A GP from South Belfast, Alasdair McDonnell, has been elected the new deputy leader of the SDLP.
Dr McDonnell beat off the challenge from two senior party colleagues, Alban McGuinness and John Dallat, to replace Bríd Rodgers as Mark Durkan's deputy.
The 54-year-old MLA for South Belfast was voted in on the second count at the SDLP's annual conference in Belfast.
