2022 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)

2022 Labour Party leadership election

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Candidate  | Ivana Bacik |
Popular vote  | Unopposed |

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| Leader before election

Alan Kelly

| Elected Leader

Ivana Bacik

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The 2022 Labour Party leadership election was a leadership election within Ireland's Labour Party that was triggered when Alan Kelly stepped down as Labour leader on 2 March 2022, citing a lack of confidence in his leadership from party colleagues as the reason.[1]

After nominations closed on 24 March, Ivana Bacik was declared the new leader of the Labour Party after becoming the sole candidate.[2]

## Background

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On 2 March 2022, Alan Kelly announced his resignation as party leader, citing a lack of confidence in his leadership from party colleagues as the reason.[3] He announced he would stay on as leader until a replacement was appointed, and would remain as a TD for Tipperary.[4]

## Candidates

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### Confirmed

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Candidate  | Born  | Political office  | Announced

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Ivana Bacik | 25 May 1968
(age 56)
Dublin | TD for Dublin Bay South (2021–present)
Leader of the Labour Party in the Seanad (2011–21)
Senator for the Dublin University constituency (2007–21) | 7 March 2022[5]

## Results

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2022 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)

Candidate | Nominated by
Ivana Bacik |  | Self-nominated

## References

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1. ^ "Alan Kelly resigning as Labour leader". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
2. ^ "Bacik confirmed as new Labour leader". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
3. ^ Moore, Aoife; Loughlin, Elaine (2 March 2022). "Emotional Alan Kelly resigns as Labour Party leader". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
4. ^ Staines, Michael (2 March 2022). "Alan Kelly confirms his resignation as Labour Party leader". Newstalk. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
5. ^ Gataveckaite, Gabija (7 March 2022). "Ivana Bacik confirms she will run for Labour party leadership". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

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Labour Party

History|

| Founders|

* James Connolly
* James Larkin
* William O'Brien

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Associated organisations|

* Democratic Left
* Democratic Socialist Party
* Irish Land and Labour Association
* Irish Worker League
* Militant Tendency
* National Labour Party
* Republican Labour Party
* Socialist Labour Party

Leadership|

| Leaders|

* Thomas Johnson
* Thomas J. O'Connell
* William Norton
* Brendan Corish
* Frank Cluskey
* Michael O'Leary
* Dick Spring
* Ruairi Quinn
* Pat Rabbitte
* Eamon Gilmore
* Joan Burton
* Brendan Howlin
* Alan Kelly
* Ivana Bacik

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Deputy leaders|

* James Tully
* Michael O'Leary
* Barry Desmond
* Ruairi Quinn
* Brendan Howlin
* Liz McManus
* Joan Burton
* Alan Kelly

Seanad leaders|

* Michael Ferris
* Jack Harte
* Jan O'Sullivan
* Joe Costello
* Brendan Ryan
* Alex White
* Phil Prendergast
* Ivana Bacik
* Rebecca Moynihan

Presidents|

* Proinsias De Rossa
* Michael D. Higgins

Leadership elections|

* 1977 (Cluskey)
* 2014 (Burton)
* 2016 (Howlin)
* 2020 (Kelly)
* 2022 (Bacik)

Party structures|

* Leader of the Labour Party
* Labour Party Front Bench
* Labour Youth
* Labour Women

Presidential candidates|

* Mary Robinson (1990)
* Adi Roche (1997)
* Michael D. Higgins (2011)

Elected representatives|

| Dáil Éireann|

* Ciarán Ahern
* Ivana Bacik
* Alan Kelly
* Eoghan Kenny
* George Lawlor
* Ged Nash
* Robert O'Donoghue
* Conor Sheehan
* Marie Sherlock
* Duncan Smith
* Mark Wall

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Seanad Éireann|

* Nessa Cosgrove
* Laura Harmon

European Parliament|

* Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

International affiliations|

| European|

* Party of European Socialists
* Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

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International|

* Progressive Alliance
* Socialist International

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