Northern Ireland Assembly Members (Hansard, 13 February 2004)

HC Deb 13 February 2004 vol 418 cc165-6W 166W

§ Mr. Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the ratio of Northern Ireland population to Northern Ireland Assembly members is. [154859]

§ Mr. Pearson
There are 108 elected members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the estimated population of Northern Ireland at mid-year 2002 is 1,696,600 people. This gives a ratio of one Assembly member per 15,710 population.