Labour Party or Labor Party is a name used by many

political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...

. Many of these parties have links to the trade union movement or organised labour in general. Labour parties can exist across the political spectrum, but most are centre-left or left-wing parties. The largest Labour parties, such as the UK Labour Party, Australian Labor Party,

New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party ( mi, Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa), or simply Labour (), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers descr ...

and Israeli Labor Party, tend to have a

social democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

or democratic socialist orientation.

Angola

* MPLA, known for some years as "Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party"

Antigua and Barbuda

* Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party

Argentina

* Labour Party (Argentina)

Armenia

* All Armenian Labour Party *

United Labour Party (Armenia) The United Labour Party () is a social-democratic political party in Armenia. It is led by Gurgen Arsenyan. History Following the Armenian parliamentary election on 25 May 2003, the party won 5.7% of the popular vote and 6 out of 131 seats in ...

Australia

* Australian Labor Party **

Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch) The Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch), commonly known as ACT Labor, is the ACT branch of the Australian Labor Party. It is one of two major parties in the unicameral Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory. O ...

Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) The Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), also known as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the members of the party caucus, comprising all party mem ...

Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) The Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), commonly known as Queensland Labor or as just Labor inside Queensland, is the state branch of the Australian Labor Party in the state of Queensland. It has functioned in the state since the 1880s. ...

** Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) ** Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) **

Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) The Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), commonly known as Victorian Labor, is the semi-autonomous Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Victorian branch comprises two major wings: the parliamentary wing and the organis ...

* Democratic Labour Party (Australia) * Progressive Labour Party (Australia) * Industrial Socialist Labor Party, active late-1910s and early 1920s

Bahamas

* Labour Party (Bahamas)

Barbados

* Barbados Labour Party * Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

Belarus

* Belarusian Labour Party

Belgium

* Belgian Labour Party, active 1885–1940

Bermuda

* Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)

Brazil

* Brazilian Labour Party (historical), 1945–1965 * Democratic Labour Party (Brazil), since 1979 * Brazilian Labour Party (current), since 1979 *

Brazilian Labour Renewal Party The Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (, PRTB) is a conservative Brazilian political party. It was founded in 1994 and its electoral number is 28. According to the party's official website, the PRTB's main ideology is participatory economics: "to e ...

, since 1994 * Avante (political party), since 2017, Labour Party of Brazil, 1989–2017 * Podemos (Brazil), since 2016, National Labour Party, 1995–2016 * Act (Brazil), since 2021, Christian Labour Party, 2000–2021 *Labour Social Party, 1996–2003 *Brazilian Renovator Labour Party, 1993–1994 *

Renovator Labour Party The Reform Labour Party ( pt, Partido Trabalhista Renovador, PTR) was a political party in Brazil founded in 1985. In 1993 the party merged with the Social Labour Party into Progressive Party. In 1995 the Progressive Party merged with the Reform ...

, 1985–1993 *Labour Social Party, 1988–1993 *Labour Liberal Party, 1991–1993 *Communitarian Labour Party, 1992 *Party of Labour Unity's Movement, 1990 *Agrarian Socialist and Labour Renovator Party, 1985–1990 *National Labour Party, 1986–1989 *Reformer Labour Party, 1985–1986 *National Labour Party, 1945–1965 *Renovator Labour Movement, 1959–1965 *

Social Labour Party The Social Labour Party ( pt, Partido Social Trabalhista, PST) was a political party in Brazil. The PST was founded by dissidents of the Brazilian Labor Party in 1947. Abolished by the military regime in 1965, it was re-organized in 1988 befor ...

, 1947–1965 *Labour Republican Party, 1948–1965 * Orienting Labour Party, 1945–1951 *National Union of Labor, 1948–1965

Burkina Faso

* Party of Labour of Burkina, active 1990–1996 * Voltaic Labour Party, active circa 1970

Burundi

* Independent Labor Party

Canada

Canadian Labour Party The Canadian Labour Party (CLP) was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a Labour candidates and parties in Canada, national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917 Canadian federal election, 1917, ...

, active 1917–1929 *

Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party, or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. These were usually local or provincial groups using the Labour Pa ...

, active 1870s–1960s *

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...

(Farmer-Labour-Socialist), active 1932–1961 * Labor-Progressive Party, the legal political organization of the Communist Party of Canada active 1943–1959 * North American Labour Party, an unregistered party active circa 1970s *

Cape Breton Labour Party The Cape Breton Labour Party was a social democratic provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada, which drew most of its support from Cape Breton, the northern part of the Province of Nova Scotia. Founding The party was founded by Paul ...

