He was elected as the political leader of the NDC at a party convention in early 2014 after Thomas stepped aside following the loss at the 2013 elections. Burke himself resigned as party leader in July 2018 following his party's disastrous election results in that year's election in which the party failed to gain any seats leaving it out of the House of Representatives for a third time. He was succeeded by his deputy,
Joseph Andall as acting leader, pending a new leadership election due no later than March 2019. ==References==