The Labour Party deputy leadership election, 2013 was a contest held in the March of 2013 for the deputy leadership position in the Labour Party. The contest was called one week after the split in the party between the more centrist Justin Abrahams leaving to join the Social Christian Party. Party Leader Marcus Villanova called upon the Labour Congress to set up the rules and election standards for the contest and to alert all party and affiliated party members to know they had a vote in the contest. The official results were released March 17th, 2013 in an event at the Labour Congress. After two ballots, Thomas Inouye had recieved 52% of the vote enough to make him Deputy Leader.