Andrew “Andy” Allen MLA is an Ulster Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland and a former soldier in the British Army. He served in the War in Afghanistan in 2008. He is one of the more liberal members of the party, consistently voting in favour of same-sex marriage and abortion.
Joanne Bunting is a Democratic Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland. She has been an MLA for Belfast East since the 2016 election.
Naomi Rachel Long MLA is a Northern Irish politician who has been leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland since 2016. A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East since 2016, she previously held the same seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2003 to 2010 until her election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Westminster constituency of Belfast East. She served as the second elected female Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2009 to 2010
Chris Lyttle is an Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician who has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East (Assembly constituency) since 2010. He succeeded Naomi Long MP as Alliance Party MLA for Belfast East on 5 July 2010 and was elected to serve the constituency for another term on 7 May 2011
Robin Newton is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland. He is a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Belfast, and was a junior minister in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister from 2009-11
