Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, 2010
Results
Below is a table summarising the result of the leadership election: Margaret Ritchie was duly named the new SDLP leader on 7 February, 2010.

Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, 2010

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Below is a table summarising the result of the leadership election: Margaret Ritchie was duly named the new SDLP leader on 7 February, 2010.

Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election, 2010

Candidate	Votes	%

Margaret Ritchie	222	54.3

Alasdair McDonnell	187	45.7

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Margaret Ritchie defeated her only challenger, Alasdair McDonnell, by 222 votes to 187 votes.

final_sentence: Margaret Ritchie defeated her only challenger, Alasdair McDonnell, by 222 votes to 187 votes.