Political parties in Northern Ireland lists
political parties
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in
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
.
The Northern Ireland Assembly is elected by
single transferable vote
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and the composition of the
Northern Ireland Executive
The Northern Ireland Executive is the devolved government of Northern Ireland, an administrative branch of the legislature – the Northern Ireland Assembly. It is answerable to the assembly and was initially established according to the ter ...
is by
power sharing
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determined by the
D'Hondt system
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, among the members elected to the Assembly. Party affiliation is generally based on religious and ethnic background.
Although
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
is a part of the
United Kingdom
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, it has a quite distinct party system from the rest of the country, as the
Labour Party and
Liberal Democrats do not contest elections there (though the Liberal Democrats have links with the
Alliance Party), and the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
has received only limited support in recent elections.
Some parties, such as
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...
and the
Workers' Party, are organised on an all-
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
basis. Others such as the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
are organised on an all-United Kingdom basis. There are many Northern Ireland-specific parties and these, on the whole, predominate.
The distinction between "
unionist/
loyalist
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", "
nationalist
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/
republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
" and "other" is not always easy with some parties and individuals. Some have defined themselves less by their position on the "
Border Question" than on other political issues.
For example, the former
Republican Labour Party
The Republican Labour Party (RLP) was a political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964, with two MPs at Stormont, Harry Diamond and Gerry Fitt. They had previously been the sole Northern Ireland representatives of the Socialist R ...
/
Social Democratic and Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ( ga, Páirtà Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Ireland ...
MP Gerry Fitt
Gerard Fitt, Baron Fitt (9 April 1926 – 26 August 2005) was a politician in Northern Ireland. He was a founder and the first leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a social democratic and Irish nationalist party.
Early year ...
's career suggests he was first and foremost a
socialist
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rather than a nationalist and he eventually left the SDLP claiming it had drifted from its founding intentions. Similarly the
Workers' Party has its roots in the republican
Official IRA
The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA; ) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a "workers' republic" encompassing all of Ireland. It emerged ...
but nowadays is considered to be a non-violent
socialist
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and nationalist party. Several parties strive to be avowedly non-
sectarian
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and would not consider themselves to be either unionist or nationalist. The
Northern Ireland Assembly
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requires
MLAs
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to designate themselves either "Unionist", "Nationalist" or "Other." This is a designation that is particularly resented by those who designate as "Other", as they have no input on who becomes First or Deputy First Minister.
There are some who see the terms "Unionist"/"Loyalist" and "Nationalist"/"Republican" as being of more relevance to the community that the party seeks to represent rather than the position on the border question. Several of the "Other" parties strive to be non-sectarian but have a clear position on the border.
Political parties with elected representation at a local, national, UK or European level
Party details
Party representation
Other registered parties
Unionist and loyalist
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Northern Ireland Conservatives
The Northern Ireland Conservatives is a section of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party that operates in Northern Ireland. The party won 0.03% of the vote in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election and 0.7% of the vote in the 2019 Unite ...
*
Heritage Party
Nationalist and republican
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Communist Party of Ireland
The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI; ga, Páirtà Cumannach na hÉireann) is an all-Ireland Marxist–Leninist communist party, founded in 1933 and re-founded in 1970. It rarely contests elections and has never had electoral success. The part ...
(CPI)
*
ÉirÃgÃ
ÉirÃgà (), officially ÉirÃgà For A New Republic, is a socialist republican political party in Ireland. The party name, , means "Arise" or "Rise Up" in Irish, and is a reference to the slogan "The great only appear great because we are on ...
- Registered to contest local elections only
*
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtà Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christian- ...
(FF) - Registered, but has not contested elections, in partnership with the
SDLP
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ( ga, Páirtà Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Irela ...
*
Irish Republican Socialist Party
The Irish Republican Socialist Party or IRSP ( ga, Páirtà Poblachtach Sóisialach na hÉireann) is a Marxist-Leninist and republican party in Ireland. It is often referred to as the "political wing" of the Irish National Liberation Army (I ...
(IRSP) - Registered to contest local elections only
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Republican Network for Unity
The Republican Network for Unity () is a small Irish republican political party. It was formed in 2007 in opposition to the Sinn Féin special Ard Fheis's vote of support for the Police Service of Northern Ireland. A number of commentators vie ...
(RNU) - Registered
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Saoradh
Saoradh (, "Liberation") is a far-left political party and pressure group formed by dissident Irish republicans in 2016. It is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland and independent ...
