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2015 Social Democratic And Labour Party Leadership Election
A leadership election was held for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) of Northern Ireland between 12 and 15 November 2015. The result was a victory for Colum Eastwood. Background Following poor election results in the 2014 local elections, the 2014 European Parliament election and the 2015 Westminster election, McDonnell resisted calls to stand down. Initially no challenger came forward, though early in June it was rumoured that eventual challenger Colum Eastwood would stand. It was not until late September that Eastwood confirmed that he would stand against McDonnell. Candidates Two SDLP members announced they would stand in the leadership election. These were: *Colum Eastwood - MLA for Foyle. At 32 years old, Eastwood was the youngest SDLP MLA. He counted among his supporters the former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Seamus Mallon and former leader Mark Durkan. *Alasdair McDonnell Alasdair McDonnell (born 1 September 1949) is a retired Irish nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colum Eastwood MLA
Colum may refer to: People Given name * Colum Corless (1922–2015), Irish hurler * Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart (1886–1957), British Conservative Party politician * Colum Eastwood (born 1983), Irish nationalist politician * Colum Halpenny (born 1979), Australian rugby league player * Colum Kenny (active from 1992), Irish author and academic * Colum McCann (born 1965), Irish writer of literary fiction * Colum Sands (born 1951), Irish singer-songwriter * William St Colum Bland (1868–1950), British Army officer Surname * Mary Colum (1884–1957), Irish literary critic and author * Padraic Colum (1881–1972), a leading figure of the Irish Literary Revival Other uses * St. Colum's GAA, a sports club in County Cork, Ireland * Colum, the trade name of Mepenzolate See also * Colin (given name) * Colm, an Irish given name * Colom (other) * * Column A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood (born 30 April 1983) is an Irish nationalism, Irish nationalist politician who served as Social Democratic and Labour Party, Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2015 to 2024. He has served as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Foyle (UK Parliament constituency), Foyle since 2019, served in Northern Ireland Assembly from 2011 to 2019 and served on Derry City Council from 2005 to 2011. Eastwood was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 and was re-elected in 2016 and 2017. He was also the SDLP candidate at the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 2019 European Parliament election to represent Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency), Northern Ireland. In December 2019 he was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Foyle (UK Parliament constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alasdair McDonnell MP
Alasdair () is a Scottish Gaelic given name. The name is a Gaelic form of ''Alexander'' which has long been a popular name in Scotland. The personal name ''Alasdair'' is often Anglicised as '' Alistair'', '' Alastair'', and ''Alaster''.''A Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, People named Alasdair * Alexander of Argyll (died 1310), Scottish magnate *Alasdair Allan (born 1971), Scottish politician * Alasdair Beckett-King (born 1984), English stand-up comedian * Alasdair Boyle (born 1945), Scottish rugby union player * Alasdair Breckenridge (1937–2019), Scottish pharmacologist * Alasdair Caimbeul (born 1941), Scottish playwright, short story writer, and novelist * Alasdair Clayre (1935–1984), British author and broadcaster * Alasdair Cochrane (born 1978), British political theorist and ethicist * Alasdair Dickinson (born 1983), Scottish rugby union coach * Alasdair Drysdale (born 1950), Scottish-American geographer and professor * Alasdair Duncan (born 1982), Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alasdair McDonnell
Alasdair McDonnell (born 1 September 1949) is a retired Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2011 to 2015, having served as deputy leader between 2004 and 2010. He was the Member of Parliament for Belfast South from 2005 to 2017, and also a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast South from 1998 to 2015. He graduated from medical school at University College Dublin in 1974. Political career McDonnell's first involvement with politics came when he joined the National Democrats and stood as the party candidate in the 1970 election in North Antrim and lost to Ian Paisley. McDonnell first won election to Belfast City Council in 1977, representing Belfast "Area A" which included the Short Strand and Upper Ormeau areas. He lost his council seat in a surprise result in 1981 but returned in 1985 and served as the first Catholic Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1995–96. He first sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic And Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; ) is a social democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Ireland Assembly ( MLAs) and two members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The SDLP party platform advocates Irish reunification and, pending the unity of all the people of Ireland and while the northern jurisdiction remains part of the United Kingdom, further devolution of powers. It is a sister party of the UK Labour Party, which maintains an electoral pact with the SDLP not to stand candidates in Northern Ireland but to support SDLP candidates instead. MPs from the SDLP sit with Labour