Social Democratic Party of Lawrencia

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Social Democratic Partyof Lawrencia	Social Democratic Partyof Lawrencia
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Leader 	Sue Nakamura
Deputy Leader 	Ian Watson Jones
Founded 	16 September 1946
Ideology 	Social democracySocial liberalismCentrism
Political position 	Centre-left
Colour 	Red
Slogan 	Lawrencia Deserves Better
Prefectural Assembly 	/
EnderronianParliament (LR seats) 	/
The Social Democratic Party of Lawrencia (commonly known as the Lawrencia SDP or Lawrencia Social Democrats) is the branch of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron operating in Lawrencia Prefecture. The party is the one of the two major political parties in Lawrencian politics, the other being the Liberal Party of Lawrencia. The current party leader is Sue Nakamura, since 2018.
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Daniel Farrell 	16 September 1946	22 May 1958 	
align="centre"	Declan Jefferson	22 May 1958 	21 August 1968 	
align="centre"	Nolan James 	21 August 1968 	19 May 1974 	
align="centre"	Gary Ruhle 	19 May 1974 	17 June 1978 	
align="centre"	William Sohn 	17 June 1978 	25 July 1979 	
align="centre"	Sydney Knox 	25 July 1979 	9 March 1987 	
align="centre"	Colin Ewen 	9 March 1987 	26 May 1994 	
align="centre"	Michael Fairland	26 May 1994 	30 January 1996 	
align="centre"	Cheryl Ryan 	30 January 1996 	21 May 2002 	
align="centre"	Doug McConnell 	21 May 2002 	17 November 2004	
align="centre"	Jennifer McBride	17 November 2004 	14 May 2014 	
align="centre"	Angus Lee 	14 May 2014 	29 May 2016 	
align="centre"	Richard Murphy 	29 May 2016 	10 December 2016	
align="centre"	Sue Nakamura 	10 December 2016 	Incumbent 	
===Deputy leaders===
#George McLaren (1946–1954)
#Declan Jefferson (1954–1958)
#Nolan James (1958–1968)
#Lindsay Wollstonecraft (1968–1973)
#William Sohn (1973–1979)
#Stephen Ford (1979–1982)
#Colin Ewen (1982–1987)
#Jeff Heaney (1987–1998)
#Doug McConnell (1998–2002, 2004–2006)
#Jennifer McBride (2002–2004)
#Tammy Gilbert (2004–2009)
#Angus Lee (2009–2012)
#Graham Eckersley (2012–2014)
#Richard Murphy (2014–2016)
#Olivia Shaw (2016–2020)
#Ian Watson Jones (2020–present)
==Election results==
===Prefectural Assembly===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	%	Position	Government 	Leader
1946 	/ 	New	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Daniel Farrell
1950 	/ 	4 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Daniel Farrell
1954 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Minoritygovernment	Daniel Farrell
1958 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Daniel Farrell
1962 	/ 	1 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Declan Jefferson
1966 	/ 	3 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Declan Jefferson
1970 	/ 	1 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Nolan James
1974 	/ 	0 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Nolan James
1978 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Gary Ruhle
1982 	/ 	7 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Sydney Knox
1986 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Sydney Knox
1990 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Colin Ewen
1994 	/ 	4 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Colin Ewen
1998 	/ 	1 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Cheryl Ryan
2002 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Cheryl Ryan
2006 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Jennifer McBride
2010 	/ 	0 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Jennifer McBride
2014 	/ 	5 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Jennifer McBride
2018 	/ 	4 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Sue Nakamura
2022 	/ 	6 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Sue Nakamura
===Governor===
Election	Candidate 	Candidate 	First preference	First preference	First preference	Two-candidate-preferred	Two-candidate-preferred	Two-candidate-preferred	Result
Election	Governor 	Lt. Governor 	Total votes 	% 	% 	Total votes 	% 	% 	Result
2005 	George Voskopoulos	Tom Moran 	 	31.20% (#2) 	  	 	46.04% (#2) 	  	Lost
2009 	Tom Moran 	Barbara Welles 	 	32.90% (#2) 	  	 	44.53% (#2) 	  	Lost
2013 	Jinny Yee 	Alexander Larcombe	 	35.45% (#2) 	  	 	48.24% (#2) 	  	Lost
2017 	Anika Tate 	Alexander Larcombe	 	28.89% (#2) 	  	 	40.53% (#2) 	  	Lost
2021 	Chris Dawes 	Michelle Hidding 	 	32.54% (#2) 	  	 	45.68% (#2) 	  	Lost