| Election Name: | 2014 Labour Party leadership election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland) |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland) |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Candidate1: | Joan Burton |
| Percentage1: | 77% |
| Candidate2: | Alex White |
| Percentage2: | 22% |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | Eamon Gilmore |
| After Election: | Joan Burton |
The 2014 Labour Party leadership election was held following the resignation of Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore as Leader of the Labour Party in the aftermath the party's poor showing at the local and European elections. A postal ballot was held to elect a successor. Nominations opened on 27 May and closed on 2 June.[1]
Two candidates contested the leadership election:
Along with the position of leader, there was also an election to fill the Deputy leadership that fell vacant on the resignation of the Leader.[4] Four candidates contested it.[5] [6]
There were 5 leadership election debates held across Ireland during the election campaign.
| 2014 Labour Party leadership election debates | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N°. | Date | Place | Leadership candidates | Deputy Leadership candidates | |||||||||||
| Participant. Non-invitee. Absent invitee. | Burton | White | Conway | Kelly | McCarthy | Sherlock | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 June 2014 | Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin Airport | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 16 June 2014 | Clayton Hotel, Galway | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 19 June 2014 | Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 21 June 2014 | Tom Johnson Summer School, Portlaoise Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 26 June 2014 | Mansion House, Dublin | |||||||||||||
Joan Burton was elected as leader with 78% of the vote. Alan Kelly was elected as deputy leader.[7] [8] [9]
| Leadership election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Joan Burton | 2,094 | 77.0% | |
| Alex White | 607 | 22.3% | |
| Spoiled | 19 | 0.7% | |
| Deputy leader election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Alan Kelly | 1,409 | 51.5% | |
| Seán Sherlock | 467 | 17.1% | |
| Michael McCarthy | 438 | 16.0% | |
| Ciara Conway | 421 | 15.4% | |
| Spoiled | 3 | 0.1% | |