Stormont election 2022: The full list of candidates
This is the full list of candidates for the Stormont election on May 5:
The 239 candidates are listed by each of the 18 constituencies. There is an average of 13 per constituency, vying for five MLA seats in each one.
(See bottom for abbreviations)
BELFAST EAST (13 candidates)
Allen, Andy (UUP)
Bennett, Karl (PUP)
Brooks, David (DUP)
Bunting, Joanne (DUP)
Carson, Charlotte (SDLP)
Kenny, Hannah (PBP)
Kerr, Lauren (UUP)
Long, Naomi (All)
Macneill,Eoin (WP)
McReynolds, Peter (All)
O’Donnell, Mairead (SF)
Ross, John (TUV)
Smyth, Brian (Green)
BELFAST NORTH (14 candidates)
Brett, Phillip (DUP)
Corr-Johnston, Julie-Anne (UUP)
Ferguson, Fiona (PBP)
Hutchinson, Billy (PUP)
Kelly, Gerry (SF)
Kerr, Lily (WP)
Kingston, Brian (DUP)
Mac Niocaill, Seán (Aontú)
Mallon, Nichola (SDLP)
McAllister, Nuala (All)
McDowell, Ron (TUV)
Ní Chuilín, Carál (SF)
O’Hara, Mal (Green)
Ward, Stafford (Ind)
BELFAST SOUTH (14 candidates)
Bailey, Claire (Green)
Bradshaw, Paula (All)
Girvin, Andrew (TUV)
Hargey, Deirdre (SF)
Lynn, Paddy (WP)
McCann, Luke (Aontú)
McCarthy, Stephen (UUP)
Moore, Neil (Soc)
Odhiambo, Elly (Ind)
Nicholl, Kate (All)
O’Toole, Matthew (SDLP)
Poots, Edwin (DUP)
Sibanda, Sipho (PBP)
Trainor, Elsie (SDLP)
BELFAST WEST (17 candidates)
Baker, Danny (SF)
Burns, Gerard (Ind)
Carroll, Gerry (PBP)
Crossan, Patrick (WP)
Doherty, Paul (SDLP)
Doran, Jordan (TUV)
Flynn, Órlaithí (SF)
Gibson, Linsey (UUP)
Herdman, Gerard (Aontú)
Higgins, Donnamarie (All)
Hill , Declan (Ind)
Maginn, Stevie (Green)
Mallon, Tony (Ind)
McCoubrey, Frank (DUP)
Murphy, Dan (IRSP)
Reilly, Aisling (SF)
Sheehan, Pat (SF)
EAST ANTRIM (10 candidates)
Bailey, Mark (Green)
Beggs, Roy (UUP)
Boyd, Norman (TUV)
Dickson, Stewart (All)
Donnelly, Danny (All)
Hilditch, David (DUP)
Lyons, Gordon (DUP)
McAlister, Siobhán (SDLP)
McMullan, Oliver (SF)
Stewart, John (UUP)
EAST LONDONDERRY (16 candidates)
Archibald, Caoimhe (SF)
Armstrong, Jordan (TUV)
Bradley, Maurice (DUP)
Brolly, Gemma (Aontú)
Coulson, Mark (Green)
Hunter, Cara (SDLP)
McCaw, Chris (All)
McGurk, Kathleen (SF)
Merron, Amy (PBP)
Murphy, Niall (Ind)
Quigley, Stephanie (Ind)
Robinson, Alan (DUP)
Stewart, Billy (Ind)
Sugden, Claire (Ind)
Watton, Russell (PUP)
Wilson, Darryl (UUP)
FERMANAGH & SOUTH TYRONE (16 candidates)
Backhouse, Derek (Ind)
Barton, Rosemary (UUP)
Beaumont, Matthew (All)
Bell, Paul (DUP)
DeSouza, Emma (Ind)
Dolan, Jemma (SF)
Elliott, Alex (TUV)
Elliott, Tom (UUP)
Erskine, Deborah (DUP)
Gannon, Adam (SDLP)
Gildernew, Colm (SF)
Kilpatrick, Emmett (PBP)
Mullen, Denise (Aontú)
Murphy, Áine (SF)
Turtle, Kellie (Green)
Ó Cofaigh, Dónal (CCLA)
FOYLE (14 candidates)
Delargy, Pádraig (SF)
Doyle, Emmet (Aontú)
Durkan, Mark H (SDLP)
Ferguson, Ciara (SF)
Ferguson, Rachael (All)
Hamilton, Gillian (Green)
Harkin, Shaun (PBP)
McCloskey, Anne (Ind)
McCready, Ryan (UUP)
McLaughlin, Colly (IRSP)
McLaughlin, Sinéad (SDLP)
Middleton, Gary (DUP)
Neely, Elizabeth (TUV)
Tierney, Brian (SDLP)
LAGAN VALLEY (12 candidates)
Butler, Robbie (UUP)
Catney, Pat (SDLP)
