Great Britain · Politics / Labour Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Following the abolition of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the SDLP emerges as the second-largest party, and the largest party representing the nationalist community, in elections to the new Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1973: the party wins 19 out of 75 seats
SDLP leader Gerry Fitt became deputy chief executive in a power-sharing government with Brian Faulkner's Ulster Unionist Party and the Alliance Party.
The Assembly and Executive collapsed after four months because of sustained unionist opposition.
The SDLP is one of the parties involved in the negotiations that result in the Sunningdale Agreement, which in turn resulted in the establishment of a power-sharing executive.
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