Motion

Exclusion of Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998

Exclusion of Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that, further to his recent visit to Israel, the Minister of Education no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly, because of his failure to observe paragraphs (cd) and (ce) of the Pledge of Office, relating to his duty to uphold and support the rule of law; and his failure to observe paragraph (g) relating to his duty to comply with the Ministerial Code of Conduct; and that he should be excluded from holding office as a Minister or junior Minister for a period of 12 months.
Private Members' Motion
04/11/2025
04/11/2025
10/11/2025
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80 Members voted, of which 47 voted AYE [58.8%]

33 Nationalists voted, of which 33 voted AYE [100%]

33 Unionists voted, of which 0 voted AYE [0%]

14 Others voted, of which 14 voted AYE [100%]

The Motion Was Negatived, Cross-Community Lobby Division

MLA NameDesignationVoted
Dr Steve Aiken OBE UnionistNO
Mr Andy Allen MBE UnionistNO
Dr Caoimhe Archibald NationalistAYE
Ms Diana Armstrong UnionistNO
Ms Kellie Armstrong OtherAYE
Mr Danny Baker NationalistAYE
Mr Doug Beattie MC UnionistNO
Mr John Blair OtherAYE
Mr Cathal Boylan NationalistAYE
Ms Paula Bradshaw OtherAYE
Mr Phillip Brett UnionistNO
Miss Nicola Brogan NationalistAYE
Mr David Brooks UnionistNO
Ms Cheryl Brownlee UnionistNO
Mr Keith Buchanan UnionistNO
Mr Tom Buchanan UnionistNO
Mr Jonathan Buckley UnionistNO
Mr Jon Burrows UnionistNO
Mr Robbie Butler UnionistNO
Mrs Pam Cameron UnionistNO
Mr Gerry Carroll OtherAYE
Mr Alan Chambers UnionistNO
Mr Trevor Clarke UnionistNO
Mr Pádraig Delargy NationalistAYE
Mrs Linda Dillon NationalistAYE
Mrs Diane Dodds UnionistNO
Miss Jemma Dolan NationalistAYE
Mr Danny Donnelly OtherAYE
Mr Stephen Dunne UnionistNO
Mr Mark Durkan NationalistAYE
Ms Connie Egan OtherAYE
Mrs Sinéad Ennis NationalistAYE
Mrs Deborah Erskine UnionistNO
Mrs Ciara Ferguson NationalistAYE
Ms Aoife Finnegan NationalistAYE
Miss Órlaithí Flynn NationalistAYE
Ms Diane Forsythe UnionistNO
Mr Paul Frew UnionistNO
Mr Timothy Gaston UnionistNO
Mr Colm Gildernew NationalistAYE
Mr Paul Givan UnionistNO
Mrs Michelle Guy OtherAYE
Miss Deirdre Hargey NationalistAYE
Mr Harry Harvey UnionistNO
Mr David Honeyford OtherAYE
Ms Cara Hunter NationalistAYE
Mr William Irwin UnionistNO
Mr Declan Kearney NationalistAYE
Mr Gerry Kelly NationalistAYE
Ms Liz Kimmins NationalistAYE
Mr Brian Kingston UnionistNO
Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly UnionistNO
Mr Gordon Lyons UnionistNO
Mr Declan McAleer NationalistAYE
Miss Nuala McAllister OtherAYE
Mr Daniel McCrossan NationalistAYE
Mr Patsy McGlone NationalistAYE
Mr Colin McGrath NationalistAYE
Mr Maolíosa McHugh NationalistAYE
Miss Michelle McIlveen UnionistNO
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin NationalistAYE
Mr Andrew McMurray OtherAYE
Mr Justin McNulty NationalistAYE
Mr Peter Martin UnionistNO
Mrs Cathy Mason NationalistAYE
Mr Nick Mathison OtherAYE
Mr Gary Middleton UnionistNO
Ms Sian Mulholland OtherAYE
Miss Áine Murphy NationalistAYE
Mr Mike Nesbitt UnionistNO
Ms Carál Ní Chuilín NationalistAYE
Ms Kate Nicholl OtherAYE
Mr John O'Dowd NationalistAYE
Ms Michelle O'Neill NationalistAYE
Mr Matthew O'Toole NationalistAYE
Ms Aisling Reilly NationalistAYE
Mr Alan Robinson UnionistNO
Mr Pat Sheehan NationalistAYE
Mr John Stewart UnionistNO
Mr Eóin Tennyson OtherAYE

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