*
Socialist Workers Network
The Socialist Workers Network (SWN) is an Irish Trotskyist organisation.
It was founded in 1971 as the Socialist Workers Movement (SWM), before becoming the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in 1995. The SWP was a founding member of People Before ...
(SWN)
*
Workers' Party of Ireland
The Workers' Party ( ga, Páirtà na nOibrithe) is a Marxist–Leninist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
It arose as the original Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, but took ...
- Registered, historically fielded candidates
Others
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Cross-Community Labour Alternative
Cross-Community Labour Alternative is a minor political party founded to contest the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. It stood three candidates in the East Belfast, South Belfast and East Antrim constituencies. It was initiated by the ...
*
Labour Party in Northern Ireland
The Labour Party in Northern Ireland (LPNI, ga, Páirtà 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
British Labour Party
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have a policy not to stand in Northern Ireland. Until recently it was not possible for residents to even join the party; however this was changed on legal advice. The Labour Party has recently set up an officially recognised branch party in the region. The
SDLP
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ( ga, Páirtà Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Irela ...
MPs unofficially take the Labour whip.
*
Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats
The Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats ( ga, Daonlathaigh Liobrálacha Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: ''Norlin Airlann Leeberal Democrats''), is a local party of the Liberal Democrats that operates in Northern Ireland. Unlike its counterpa ...
- The
Liberal Democrats currently have a policy not to stand in Northern Ireland but to support their sister party, the
Alliance
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, with many holding membership of both, and Alliance peers take the Liberal Democrat whip.
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Official Monster Raving Loony Party
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP) is a political party established in the United Kingdom in 1982 by the musician David Sutch, also known as "Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow", or simply "Lord Sutch". It is notable for its ...
- Registered, but has not yet contested elections
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Socialist Party
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Unregistered parties
Candidates for unregistered parties may choose either to be listed as "Non-Party", or to leave the section blank on the ballot paper, in the same manner as independent candidates.
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32 County Sovereignty Movement
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement, often abbreviated to 32CSM or 32csm, is an Irish republican group that was founded by Bernadette Sands McKevitt. It does not contest elections but acts as a pressure group, with branches or ''cumainn'' org ...
- Does not contest elections, operates as a pressure group
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Republican Sinn Féin
Republican Sinn Féin or RSF ( ga, Sinn Féin Poblachtach) is an Irish republican political party in Ireland. RSF claims to be heirs of the Sinn Féin party founded in 1905 and took its present form in 1986 following a split in Sinn Féin. RS ...
(RSF)
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Respect Party
The Respect Party was a left-wing to far-left, socialist political party active in the United Kingdom between 2004 and 2016. At the height of its success in 2007, the party had one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons and nineteen ...
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National Party
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Fine Gael
Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil à ...
Inactive parties
Unionist and loyalist
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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 ...
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British Ulster Dominion Party
The British Ulster Dominion Party was a minor political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s.
The party began in 1975 as the Ulster Dominion Group, when Professor Kennedy Lindsay broke from the United Ulster Unionist movement (which would la ...
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Commonwealth Labour Party
The Commonwealth Labour Party (CWLP) was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1942 by Harry Midgley, former leader of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), in order to pursue his brand of labour unionism.
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Independent Unionist Association
The Independent Unionist Association or Independent Unionist Party was a political party in Northern Ireland.
The organisation was founded in 1937, shortly before the announcement of the 1938 Northern Ireland general election. It consisted of a ...
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Labour Unionist Party
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NI21
NI21 was a short-lived political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 2013 by ex-Ulster Unionist Party MLAs Basil McCrea and John McCallister. Although it explicitly supported Northern Ireland staying part of the United Kingdom (i.e. un ...
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UKIP Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland Unionist Party
The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) was a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the UK Unionist Party (UKUP). This split was caused by disagreement between the five UKU ...
- deregistered 2008
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Protestant Coalition
The Protestant Coalition was an Ulster loyalist political party in Northern Ireland. It was registered on 23 April 2013,Register of political parties aElectoral Commissionwebsite and launched on 24 April at a hotel in Castlereagh, outside Belfas ...
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Protestant Unionist Party
The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP)Not to be confused with the Progressive Unionist Party. was a unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971. It was the forerunner of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and emerged ...
(evolved into the DUP)
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Ulster Constitution Party
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Ulster Democratic Party
The Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) was a small loyalist political party in Northern Ireland. It was established in June 1981 as the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), to replace the New Ulster Political Res ...
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Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: si ...