Doherty, Amanda (PBP)
Donaldson, Jeffrey (DUP)
Eastwood, Sorcha (All)
Givan, Paul (DUP)
Honeyford, David (All)
Hynds, Gary (Ind)
Lee, Simon (Green)
McCleave, Gary (SF)
Smyth, Lorna (TUV)
Turner, Laura (UUP)
MID ULSTER (14 candidates)
Buchanan, Keith (DUP)
Dillon, Linda (SF)
Graham, Meta (UUP)
Hackett, Claire (All)
Halliday, Alixandra (Aontú)
Haughey, Patrick (Ind)
McFeely, Sophia (PBP)
McGlone, Patsy (SDLP)
Moore, Glenn (TUV)
O’Neill, Michelle (SF)
Rafferty, Conor (Resume NI)
Scullion, Hugh (WP)
Sheerin, Emma (SF)
Taylor, Stefan (Green)
NEWRY & ARMAGH (12 candidates)
Boylan, Cathal (SF)
Coade, Jackie (All)
Connolly, Daniel (Aontú)
Grant, Nicola (WP)
Henry, Ciara (Green)
Irwin, William (DUP)
Kimmins, Liz (SF)
Malone, Gavin (Ind)
McNulty, Justin (SDLP)
Murphy, Conor (SF)
Ratcliffe, Keith (TUV)
Taylor, David (UUP)
NORTH ANTRIM (11 candidates)
Allister, Jim (TUV)
Armstrong, Matthew (TUV)
Ferris, Bethany (UUP)
Frew, Paul (DUP)
McGuigan, Philip (SF)
O’Lynn, Patricia (All)
Reid, Eugene (SDLP)
Shingleton, Laird (Ind)
Storey, Mervyn (DUP)
Swann, Robin (UUP)
Veronica, Paul (Green)
NORTH DOWN (14 candidates)
Carter, Chris (Ind)
Chambers, Alan (UUP)
Dunne , Stephen (DUP)
Easton, Alex (Ind)
Egan, Connie (All)
Gilmour, Jennifer (DUP)
Gordon, John (TUV)
McBurney, Naomi (UUP)
McCartney, Therese (SF)
McKimm, Ray (Ind)
Muir, Andrew (All)
Robinson, Matthew (Cons)
Vaughan, Déirdre (SDLP)
Woods, Rachel (Green)
SOUTH ANTRIM (12 candidates)
Aiken, Steve (UUP)
Bennett, Róisín (Aontú)
Blair, John (All)
Cameron, Pam (DUP)
Clarke, Trevor (DUP)
Kearney, Declan (SF)
Lucas, Mel (TUV)
Lynch, Roisin (SDLP)
Maguire, Jerry (PBP)
Michael, Paul (UUP)
Moran, Andrew (Ind)
Veronica, Lesley (Green)
SOUTH DOWN (12 candidates)
Brown, Patrick (All)
Clarke, Patrick (Ind)
Ennis, Sinéad (SF)
Forsythe, Diane (DUP)
Lynch, Noleen (Green)
Macauley, Jill (UUP)
Mason, Cathy (SF)
McCrory, Paul (PBP)
McGlone, Rosemary (Aontú)
McGrath, Colin (SDLP)
McKee, Harold (TUV)
McKevitt, Karen (SDLP)
STRANGFORD (12 candidates)
Armstrong, Kellie (All)
Cooper, Stephen (TUV)
Harvey, Harry (DUP)
Houston, Conor (SDLP)
King, Ben (Ind)
McGivern, Róise (SF)
Mathison, Nick (All)
McCartney, Maurice (Green)
McIlveen, Michelle (DUP)
Nesbitt, Mike (UUP)
Smith, Philip (UUP)
Weir, Peter (DUP)
UPPER BANN (12 canidates)
Barr, Glenn (UUP)
Beattie, Doug (UUP)
Beattie, Glenn (Heritage Party)
Buckley, Jonathan (DUP)
Dodds, Diane (DUP)
Foster, Darrin (TUV)
Gribbin, Aidan (Aontú)
Kelly, Dolores (SDLP)
Kendall, Lauren (Green)
Mackle, Liam (SF)
O’Dowd, John (SF)
Tennyson, Eóin (All)
WEST TYRONE (14 candidates)
Brogan, Nicola (SF)
Brown, Barry (Ind)
Buchanan, Thomas (DUP)
Clarke, Trevor (TUV)
Donnelly, Stephen (All)
Ferguson, Amy (Soc)
Gallagher, Carol (PBP)
Gallagher, Paul (Ind)
Glass, Susan (Green)
Hope, James (Aontú)
Marshall, Ian (UUP)
McAleer, Declan (SF)
McCrossan, Daniel (SDLP)
McHugh, Maolíosa (SF)
Abbreviations: All = Alliance; CCLA = Cross-Community Labour Alternative; Ind = Independent; IRSP = Irish Republican Socialist Party; Soc = Socialist Party; WP = Workers Party