SDLP Youth
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Chairperson | Karl Duncan |
Vice-Chairperson | Katy Crawford |
Headquarters | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Ideology | Social democracy Irish nationalism |
Mother party | SDLP |
International affiliation | International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) (observer) |
European affiliation | Young European Socialists (YES) |
Website | www |
SDLP Youth is the youth wing of the social democratic[1] & Irish nationalist[2] political party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). Membership of the organisation is entitled to SDLP party members of the age 30 and under.[3] It is organised throughout Northern Ireland and plays an active role within the SDLP at all levels of the organisation.
Organisation[]
SDLP Youth is currently organised across much of Northern Ireland, including University societies. The group is split into a number of branches with the executive committee acting as the governing body of the organisation.
Executive[]
SDLP Youth is organised at a national level by the Youth Executive. The Youth Executive is responsible for the day-to-day running of SDLP Youth. It consists of 7 Officers elected at the annual Youth Conference, usually held in the spring.
The current Officers of the Youth Executive elected in March 2021 are:[4]
Executive Position | Officer | Constituency |
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Chair | Karl Duncan | Foyle |
Vice-Chair and Campaigns Officer | Katy Crawford | East Derry |
Secretary General | Vacant | Vacant |
Communications Officer | Andrew McAnallen | East Derry |
Equality Officer | Ellie-Jo Taylor | Foyle |
Membership and Recruitment Officer | Oisín Donnelly | West Tyrone |
Policy Officer | Inez Murray | Upper Bann |
Under 18's Officer | Ruairí Ryan | Wexford |
Women's Officer | Brónach Crabtree | Foyle |
Branches[]
The current SDLP Youth branch organisations[5] are:
- SDLP Youth Antrim Branch
- SDLP Youth Belfast - Paddy Wilson Branch
- SDLP Youth Derry Branch
- SDLP Youth East Derry Branch
- SDLP Youth Mid Ulster - Paddy Heron Branch
- SDLP Youth Newry and Armagh Branch
- SDLP Youth West Tyrone Branch
- Queen's University SDLP Society
- Ulster University SDLP Society
Former SDLP branch organisations include:
- Magee SDLP[6]
- SDLP Youth Strabane[7]
- SDLP Youth South Down[8]
- SDLP Youth Upper Bann[9]
History[]
A youth section of the SDLP was first floated in late 1973 which led to the short lived group “the Young Social Democrats” which organised from 1974 to 1976.[10]
The current youth wing started organising in the early 1990s bringing motions, such as the decriminalisation of marijuana,[11] to party conferences but it wasn’t until June 1995 that SDLP Youth became a distinct section of the SDLP when it was added to the party constitution.[12]
International[]
SDLP Youth are full members of the Young European Socialists (YES),[13] formerly the European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth (ECOSY), having been admitted at the 1994 conference in Munich.[14] At this 1994 conference future SDLP MLA for South Belfast Conall McDevitt was elected as an ECOSY vice-president after being elected the National Secretary of Labour Youth in 1993.[15] At 2021 YES Congress Leah Rea became the first member of SDLP Youth to be nominated and elected to the YES Presidium as Vice-President.[16]
In 2016 SDLP Youth and YES held a joint seminar in Belfast on "far-right extremism and Brexit" which was attended by young socialist activists from across Europe.[17]
SDLP Youth are also observer members of International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).[18]
References[]
- ^ SDLP Website
- ^ SDLP Website
- ^ SDLP Constitution clause 18.4a
- ^ @SDLPyouth (27 March 2021). "Congratulations to our new executive elected at #SDLPY21 this afternoon! Chair: @KarlWDuncan Vice-Chair and Campai…" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-03-27 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Branches".
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/sdlp.magee
- ^ https://twitter.com/strab_sdlpyouth[bare URL]
- ^ @SDLPlive (13 December 2010). "SDLP South Down youth formally launches tinyurl.com/38uavho" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ https://twitter.com/sdlpu?lang=en-gb[bare URL]
- ^ Public Record Office for Northern Ireland, Reference D3072/1/32/3, collected 20th of October 2020.
- ^ "Sense of the task ahead dampens conference euphoria Delegates emphasise the need for fledging peace to be underpinned." The Irish Times. Published 19 November 1994. Accessed 20 October 2020
- ^ "SDLP decides to hold annual vote on leadership" The Irish Times. Published 12 June 1995. Accessed 20 October 2020
- ^ YES Members list, collected 17th of May 2020.
- ^ ECOSY 1994-1996 Report
- ^ 2010 MLA Profile
- ^ @MissTwice (3 October 2021). "I cannot believe I am typing this, but I am so honoured to say that #YESCongress has put their faith and trust in m…" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-10-03 – via Twitter.
- ^ @SDLPyouth (17 October 2016). "We're excited to be welcoming @YESocialists to Belfast next month. Get in touch if you'd like to attend their event…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ IUSY Members list, collected 17th of May 2020.
External links[]
- Political party youth groups in Northern Ireland
- Youth wings of social democratic parties
- Social Democratic and Labour Party