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Ulster Popular Unionist Party
The Ulster Popular Unionist Party (UPUP) was a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1980 by James Kilfedder, independent Unionist Member of Parliament for North Down, who led the party until his death in 1995. For a ...
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Ulster Progressive Unionist Association
The Ulster Progressive Unionist Association or, as it became within two months of its formation in June 1937, the Ulster Progressive Unionist Party (UPUP), was a political group formed to seek greater internal debate within unionism and to secu ...
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Ulster Protestant League
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Ulster Resistance
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Ulster Unionist Labour Association
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Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974.
Formation
The party emerged following splits in the Ulster Unionist Party in 1973 and 1974 over the British government's white paper ''Nor ...
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United Kingdom Unionist Party - deregistered 2008
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United Ulster Unionist Council
The United Ulster Unionist Council (also known as the United Ulster Unionist Coalition) was a body that sought to bring together the Unionists opposed to the Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland.
Formation
The UUUC was established in Janua ...
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United Ulster Unionist Party
The United Ulster Unionist Party (UUUP) was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1975 and 1984.
It emerged from a division in the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party in the late 1970s. Vanguard had traditional ...
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United Unionist Coalition
The United Unionist Coalition (UUC), formerly known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was a minor unionist political formation in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Assembly
The UUC was formed by three members of the Northern Ireland Ass ...
(UUC)
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Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
The Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (VUPP), informally known as Ulster Vanguard, was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1978. Led by William Craig, the party emerged from a split in the Ulster Unio ...
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Volunteer Political Party
The Volunteer Political Party (VPP) was a loyalist political party launched in Northern Ireland on 22 June 1974 by members of the then recently legalised Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). The Chairman was Ken Gibson from East Belfast, an ex-internee ...
Nationalist and Republican
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All Ireland Anti-Partition League
The Anti-Partition of Ireland League was a political organisation based in Northern Ireland. Founded in 1948, it campaigned for a united Ireland in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The group stood candidates in several electio ...
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Federation of Labour
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Fianna Uladh
Fianna Uladh (; "Soldiers of Ulster") was a minor Irish republican political party active in Northern Ireland during the 1950s. It represented the political wing of Saor Uladh, a splinter group of the Irish Republican Army.
Formed in 1953 by Li ...
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Irish Anti-Partition League
The Irish Anti-Partition League (APL) was a political organisation based in Northern Ireland which campaigned for a united Ireland from 1945 to 1958.
Foundation
Prior to the establishment of the League, there had been no rank-and-file organis ...
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Independent Socialist Party
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Irish Independence Party
The Irish Independence Party (IIP) was a nationalist political party in Northern Ireland, founded in October 1977 p. 135. by Frank McManus (former Unity MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone between 1970 and 1974) and Fergus McAteer (son of Eddie Mc ...
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National Democratic Party
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National League of the North
The National League of the North (NLN) was an Irish nationalist organisation active in Northern Ireland.
The group was founded in May 1928 on the basis of a radical programme for the "National Unification of Ireland". It was in part an attempt ...
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National Unity
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Nationalist Party
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Northern Council for Unity
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Official Sinn Féin
The Workers' Party ( ga, Páirtà na nOibrithe) is a Marxist–Leninist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
It arose as the original Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, but took ...
(now
Workers' Party of Ireland
The Workers' Party ( ga, Páirtà na nOibrithe) is a Marxist–Leninist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
It arose as the original Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, but took ...
)
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People's Democracy
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Red Republican Party
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Republican Congress
The Republican Congress ( ga, An Chomhdháil Phoblachtach) was an Irish republican and Marxist-Leninist political organisation founded in 1934, when pro-communist republicans left the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army. The Congress was led by ...
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Republican Labour Party
The Republican Labour Party (RLP) was a political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964, with two MPs at Stormont, Harry Diamond and Gerry Fitt. They had previously been the sole Northern Ireland representatives of the Socialist R ...
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Saor Éire
Saor Éire (; meaning 'Free Ireland') was a far-left political organisation established in September 1931 by communist-leaning members of the Irish Republican Army, with the backing of the IRA leadership. Notable among its founders was Peadar ...
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Socialist Republican Party
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Unity
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* Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building
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Others
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Commonwealth Labour Party
The Commonwealth Labour Party (CWLP) was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1942 by Harry Midgley, former leader of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), in order to pursue his brand of labour unionism.
...
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Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI; ga, Páirtà Cumannach na hÉireann) is an all-Ireland Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist party, founded in 1933 and re-founded in 1970. It rarely contests elections and has never had electora ...
