MLA (Ind. Unionist) | → | Jim Allister MLA (TUV) | ||
16 September 2013 | Pam Cameron MLA (DUP) | → | Trevor Clarke MLA (DUP) | ||
Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP) | Sammy Wilson MLA (DUP) | ||||
30 September 2013 | Mark H. Durkan MLA (SDLP) | → | Dolores Kelly MLA (SDLP) | ||
1 October 2013 | Judith Cochrane MLA (Alliance) | → | Stewart Dickson MLA (Alliance) | ||
6 October 2014 | Trevor Clarke MLA (DUP) | → | Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP) | ||
17 November 2014 | Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP) | → | Maurice Devenney MLA (DUP) | ||
9 February 2015 | Michael Copeland MLA (UUP) | → | Roy Beggs Jr MLA (UUP) | ||
25 March 2015 | Maurice Devenney MLA (DUP) | → | Vacant | ||
22 April 2015 | Vacant | → | Gary Middleton MLA (DUP) | ||
19 May 2015 | Gary Middleton MLA (DUP) | → | Sammy Douglas MLA (DUP) | ||
8 September 2015 | Mickey Brady MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | → | Fra McCann MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | ||
29 July 2015 | Sammy Wilson MLA (DUP) | → | Vacant | ||
7 September 2015 | Vacant | → | Gordon Lyons MLA (DUP) | ||
14 September 2015 | Fra McCann MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Phil Flanagan MLA (Sinn Féin) | ||
5 October 2015 | Gordon Lyons MLA (DUP) | → | Adrian McQuillan MLA (DUP) |
2007-2011 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2007-2011 Assembly in May 2007.
Party | Member | Constituency |
Gregory Campbell MLA (Chairperson) | ||
David Hilditch MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | ||
Mickey Brady MLA | ||
Thomas Burns MLA | ||
Fred Cobain MLA | ||
Jonathan Craig MLA | ||
Anna Lo MLA | ||
Alban Maginness MLA | ||
Fra McCann MLA | ||
Claire McGill MLA | ||
Changes 2007-2011
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency |
20 May 2008 | Claire McGill MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Sinn Féin) | ||
9 June 2008 | Gregory Campbell MLA (Chairperson, DUP) | → | David Simpson MLA (Chairperson, DUP) | ||
29 September 2008 | Fred Cobain MLA (UUP) | → | Billy Armstrong MLA (UUP) | ||
29 June 2009 | Alban Maginness MLA (SDLP) | → | Mary Bradley MLA (SDLP) | ||
4 July 2009 | Simon Hamilton MLA (Chairperson, DUP) | → | David Simpson MLA (Chairperson, DUP) | ||
14 September 2009 | Michelle McIlveen MLA (DUP) | → | Alex Easton MLA (DUP) | ||
14 April 2010 | David Hilditch MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | → | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | ||
25 May 2010 | Thomas Burns MLA (SDLP) | → | Tommy Gallagher MLA (SDLP) | ||
14 September 2010 | David Hilditch MLA (DUP) | → | Sydney Anderson MLA (DUP) | ||
2 November 2010 | Billy Armstrong MLA (UUP) | → | John McCallister MLA (UUP) | ||
8 February 2011 | John McCallister MLA (UUP) | → | Fred Cobain MLA (UUP) |
1998-2003 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 1998-2003 Assembly in December 1999.
Party | Member | Constituency |
Fred Cobain MLA (Chairperson) | ||
John Gorman MLA | ||
Billy Hutchinson MLA | ||
David McClarty MLA | ||
Danny O'Connor MLA | ||
Eamonn O'Neill MLA | ||
Mark Robinson MLA | ||
John Tierney MLA | ||
Sammy Wilson MLA |
Changes 1998-2003
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency |
1 March 2001 | David McClarty MLA (UUP) | → | Tom Hamilton MLA (UUP) | ||
1 July 2002 | Michelle Gildernew MLA (Sinn Féin) | → | Mary Nelis MLA (Sinn Féin) | ||
8 April 2002 | Vacant | → | Gerry Kelly MLA (Deputy Chairperson, Sinn Féin) |
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