Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland)

Leader of the Labour Party in Ireland

Leader of the Labour Party

Incumbent
Ivana Bacik

since 24 March 2022

Inaugural holder| James Connolly (de facto)
Thomas Johnson (de jure)
Formation| 1912 (de facto)
1917 (de jure)
Website| Ivana Bacik, TD

The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party in Ireland. Since 24 March 2022, the office has been held by Ivana Bacik,[1] following the resignation of Alan Kelly as leader of the party.

In a review of procedures at the party's 2017 conference, the position of Deputy Leader was abolished after a year of lying vacant, and the nomination and seconding of new leadership candidates was extended to Senators and MEPs as well as TDs.[2]

## Leaders

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Name  | Portrait  | Constituency  | Term of Office  | Office(s)

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Thomas Johnson |  | Dublin County | 1917  | 1927  | Leader of the Opposition
Thomas J. O'Connell |  | Mayo South | 1927  | 1932  |
William Norton |  | Kildare | 1932  | 2 March 1960  | Tánaiste
Minister for Social Welfare
Minister for Industry and Commerce
Brendan Corish |  | Wexford | 2 March 1960  | 26 June 1977  | Tánaiste
Minister for Health
Minister for Social Welfare
Frank Cluskey |  | Dublin South-Central | 1 July 1977  | 12 June 1981  |
Michael O'Leary |  | Dublin North-Central | 17 June 1981  | 1 November 1982  | Tánaiste
Minister for Energy
Dick Spring |  | Kerry North | 1 November 1982  | 13 November 1997  | Tánaiste
Minister for the Environment
Minister for Energy
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ruairi Quinn |  | Dublin South-East | 13 November 1997  | 25 October 2002  |
Pat Rabbitte |  | Dublin South-West | 25 October 2002  | 6 September 2007  |
Eamon Gilmore |  | Dún Laoghaire | 6 September 2007  | 4 July 2014  | Tánaiste
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Joan Burton |  | Dublin West | 4 July 2014 | 20 May 2016  | Tánaiste
Minister for Social Protection
Brendan Howlin |  | Wexford | 20 May 2016 | 3 April 2020  |
Alan Kelly |  | Tipperary | 3 April 2020 | 24 March 2022  |
Ivana Bacik |  | Dublin Bay South | 24 March 2022 | Incumbent |

## Deputy leaders

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Name
(Birth–Death) | Portrait  | Constituency  | Term of Office  | Office(s) held

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Barry Desmond |  | Dún Laoghaire | 22 February 1982  | July 1989  | Minister for Social Welfare
Minister for Health
Ruairi Quinn |  | Dublin South-East | July 1989  | 13 November 1997  | Minister for Enterprise and Employment
Minister for Finance
Brendan Howlin |  | Wexford | 13 November 1997  | 25 October 2002  |
Liz McManus |  | Wicklow | 25 October 2002  | 4 October 2007  |
Joan Burton |  | Dublin West | 4 October 2007  | 4 July 2014  | Minister for Social Protection
Alan Kelly |  | Tipperary North | 4 July 2014  | 20 May 2016  | Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
Position vacant | 20 May 2016  |
Position abolished | April 2017  |

## See also

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* History of the Labour Party
* Leader of Fine Gael
* Leader of Fianna Fáil
* Leader of Sinn Féin

## References

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1. ^ Bray, Jennifer (24 March 2022). "Ivana Bacik confirmed as Labour Party leader: 'Ireland needs a pay rise'". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
2. ^ Kelly, Fiach (2 March 2017). "Labour Party to reform way it chooses its leader". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2018-01-17.

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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|

* 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|

* 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|

* Ivana Bacik
* Brendan Howlin
* Alan Kelly
* Ged Nash
* Seán Sherlock
* Duncan Smith

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Seanad Éireann|

* Annie Hoey
* Rebecca Moynihan
* Marie Sherlock
* Mark Wall

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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