Back الحزب الاشتراكي العمالي Arabic Сацыял-дэмакратычная і лейбарысцкая партыя Byelorussian Сацыял-дэмакратычная і лейбарысцкая партыя BE-X-OLD সামাজিক গণতান্ত্রিক এবং শ্রমিক দল Bengali/Bangla Partit Socialdemòcrata i Laborista Catalan Sociálně demokratická a labouristická strana Czech SDLP Welsh Social Democratic and Labour Party Danish Social Democratic and Labour Party German Σοσιαλδημοκρατικό και Εργατικό Κόμμα (Βόρεια Ιρλανδία) Greek
Social Democratic and Labour Party Páirtí Sóisialta agus Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre | |
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| Abbreviation | SDLP |
| Leader | Claire Hanna |
| President | Bríd Rodgers |
| Chairperson | Daniel McCrossan |
| Founders | |
| Founded | 21 August 1970[1] |
| Preceded by | |
| Headquarters | 121 Ormeau Road Belfast BT7 1SH[2] |
| Youth wing | SDLP Youth |
| Women's wing | SDLP Women |
| LGBT wing | SDLP LGBT+ |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left[5][6] |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (observer) |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (observer) |
| Colours | Green Red |
| House of Commons (NI seats) | 2 / 18 |
| NI Assembly | 8 / 90 |
| Councillors in Northern Ireland[7] | 37 / 462 |
| Councils led in Northern Ireland | 1 / 11 |
| Website | |
| sdlp.ie | |
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta agus Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre)[8] is a social democratic[5][9][10] and Irish nationalist[9][11][12] 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[3] 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.[13][14]
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 then-support for (and organisational ties to) the Provisional IRA and physical force republicanism.
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- ^ Paul Dixon; Eamonn O'Kane (2014). Northern Ireland Since 1969. Routledge. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-317-86657-2. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
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- ^ a b William Beattie Smith (2011). The British State and the Northern Ireland Crisis, 1969–73: From Violence to Power Sharing. US Institute of Peace Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-60127-067-2. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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- ^ Katy Hayward; Catherine O'Donnell (2010). Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution: Debating Peace in Northern Ireland. Taylor & Francis. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-415-56628-5. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Cathal McCall (2003). "Shifting Thresholds, Contested Meanings". In James Anderson; Liam O'Dowd; Thomas M. Wilson (eds.). Culture and Cooperation in Europe's Borderlands. Rodopi. p. 93. ISBN 978-90-420-1085-7. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Thompson, David (24 July 2024). "DUP accuse SDLP of 'somersaulting' across House of Commons to sit with the government". News Letter. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ Understanding Ulster by Antony Alcock, Ulster Society Publications, 1997. Chapter II: The Unloved, Unwanted Garrison. Via Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
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