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Colum Eastwood elected new leader of SDLP

Colum Eastwood, 32, was elected leader of the SDLP today
Colum Eastwood, 32, was elected leader of the SDLP today

Colum Eastwood has been elected as the new leader of the SDLP, the third leader of the party to come from Derry.

The 32-year-old was elected this evening at the party's annual conference in Armagh.

He was the first person to challenge a sitting SDLP leader - Alasdair McDonnell had held the leadership since 2011.

A former mayor of Derry City, Mr Eastwood was elected to the Stormont Assembly only four years ago.