Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, 2010
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An election for the leadership of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) was held between 5-7 February, 2010. Margaret Ritchie defeated her only challenger, Alasdair McDonnell, by 222 votes to 187 votes.
The former SDLP leader, Mark Durkan, announced his intention to stand down as leader of the SDLP in September 2009, citing that he did not want to continue to lead the party past his 50th birthday, and also to allow him to concentrate on his parliamentary career. Subsequently, a leadership election was scheduled for the SDLP annual conference in February, 2010.
Two SDLP members contested the leadership election. These were:
Below is a table summarising the result of the leadership election:
Margaret Ritchie was duly named the new SDLP leader on 7 February, 2010.
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