McDonnell is new SDLP deputy leader

SOUTH Belfast GP Alasdair McDonnell was yesterday elected the new deputy leader of the nationalist SDLP in Northern Ireland.

McDonnell is new SDLP deputy leader

Dr McDonnell beat off the challenge from two senior party colleagues to replace Brid Rodgers as Mark Durkan’s number two.

The 54-year-old member of the Stormont assembly was voted in on the second count at the SDLP’s annual conference in Belfast.

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