, active 1970–1984

Republic of the Congo

* Congolese Party of Labour

Croatia

* Croatian Labourists – Labour Party * Croatian Labour Party

Curaçao

Labour Party People's Crusade The People's Crusade Labour Party ( nl, Partij van de Arbeid en de Volksstrijd; pap, Partido Laboral Krusada Popular, PLKP), sometimes referred to as simply Laboral, was a political party in Curaçao founded in 1997. It was known as the party of ...

Dominica

* Dominica Labour Party

Estonia

* Estonian Labour Party, active 1917–1932

Fiji

* Fiji Labour Party

Georgia

* Georgian Labour Party

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) is a social-democratic political party in Gibraltar. The GSLP is the oldest surviving active political party in Gibraltar. Its roots are based in the trade union movement, as its founder and former lea ...

Gibraltar Labour Party The Gibraltar Labour Party was a political party in Gibraltar. They described themselves as a progressive socialist organisation and stated that their formation was prompted by the need for a strong opposition to the government. They were foun ...

, active 2003–2005

Greenland

* Labour Party (Greenland), active 1979–1983

Grenada

* Grenada United Labour Party

Guatemala

Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos The Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo – Alamos'') was an underground communist party in Guatemala. PGT-Alamos was formed as a regroupment of the few elements in the Alamos, Gu ...

, an underground communist party active circa 1980s *

Guatemalan Party of Labour – Communist Party :''See Communist party (disambiguation)#Labor.2C Labour, Communist party (disambiguation) for other similarly named groups.'' Guatemalan Party of Labour – Communist Party (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo – Part ...

, an underground communist party active 1979–1983

Guyana

British Guiana Labour Party The British Guiana Labour Party (BGCP) was a political party in British Guiana. History The BGCP was formed in June 1946, with its leadership included Jung Bahadur Singh, J.A. Nicholson, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow and Ashton Chase. It contested ...

, active 1946–1950 * Guyana Labour Party, active circa 1990s

Hong Kong

* Labour Party (Hong Kong)

India

Independent Labour Party (India) The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The 'Training School for Entrance to Poli ...

, active circa 1936–1938 *

Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan was a political party in India. The party was founded by Singaravelu Chettiar on 1 May 1923 in Madras. This was the first May Day celebration in India. This was also the first time the red flag was used in Ind ...

, active 1923–1925 * Labour Party (India),

Indonesia

* Labour Party (Indonesia, 1949), active 1949–1955 *

Labour Party of Indonesia The Labour Party of Indonesia ( id, Partai Buruh Indonesia, PBI) was a political party in Indonesia. Indonesian Labour Front The party was founded as a national trade union center, the Indonesian Labour Front (''Barisan Buruh Indonesia'', BBI), ...

, active 1945–1948 *

Labour Party (Indonesia, 1998) The Labour Party ( id, Partai Buruh) was a political party in Indonesia. It had its origins in the Indonesian Prosperous Laborers organization (SBSI), which in 1993 threw its support behind the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) as a vehicle for it ...

Labour Party (Indonesia, 2021) The Labour Party ( id, Partai Buruh) is a political party in Indonesia founded on 5 October 2021. The party was reformed from and is a continuation of the defunct 1998 Labour Party founded by Muchtar Pakpahan. The party formed after the 4th Labour ...

Ireland

Labour Party (Ireland) The Labour Party ( ga, Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, literally "Party of the Working People") is a centre-left and social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. Founded on 28 May 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, ...

Isle of Man

* Manx Labour Party

Israel

* Israeli Labor Party

Italy

Labour Federation (Italy) The Labour Federation ( it, Federazione Laburista, FL) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's leader and founder was Valdo Spini. The FL was founded by members of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) in November 1994, a few ...

, active 1994–1998 * Labour Party (Italy), active since 2012

Jamaica

Jamaica Labour Party The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in seve ...

* National Labour Party (Jamaica), active circa 1950s and 1960s

Japan

Japan Labour-Farmer Party The was a socialist political party in Japan between December 1926 and December 1928. During its existence, it occupied a centrist position in the divided socialist movement. Foundation The Japan Labour-Farmer Party was one of several prole ...

, active 1926–1928 * Farmer-Labour Party, active 1925

Korea

Labor Party (South Korea) The Labor Party () is a democratic socialist political party in South Korea. History After the New Progressive Party and the Socialist Party voted to unite in 2012, the Labor Party was officially formed the following year. It held its inter ...

* Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)

Latvia

* Workers' Party (Latvia), active 1920–1923 and 1997–2008

Liberia

* Labor Party of Liberia

Lithuania

* Labour Party (Lithuania) * Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, active 1989–2001

Malaysia

* Labour Party of Malaya, active 1952–1969

Malta

* Labour Party (Malta)

Mauritius

* Labour Party (Mauritius)

Mexico

* Labor Party (Mexico)

Moldova

* Labour Party (Moldova)

Morocco

* Labour Party (Morocco)

Namibia

South West African Labour Party The South West African Labour Party, initially known as the Federal Coloured People's Party, was a political party in Namibia. It was formed in 1973, and led by Andrew Kloppers. In October 1974, it won the elections to the South West Africa Coloure ...

, active circa 1970s

Netherlands

* Labour Party (Netherlands) *

Central Democratic Labour Party The Central Democratic Labour Party (in Dutch: ''Centrale Democratische Arbeiderspartij'') was a political party in the Netherlands, which participated in the 1933 parliamentary election. The party mustered 182 votes, almost exclusively from Amst ...

, active 1933

New Caledonia

* Labour Party (New Caledonia)

New Zealand

* New Zealand Labour Party (1910), active 1910–1912 * United Labour Party (New Zealand), active 1912–1916 * Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand), active circa 1940s * NewLabour Party, active 1989–2000

Nigeria

* Labour Party (Nigeria)

Norway

Labour Party (Norway) The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

* Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway, active circa 1920s

Panama

Labor Party (Panama) The Labor Party ( es, Partido Laborista) was a Panamanian political party. The initiative to launch the Labor Party began in 1927. Founders of the party included Diógenes de la Rosa, Don Cristóbal Segundo and Domingo H. Turner. The party obtaine ...

, active 1925–1930

Papua New Guinea

* Bougainville Labour Party *

PNG Labour Party The Papua New Guinea Labour Party was a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was launched in 2001 by the PNG Trade Union Congress, with Andrew Kandakasi as party president. In February 2002, Australian Labor Party president Greg Sword visited ...

People's Labour Party (Papua New Guinea) The People's Labour Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. History It was founded in April 2001 by Madang businessman and former MP Peter Yama, who sought a return to politics after having lost his seat at the 1997 election. He pledge ...

Pakistan

Labour Party Pakistan The Labour Party Pakistan ( ur, لیبر پارٹی پاکستان, LPP) was a far-left political party and a leading labor union, closely allying associating with Fourth International. It claimed membership of 7,300 members in 2009. It origin ...

Philippines

Partido ng Manggagawa Partido Manggagawa or Labor Party is a political party in the Philippines. In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In ...

* Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka

Poland

* Labour Union *

Polish Labour Party-August 80 The Polish Labour Party - August 80 ''( pl, Polska Partia Pracy-Sierpień 80, PPP)'' was a minor left-wing political party in Poland, describing itself as socialist. It was created on 11 November 2001 as the Alternative – Labour Party (''Alter ...

, active 2001–2017 * Labour Faction (1937), active 1937–1946 *

Labor Party (Partia Pracy) Partia Pracy ''( en, Labour Party)'' was a Polish political party active in the interwar period, created in 1925. The party was formed by politicians who had left Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" (PSL-Wyzwolenie) in protest of the PSL's suppor ...

, active 1925–1930 *

Labour Faction (1989) The Labour Party ( pl, Stronnictwo Pracy, SP) is a minor political party in Poland. It was formally called the Christian-Democratic Labour Faction ''( pl, Chrześcijańsko-Demokratyczne Stronnictwo Pracy, ChDSP)'' between 1989 and 2000. History ...

, active 1989–2005

Puerto Rico

* Labor Party (Puerto Rico), active 1899–1915

Romania

* Labor Party (Romania)

Russia

Labour Party (Russia) Labour Party or Labor Party is a name used by many political parties. Many of these parties have links to the trade union movement or organised labour in general. Labour parties can exist across the political spectrum, but most are centre-left or l ...

Saint Kitts and Nevis

* Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party

Saint Lucia

* Saint Lucia Labour Party

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Unity Labour Party

Samoa

* Western Samoa Labour Party, active circa 1990s

Senegal

Labour Party of Sine Saloum Labour Party of Sine Saloum (in French language, French: ''Parti travailliste du Sine Saloum'') was a political party in Sine-Saloum, Senegal. It existed around 1960. Sources

#Nzouankeu, Jacques Mariel. ''Les partis politiques sénégalais''. ...

, active circa 1960

Singapore

* Labour Front *

Labour Party (Singapore) The Labour Party was a political party in Singapore. History The party was established on 23 March 1948 by several trade unionists.Labour Party (Slovakia) Labour Party ( sk, Strana práce) also known as Social Democracy in Slovakia ( sk, Sociálna demokracia na Slovensku) was a political party in the post-World War II Slovakia. The party was formed in 1946 by Social Democrats who opposed cooperation ...

