Social Democratic and Labour Party

Social Democratic and Labour Party Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre
Abbreviation	SDLP
Leader	Colum Eastwood MP
Chairman	Joe Byrne MLA
Founder	Founders Gerry Fitt, John Hume, Paddy Devlin, Seamus Mallon, Austin Currie
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Address 121 Ormeau Road Belfast, BT7 1SH, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Youth wing	SDLP Youth
Women's wing	SDLP Women's Group
Ideology	Social democracy,[1] United Ireland,[1] Irish nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colours	Green, Red, Yellow
Northern Irish seats in the House of Commons	2 / 18
Northern Ireland Assembly	7 / 90
Local government in Northern Ireland	59 / 462
Website
www.sdlp.ie

The Social Democratic and Labour Party or SDLP is a centre-left political party in Northern Ireland. Its policies promote social democracy and the idea that Northern Ireland should leave the United Kingdom and join with the Republic of Ireland. Its leader is Colum Eastwood and currently it has none of the Northern Ireland seats in the UK parliament, however it has 8 out of 90 seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly making it the 5th largest party in the assembly .

The party rejected violence during the Troubles and was the most successful nationalist party during the 1980s and 1990s.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck