| 41. | The SDLP's nine members also backed Maskey in Wednesday's vote.
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| 42. | The SDLP's participation in the 1996 98 Northern Ireland Forum was intermittent.
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| 43. | He won the SDLP seat previously held by Patricia Lewsley and subsequently Marietta Farrell.
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| 44. | He also became Deputy Chairperson of the SDLP, serving from 1995 to 1998.
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| 45. | SDLP leader, Margaret Ritchie regained her party's seat in South Down.
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| 46. | In 2005, Mark Durkan of the SDLP called for it to be reconvened.
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| 47. | Now, Sinn Fein and the SDLP will compete with one other for nationalist votes.
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| 48. | The SDLP says such a legislature will be essential in building trust and community unity.
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| 49. | The SDLP's more ambitious model would make the Belfast assembly a full legislature.
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| 50. | The SDLP wants the Belfast assembly to serve as both an administration and a legislature.
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