MLA Salaries to Rise to over £68,000 Under New Stormont Pay Deal

Stormont MLAs to receive lower pay rise than previously suggested

Stormont's Independent Remuneration Board had initially proposed increasing MLAs' annual salary to £69,216.

MLA salaries to rise to over £68,000 under new Stormont pay deal

Stormont MLAs will see their basic annual salaries increase to £68,544 in 2027, following a revised 2 pay rise after public consultation.

MLAs handed pay rise next year – with salaries to be docked if Stormont isn’t formed

MLAs are set for a pay rise at the start of the next Assembly mandate – but could see their salaries slashed by up to 30% if a new Executive is not formed on time. The Independent Remuneration Board today confirmed that basic MLA pay will increase from £67,200 to £68,544 from the first sitting day of the new Assembly in 2027. That 2% uplift is lower than the 3% originally proposed, after more than 90% of 270 consultation respondents said the sug…

MLA pay to rise to £68,544 despite 90% opposition, with new penalties for Stormont deadlock

Thursday 5 November 2026 MLAs will receive a 2% pay rise following next year’s Northern Ireland Assembly election, after overwhelming opposition from consultation respondents prompted an independent board to scale back its original proposals. The basic annual salary will increase from £67,200 to £68,544 when the new Assembly first sits in 2027, representing an additional £1,344 a year. The Independent Remuneration Board had originally proposed a…