Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland) |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Image1: | Ivana Bacik 2021 (cropped).jpg |
Image1 Size: | 160x160px |
Candidate1: | Ivana Bacik |
Popular Vote1: | Unopposed |
Leader | |
Before Election: | Alan Kelly |
After Election: | Ivana Bacik |
The 2022 Labour Party leadership election was a leadership election within Ireland's Labour Party that was triggered when Alan Kelly stepped down as Labour leader on 2 March 2022, citing a lack of confidence in his leadership from party colleagues as the reason.[1]
After nominations closed on 24 March, Ivana Bacik was declared the new leader of the Labour Party after becoming the sole candidate.[2]
On 2 March 2022, Alan Kelly announced his resignation as party leader, citing a lack of confidence in his leadership from party colleagues as the reason.[3] He announced he would stay on as leader until a replacement was appointed, and would remain as a TD for Tipperary.[4]