Petition · past parliament

Stop northern ireland MLA'S pay no matter the situation of no stormont

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

No matter what problems is going on in stormont stop their pay. And it's time for change in that the two second highest parties form a government and those that can't can go opposition and if not no pay for them.
Times have changed now stormont MLA'S no matter the situation they can't form a government they don't get paid. Also now the two second largest parties can form a government and the others can go into opposition and if not then they don't get paid. If an MLA no matter the party if their not sitting be it in a formed stormont or not on opposition then their wages are stopped.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We understand that you're concerned about the political situation in Northern Ireland, but we're not sure exactly what changes you'd like to be made to rules regarding the formation of the Northern Ireland Executive, or pay for MLAs.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Stop MLA's pay in Northern Ireland until the Executive is formed: Stop MLA's pay in Northern Ireland until the Executive is formed

End mandatory coalition in the Northern Ireland Executive: End mandatory coalition in the Northern Ireland Executive

If you want the Government to do something different to the above petitions, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

10 May 2022 Petition opened for signatures
18 May 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 May 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.