Solomon Islands

* Solomon Islands Labour Party * Labour Party (Solomon Islands), active 1970–1971

South Africa

* New Labour Party (South Africa) * Labour Party (South Africa) * Labour Party (South Africa, 1969)

Sri Lanka

* Ceylon Labour Party

Suriname

Surinamese Labour Party The Surinamese Labour Party ( nl, Surinaamse Partij van de Arbeid, SPA) is a political party in Suriname. In the 2010 legislative elections, the party was part of the New Front for Democracy and Development that won 31.65% of the popular vot ...

Switzerland

* Swiss Party of Labour

Tanzania

* Tanzania Labour Party

Taiwan

* Labor Party (Taiwan)

Thailand

Labour Party (Thailand) Labour Party is a political party in Thailand. History Labour Party (1968-1971) The Labour Party was founded on December 23, 1968 by Kan Chueakeaw as leader and Weera Thanomkiang as secretary-general. On February 10, 1969 the Labour Party lo ...

Trinidad and Tobago

* Trinidad Labour Party * Democratic Labour Party * United Labour Front * Social Democratic Labour Party of Trinidad and Tobago * Caribbean National Labour Party

Turkey

* Labour Party (Turkey)

Ukraine

* Labour Party Ukraine *

Labour Ukraine Labour Ukraine ( uk, Трудова Україна ''Trudova Ukrajina'')
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United Kingdom

* Labour Party (UK), one of two main political parties in the United Kingdom **

Scottish Labour Party Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak o ...

, division of the party for Scotland ** Welsh Labour, division of the party for Wales ** London Labour, division of the party for London **

Labour Party in Northern Ireland The Labour Party in Northern Ireland (LPNI, ga, Páirtí an Lucht Oibre i dTuaisceart Éireann) is the UK Labour Party's regional constituency organisation that operates in Northern Ireland. The Labour Party is not a registered political part ...

, the unregistered division of the party for Northern Ireland * Labour – Federation of Labour Groups * Newtownabbey Labour Party * Republican Labour Party * Social Democratic and Labour Party * Socialist Labour Party (UK)

Former

Belfast Labour Party The Belfast Labour Party was a political party in Belfast, Ireland from 1892 until 1924. It was founded in 1892 by a conference of Belfast Independent Labour Party, Independent Labour activists and trade unionists. Labour ran the Ulster Unionis ...

Communist Labour Party (Scotland) :''See Communist party (disambiguation) for other similarly named groups.'' The Communist Labour Party was a Communist Party in Scotland. It was formed in September 1920 by the Scottish Workers' Committee and the Scottish section of the Communis ...

* Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) * Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998), a minor party in Walsall, England * Independent Labour Party * Irish Labour Party in Northern Ireland * Labour Party of Northern Ireland * National Labour Organisation * Northern Ireland Labour Party * Republican Labour Party, in Northern Ireland * Scottish Labour Party (1888)

United States

* Labor Party (United States, 1996) *

Socialist Labor Party of America The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party". Art. I, Sec. 1 of thadopted at the Eleventh National Convention (New York, July 1904; amended at the National Conventions 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924 ...

, established 1876

Former

* American Labor Party, 1936–1956 *

American Labor Party (1932) The American Labor Party (ALP) was the final name of a De Leonist splinter group in the US in the early 1930s. The ALP had split from the Industrial Union League, which in turn had split from the Socialist Labor Party in the late 1920s. The lead ...

, active until 1935 *

Communist Labor Party of North America The Communist Labor Party of the United States of North America (CLP) or (CLP(USNA)) was an anti-revisionist communist party that was part of the New Communist movement in the United States. The CLP was founded in 1974 and disbanded in 1993. The ...

, 1953–1974 * Farmer–Labor Party, 1918–1944 * Greenback Labor Party, active 1874–1889 * Labor Party (Hawaii), 1908 * Labor Party (United States, 19th century), several parties * Labor Party of the United States, active circa 1919 * Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, 1918–1944 * Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party * Union Labor Party (California), active 1901–1912 * U.S. Labor Party, a short-lived LaRouchite political party active circa 1970s

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Labour Party The Vanuatu Labour Party ( bi, Vanuatu Leba Pati; french: Parti Travailliste du Vanuatu) is a political party in Vanuatu. The party was established on 3 June 1987. It was founded on the initiative of various trade union organizations in order to ...

Zimbabwe

* Zimbabwe Labour Party