Labour Party of Northern Ireland

Not to be confused with Northern Ireland Labour Party or Labour Party in Northern Ireland.

A specimen of the membership card for the Labour Party of Northern Ireland

The Labour Party of Northern Ireland (LPNI) is a political party in Northern Ireland, formed in 1985 by a group around Paddy Devlin, a former Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor and Northern Ireland Assembly member, and Billy Blease, a member of the British House of Lords.

Progress

In 1987, the group merged with the Northern Ireland Labour Party, Ulster Liberal Party and the United Labour Party to form a party known as Labour '87 or Labour Party 1987 with the aim of campaigning for a united Labour Party. This group also gained the support of the Newtownabbey Labour Party. It hoped to build links with the British Labour Party, but these came to nothing.

Early elections

The party stood several candidates in the 1985 local government elections, none of whom were successful.

The group ran unsuccessful candidates in the 1989 local elections and the 1989 European Parliament election, after which the Labour '87 coalition seems to have been dropped. The LPNI survived a little longer, but appears to have dissolved in 1990.^[1]

Launch invitation for the Labour Party 1987

Coalitions

The next attempt to form a labour organisation in Northern Ireland was the Labour coalition, which won seats on the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. This soon split, and group around Malachi Curran founded a new "Labour Party of Northern Ireland". This group ran candidates in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998, including David Bleakley.

Status

The party remains active, and Curran stood unsuccessfully in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007.

References

↑ Stratagem NI

Labour Conflict Archive on the INternet

Political parties in Northern Ireland

Assembly seats (108)

Unionist	Democratic Unionist Party (38) Ulster Unionist Party (13) NI21 (1) Traditional Unionist Voice (1) UK Independence Party (1)

Nationalist	Sinn Féin (29) Social Democratic and Labour Party (14)

Other	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (8) Green Party in Northern Ireland (1)

Other national and regional parties

Unionist	Northern Ireland Conservatives British National Party Progressive Unionist Party Protestant Coalition

Nationalist	Éirígí Fianna Fáil Republican Network for Unity Workers' Party of Ireland

Other	Labour Party in Northern Ireland Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol People Before Profit Alliance Socialist Party

Defunct political parties of Northern Ireland

Unionist / Loyalist	Commonwealth Labour Party Independent Unionist Association Northern Ireland Unionist Party Protestant Unionist Party UK Unionist Party Ulster Constitution Party Ulster Democratic Party Ulster Popular Unionist Party Ulster Progressive Unionist Association Ulster Unionist Coalition Party Ulster Unionist Labour Association Unionist Party of Northern Ireland United Ulster Unionist Council United Ulster Unionist Party United Unionist Coalition Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party Volunteer Political Party

Nationalist / Republican	All Ireland Anti-Partition League Federation of Labour Fianna Uladh Irish Anti-Partition League Irish Independence Party Irish Union Association National Democratic Party Nationalist Party National League of the North National Unity Northern Council for Unity Official Sinn Féin People's Democracy Red Republican Party Republican Socialist Collective Saor Éire Socialist Republican Party Unity

Left wing¹	Belfast Labour Party Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) Communist Party of Northern Ireland Democratic Left Independent Labour Group Independent Socialist Party Labour coalition Labour Party of Northern Ireland Labour and Trade Union Group League for a Workers Republic Northern Ireland Labour Party Republican Labour Party Socialist Labour Alliance Socialist Party of Northern Ireland United Labour Party Workers League World Socialist Party

Ulster nationalist	British Ulster Dominion Party Ulster Independence Movement Ulster Independence Party Ulster Movement for Self-Determination Ulster Third Way

Others	Democratic Partnership Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Northern Ireland Women's Coalition Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Ulster Liberal Party Unbought Tenants Association

¹ Excluding those left-wing parties avowedly nationalist / republican or unionist / loyalist.

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