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