A Framework for Accountable Government in Northern Ireland to be elected by proportional representation and which was put directly to the electorate in 1997 by Conservative Party candidates standing in Northern Ireland at the general election .
Northern Ireland proposed a single - chamber 90 - member Assembly .
A Framework for Accountable Government in Northern Ireland , which proposed a single - chamber 90 - member Assembly , to be elected by proportional representation and which was put directly to the electorate in 1997 by Conservative Party candidates standing in Northern Ireland at the general election .