Social Democratic and Labour Party
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Social Democratic and Labour Party
Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre |
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| Abbreviation | SDLP |
| Leader | Colum Eastwood |
| Deputy Leader | Vacant |
| Chairperson | Ronan McCay |
| General Secretary | Gerry Cosgrove |
| Founder |
Gerry Fitt John Hume Paddy Devlin Seamus Mallon Austin Currie |
| Founded | 20 August 1970 |
| Headquarters | 121 Ormeau Road, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Youth wing | SDLP Youth |
| Women's wing | SDLP Women's Group |
| LGBT wing | SDLP LGBT+ |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Irish nationalism Pro-Europeanism United Ireland |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colours | Green, red, yellow |
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House of Commons (NI Seats) |
3 / 18
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| House of Lords |
0 / 805
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European Parliament (NI seats) |
0 / 3
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| NI Assembly |
12 / 108
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| NI Local Councils |
63 / 462
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| Website | |
| www |
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Northern Ireland Council Seats
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| Antrim and Newtownabbey |
4 / 40
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| Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon |
6 / 41
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| Belfast City |
7 / 60
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| Causeway Coast and Glens |
6 / 40
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| Derry and Strabane |
10 / 40
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| Fermanagh and Omagh |
8 / 40
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| Lisburn and Castlereagh |
3 / 40
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| Mid and East Antrim |
1 / 40
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| Mid-Ulster |
6 / 40
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| Newry, Mourne and Down |
14 / 41
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| North Down and Ards |
1 / 40
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The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalistpolitical party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has three MPs in the House of Commons, and 12 MLAs in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The SDLP party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom. During the Troubles, the SDLP was the most popular Irish nationalist party in Northern Ireland, but since the Provisional IRA ceasefire in 1994, it has lost ground to the republican party Sinn Féin, which in 2001 became the more popular of the two parties for the first time. Established during the Troubles, a significant difference between the two parties was the SDLP's rejection of violence, in contrast to Sinn Féin's support for the Provisional IRA and physical force republicanism. The SDLP has fraternal links with other European social-democratic parties, including the Irish Labour Party and British Labour Party (neither of which contests elections in Northern Ireland), and is affiliated to the Socialist International and Party of European Socialists.
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