2011 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election

April 2022 2011 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election 2010 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election 2010 2015 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election 2015 4–5 November 2011 1st pref. Percentage 2nd round Percentage 3rd round Percentage x160px|Alasdair McDonnell Alasdair McDonnell 127 36.5% 140 40.3% 188 55.3% x160px Conall McDevitt 105 30.2% 131 37.8% 152 44.7% x160px Patsy McGlone 70 20.1% 76 21.9% Eliminated Eliminated x160px Alex Attwood 46 13.2% Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated Leader Margaret Ritchie Alasdair McDonnell An election for the leadership of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) was held 4–5 November 2011. Alasdair McDonnell won the leadership election and was announced the new leader of the SDLP on 5 November 2011.Alasdair McDonnell elected new SDLP leader https://web.archive.org/web/20111105172802/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15607201 2011-11-05 BBC News Background Following poor election results in the 2010 UK general election as well as the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, it was reported that the then-SDLP leader, Margaret Ritchie, faced a leadership challenge from deputy leader Patsy McGlone.Margaret Ritchie: SDLP leader 'to face challenge' https://web.archive.org/web/20181123225708/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14316761 2018-11-23 BBC News McGlone stated at the beginning of August, 2011, that he would challenge Ritchie for the party's leadership at the annual conference in November.SDLP set to vote for new leader https://web.archive.org/web/20210409224854/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15584320 2021-04-09 BBC News Ritchie subsequently announced on 8 September 2011, that she would not run in the coming leadership race.SDLP leader Ritchie to step down https://web.archive.org/web/20111119125324/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14846506 2011-11-19 BBC News Candidates Four SDLP members announced they would stand in the leadership election. These were: Alex Attwood - The Northern Ireland Executive's Minister for Social Development and MLA for West Belfast. Attwood was also the only MLA to fully endorse Margaret Ritchie's leadership of the SDLP. Conall McDevitt - MLA for South Belfast. At 39 years old, McDevitt was the youngest of all four candidates in the election. He was supported by the former SDLP minister Bríd Rodgers.Brid Rodgers supports SDLP candidate Conall McDevitt https://web.archive.org/web/20151020034338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15234937 2015-10-20 BBC News Alasdair McDonnell - Another MLA for South Belfast, McDonnell is also the MP for South Belfast in the House of Commons. In the previous SDLP leadership election in 2010 he lost to Margaret Ritchie by 35 votes. Patsy McGlone - Deputy Leader of the SDLP and MLA for Mid-Ulster. His supporters included the SDLP founding member Ivan Cooper as well as North Belfast MLA Alban Maginness. Results Below is a table summarising the results of the leadership election.And the new SDLP leader is... Alasdair McDonnell! https://web.archive.org/web/20111107185302/http://sluggerotoole.com/2011/11/05/and-the-new-sdlp-lesser-is-alisdair-mcdonnell/ 2011-11-07 Slugger O'toole Alasdair McDonnell had the most votes in every round of voting. 2011 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election 3 Alasdair McDonnell Social Democratic and Labour Party 36.5 127 140 188 Conall McDevitt Social Democratic and Labour Party 30.2 105 131 152 Patsy McGlone Social Democratic and Labour Party 20.1 70 76   Alex Attwood Social Democratic and Labour Party 13.2 46     3   348   175   References Category:Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership elections Category:2011 political party leadership elections in the United Kingdom