Margaret Mary Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick, is a Northern Irish politician who was the Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2010 to 2011. She was previously a Member of th
Official portrait, 2025
South Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The seat covers the Mourne Mountains, and Downpatrick to the north. It has a short border with the Republic of Irelan
Margaret Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
…2012, and was the Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2007 to 2010. Ritchie was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Down from 2010 to 2017. She became a life peer in 2019 initially as a non-affiliated member, and then from October 2021 as a Labour member. Lady Ritchie of…
The Mourne Mountains, including Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland's highest mountain