MPs on the government benches when Labour is in power, but do not take the Labour whip, though they informally did so historically. During the Troubles, the SDLP was the most popular Irish nationalist party in Northern Ireland, but since the Provisional IRA ceasefire in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the Demographics of the United Kingdom#Population, UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland#Demographics, Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of Devolution, devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the Government of the United Kingdom, UK Government. The government of Northern Ireland cooperates with the government of Ireland in several areas under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. The Republic of Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Northern Ireland Local Elections
Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 22 May 2014, contesting 462 seats in all, as part of the wider 2014 United Kingdom local elections, local elections across the United Kingdom. The election took place on the same day as the 2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, European Parliament election. 1,243,649 people aged 18 and over were eligible to vote, and 51.3% of the electorate turned out. Voter eligibility All voters were required to present one piece of identity document, photographic ID in order to cast a vote at the polling station. Accepted forms of ID were an Northern Ireland Electoral Identity Card, electoral identity card, an European Economic Area, EEA photographic driving licence, a Passports of the European Union, European Union member-state passport, a Translink (Northern Ireland), Translink 60+ SmartPass, a Translink Senior SmartPass, a Translink Blind Person's SmartPass or a Translink War Disabled SmartPass. Voters lacking an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 European Parliament Election In The United Kingdom
Fourteen or 14 may refer to: * 14 (number), the natural number following 13 and preceding 15 * one of the years 14 BC, AD 14, 1914, 2014 Music * 14th (band), a British electronic music duo * ''14'' (David Garrett album), 2013 *''14'', an unreleased album by Charli XCX * "14" (song), a 2007 song by Paula Cole from ''Courage'' * "Fourteen", a 2000 song by The Vandals from '' Look What I Almost Stepped In...'' Other uses * ''Fourteen'' (film), a 2019 American film directed by Dan Sallitt * ''Fourteen'' (play), a 1919 play by Alice Gerstenberg * ''Fourteen'' (manga), a 1990 manga series by Kazuo Umezu * ''14'' (novel), a 2013 science fiction novel by Peter Clines * '' The 14'', a 1973 British drama film directed by David Hemmings * Fourteen, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community * Lot Fourteen, redevelopment site in Adelaide, South Australia, previously occupied by the Royal Adelaide Hospital * "The Fourteen", a nickname for NASA Astronaut Group 3 * Fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 United Kingdom General Election In Northern Ireland
The 2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 7 May 2015 and all 18 seats were contested. 1,236,765 people were eligible to vote, up 67,581 from the 2010 general election. 58.45% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of half a percentage point from the last general election. This election saw the return of Ulster Unionists to the House of Commons, after they targeted 4 seats but secured 2. Debate A political debate was held between the leaders of the five main parties in Northern Ireland: the Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Féin, the Ulster Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland as part of ''BBC Newsnight'' on 16 April 2015. Constituencies and MPs Northern Ireland returned eighteen members of parliament to House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, one for each of its 18 parliamentary constituencies. Results In total, three seats changed hands in Northern Ireland – Belfast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foyle (Assembly Constituency)
Foyle is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum The Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The forum was elected, with five members being elected for each List o ... in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly. For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Londonderry constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Foyle UK Parliament constituency. For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Foyle (UK Parliament constituency). Members Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan (born 26 June 1960) is a retired Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland. Durkan was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from November 2001 to October 2002, and the Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2001 to 2010. He contested the Dublin (European Parliament constituency), Dublin constituency for Fine Gael at the 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland, 2019 European Parliament election. Early life John Mark Durkan was born in Derry, County Londonderry; his father, Brendan, was a Royal Ulster Constabulary District Inspector in Armagh. He was raised by his mother, Isobel, after his father was killed in a road accident in 1961. He was educated at St. Patrick's Primary School and at St. Columb's College, where he was Head Boy. He studied politics at the Queen's University of Belfast (QUB), and later did a part-time postgraduate course in Public Policy Management with the University of Ulster at Magee. While at QUB Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
