2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)

2020 Labour Party leadership election
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Turnout1,916 (87.0%)
 
Candidate Alan Kelly Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
Popular vote 1,047 868
Percentage 54.7% 45.3%

Leader before election

Brendan Howlin

Elected Leader

Alan Kelly

The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was a leadership election within Ireland's Labour Party that was triggered when Brendan Howlin stepped down as Labour leader on 12 February 2020, in the aftermath of the party's poor showing at the 2020 general election.[1][2]

The election was won by Alan Kelly who received 55% of the votes cast.

  1. ^ "Brendan Howlin to step down as leader of the Labour Party". Thejournal.ie. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Howlin to step down as Labour leader". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

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