Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons was the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament in Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972.

The Speaker had an official residence, Stormont House. All the Speakers were members of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) on their election.

There was initially one Deputy Speaker, also invariably an Ulster Unionist, who was also the Chairman of Ways and Means. In 1958 a second Deputy Speaker was appointed, and given the title Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means. From 1963 onwards, this post was often given to members of the Nationalist Party or Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP).

Speakers

		Name	Entered office	Left office	Party
	1.	Sir Hugh O'Neill, Bt	1921	1929	Ulster Unionist Party
	2.	Sir Henry Mulholland, Bt	1929	1945	Ulster Unionist Party
	3.	Sir Norman Stronge, Bt	1945	1956	Ulster Unionist Party
	4.	W. F. McCoy	1956	1956	Ulster Unionist Party
	3.	Sir Norman Stronge, Bt	1956	1969	Ulster Unionist Party
	5.	Ivan Neill	1969	1972	Ulster Unionist Party

Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker

Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker			Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker
	Name	Party		Name	Party
	Thomas Moles 1921-1937	Ulster Unionist Party	Office not yet created
	John Clarke Davison 1937
	Sir Robert Lynn 1937-1945
	Howard Stevenson 1945
	Thomas Bailie 1945-1948
	R. N. Wilson 1948-1950
	Samuel Hall-Thompson 1950-1953
	Terence O'Neill 1953-1955
	Thomas Lyons 1955-1969
				Joseph Morgan 1958-1962	Ulster Unionist Party
				Brian McConnell 1962-1953
				Billy Boyd 1963-1965	Northern Ireland Labour Party
				James O'Reilly 1966	Nationalist Party
				Paddy Gormley 1966-1967
				James O'Reilly 1967-1969
	Walter Scott 1969-1972			Vivian Simpson 1969-1972	Northern Ireland Labour Party

References

• Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine