List of Sinn Féin MPs

This is a list of Sinn Féin MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing Sinn Féin. Members of the European Parliament, Dáil Éireann or the Northern Ireland Assembly are not listed. Sinn Féin MPs practice abstentionism regarding the House of Commons and thus do not take their seats.

MPs elected since 1918

Member Constituency Years served Source
Gerry Adams Belfast West 1983–1992, 1997–2011 [1]
Órfhlaith Begley West Tyrone 2018–present [2]
Mickey Brady Newry and Armagh 2015–2024 [3]
Owen Carron Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1982-1983 1 [4]
Philip Clarke Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1955 2 [5]
Pat Doherty West Tyrone 2001–2017 [6]
John Finucane Belfast North 2019–present [7]
Michelle Gildernew Fermanagh and South Tyrone 2001–2015; 2017–present [8][9]
Chris Hazzard South Down 2017–present [10]
Dáire Hughes Newry and Armagh 2024–present [11]
Cathal Mallaghan Mid Ulster 2024–present [12]
Elisha McCallion Foyle 2017–2019 [13]
Barry McElduff West Tyrone 2017–2018 [14]
Martin McGuinness Mid Ulster 1997–2013 [15]
Paul Maskey Belfast West 2011–present [16]
Tom Mitchell Mid Ulster 1955 3 [17]
Francie Molloy Mid Ulster 2013–2024 [18]
Conor Murphy Newry and Armagh 2005–2015 [19]
1 Elected in 1981 as "Anti H-Block/Proxy Political Prisoner"; formally began describing himself as a Sinn Féin MP in 1982.
2 Unseated on petition.[20]
3Disqualified, re-elected, then unseated on petition.

Graphical representation

Constituency 1955 56 1982 1983 1992 1997 2001 2005 11 13 2015 2017 18 2019 2024
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Clarke Carron Gildernew Gildernew Cullen
Mid Ulster Mitchell McGuinness Molloy Mallaghan
Belfast West Adams Adams Maskey
West Tyrone Doherty McElduff Begley
Newry and Armagh Murphy Brady Hughes
Down South Hazzard
Foyle McCallion
Belfast North Finucane
No. of Sinn Féin MPs 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 5 5 5 4 7 7 7 7

MPs elected in 1918 or before

In alphabetical order:

See also: 1918 United Kingdom general election in Ireland
Name Seat Years Served [21][22] Notes
Robert Barton West Wicklow 1918 – 1922
Piaras Béaslaí East Kerry 1918 – 1922
Ernest Blythe North Monaghan 1918 – 1922
Harry Boland South Roscommon 1918 – 1922 Died 2 August 1922[23]
Cathal Brugha County Waterford 1918 – 1922 Died 7 July 1922[24]
Donal Buckley North Kildare 1918 – 1922
Séamus Burke Mid Tipperary 1918 – 1922
J. J. Clancy North Sligo 1918 – 1922
Michael Colivet Limerick City 1918 – 1922
Con Collins West Limerick 1918 – 1922
Michael Collins South Cork 1918 – 1922 Died 22 August 1922[25]
W. T. Cosgrave North Kilkenny 1918 – 1922
Kilkenny City 1917[26] – 1918[21]
James Crowley North Kerry 1918 – 1922
John Crowley North Mayo 1918 – 1922
Bryan Cusack North Galway 1918 – 1922
Éamon de Valera East Clare 1917 – 1922
East Mayo 1918 – 1922
Liam de Róiste Cork City 1918 – 1922
James Dolan Leitrim 1918 – 1922
George Gavan Duffy South Dublin 1918 – 1922
Eamonn Duggan South Meath 1918 – 1922
Seán Etchingham East Wicklow 1918 – 1922
Frank Fahy South Galway 1918 – 1922
Desmond FitzGerald Dublin Pembroke 1918 – 1922
Paul Galligan West Cavan 1918 – 1922
Laurence Ginnell Westmeath 1918 – 1922
Arthur Griffith East Cavan 1918 – 1922 Died 12 August 1922[27]
North West Tyrone 1918 – 1922
Richard Hayes East Limerick 1918 – 1922
Seán Hayes West Cork 1918 – 1922
Thomas Hunter North East Cork 1918 – 1922
Thomas Kelly Dublin St Stephen's Green 1918 – 1922
David Kent East Cork 1918 – 1922
Frank Lawless North Dublin 1918 – 1922 Died 16 April 1922[28]
James Lennon County Carlow 1918 – 1922
Diarmuid Lynch South East Cork 1918 – 1922
Fionán Lynch South Kerry 1918 – 1922
Joseph MacBride West Mayo 1918 – 1922
Alexander McCabe South Sligo 1918 – 1922
Pierce McCan East Tipperary 1918 – 1919 Died 6 March 1919[29]
Patrick McCartan King's County 1918 – 1922
Tullamore April[30] – Dec 1918
Joseph MacDonagh North Tipperary 1918 – 1922
Seán MacEntee South Monaghan 1918 – 1922
Joseph McGrath Dublin St James's 1918 – 1922
Joseph McGuinness Longford 1918 – 1922 Died 31 May 1922[31]
South Longford 1917[32] – 1918
Eoin MacNeill Londonderry City 1918 – 1922
National University 1918 – 1922
Terence MacSwiney Mid Cork 1918 – 1920 Died 25 October 1920[33]
Constance Markievicz Dublin St Patrick's 1918 – 1922
Liam Mellows East Galway 1918 – 1922
North Meath 1918 – 1922
P. J. Moloney South Tipperary 1918 – 1922
Richard Mulcahy Dublin Clontarf 1918 – 1922
Art O'Connor South Kildare 1918 – 1922
Joseph O'Doherty North Donegal 1918 – 1922
Brian O'Higgins West Clare 1918 – 1922
Kevin O'Higgins Queen's County 1918 – 1922
Patrick O'Keeffe North Cork 1918 – 1922
John J. O'Kelly County Louth 1918 – 1922
Seán T. O'Kelly Dublin College Green 1918 – 1922
Seán O'Mahony South Fermanagh 1918 – 1922
Pádraic Ó Máille Galway Connemara 1918 – 1922
James O'Mara South Kilkenny 1918 – 1922
George Noble Plunkett North Roscommon 1917[34] – 1922
James Ryan South Wexford 1918 – 1922
William Sears South Mayo 1918 – 1922
Philip Shanahan Dublin Harbour 1918 – 1922
Austin Stack West Kerry 1918 – 1922
Michael Staines Dublin St Michan's 1918 – 1922
Joseph Sweeney West Donegal 1918 – 1922
Roger Sweetman North Wexford 1918 – 1922
J. J. Walsh Cork City 1918 – 1922
Peter J. Ward South Donegal 1918 – 1922
  • By-elections was not held to fill the seats of those MP's who died before the 1922 UK general election, nor in the cases of individuals elected for more than one constituency.

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