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Communist Party of Northern Ireland
The Communist Party of Northern Ireland was a small communist party operating in Northern Ireland. The party merged with the Irish Workers' Party in 1970 to form the reunited Communist Party of Ireland.
Formation
The party originated in the 1 ...
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Irish Labour Party
The Labour Party ( ga, Páirtà 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, ...
(contests elections in the Republic)
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Labour coalition
The Labour Coalition was an electoral coalition in Northern Ireland of socialist and labour movement, labour groups, formed to stand in the 1996 Northern Ireland Forum elections.[Labour Party of Northern Ireland
The Labour Party of Northern Ireland (LPNI) was the name of two distinct political parties in Northern Ireland, the first formed in 1985 by a group around Paddy Devlin, a former Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor and Northern Irelan ...]
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Northern Ireland Labour Party
The Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP) was a political party in Northern Ireland which operated from 1924 until 1987.
Origins
The roots of the NILP can be traced back to the formation of the Belfast Labour Party in 1892. William Walker stoo ...
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Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (NIWC) was a minor cross-community political party in Northern Ireland from 1996 to 2006.
The NIWC was founded by Catholic academic Monica McWilliams and Protestant social worker Pearl Sagar to contest ele ...
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Newtownabbey Labour Party
The Newtownabbey Labour Party is a minor political party based in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.
The party originated as the Newtownabbey branch of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP). It left its parent organisation in 1974, in opposition ...
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Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association
The Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association was a minor political party operating in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
It contested elections for Newtownabbey Borough Council from 1997 to 2005 and registered as a political party with the Electoral Commi ...
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Natural Law Party
The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation", the laws of nature, and their application to all levels of government. At its peak, it was active in up to 74 countries; it con ...
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Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
- The post-1988 rump of the party stood in a Northern Ireland by-election in 1990;
the party as a whole existed and was more prominent in Great Britain from 1981 to 1988 although the
post-1990 rump group still exists.
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Ulster Independence Movement
The Ulster Independence Movement was an Ulster nationalist political party founded (as the Ulster Independence Committee) on 17 November 1988. The group emerged from the Ulster Clubs, after a series of 15 public meetings across Northern Ireland. ...
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Ulster Liberal Party
The Ulster Liberal Party was a liberal and non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland linked to the British Liberal Party. The party was officially neutral on the constitutional position of Northern Ireland. Members expressed different vi ...
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Ulster Movement for Self-Determination
The Ulster Movement for Self-Determination was a minor Ulster nationalist political movement in Northern Ireland.
The UMSD was formed in 1986, after emerging from the Ulster Clubs. The group took as its emblem a map of the nine counties of Ulster ...
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United Labour Party (Northern Ireland)
The United Labour Party was a minor political party in Northern Ireland.
The party was founded in June 1978 by Paddy Devlin, formerly of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and a group of former Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP ...
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Ulster Third Way
The Ulster Third Way was the Northern Ireland branch of the Third Way and was organised by David Kerr, who had previously campaigned as an 'independent Unionist' (chairing the small North Belfast Independent Unionist Association) as well as for ...
- deregistered 2005
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Veritas
Veritas is the name given to the Roman virtue of Honesty, truthfulness, which was considered one of the main virtues any good Roman should possess. The Greek goddess of truth is Aletheia (Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek: ). The German phi ...
- Dissolved June 2015
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Vote for Yourself Party - disbanded April 2009, de-registered 8 June 2009
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World Socialist Party (Ireland)
The World Socialist Party (Ireland), founded as the Socialist Party of Ireland in 1949 before changing its name a decade later, was a Marxist political party in the impossibilist tradition. It was a companion party of the World Socialist Movemen ...
- Dissolved in the 1990s
Flowchart of all political parties in Northern Ireland
Party leaders
Party leaders serving 10 years or more are
See also
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Politics of Northern Ireland
Since 1998, Northern Ireland has devolved government within the United Kingdom. The government and Parliament of the United Kingdom are responsible for reserved and excepted matters. Reserved matters are a list of policy areas (such as civil av ...
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Lists of political parties
Lists of Political party, political parties include:
* List of agrarian parties
* List of banned political parties
* List of centrist political parties
* List of communitarian political parties
* List of fictional political parties
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Political make-up of local councils in Northern Ireland
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List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
There are a number of political parties in Ireland, and coalition governments are common. The two historically largest parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, arose from a split in the original Sinn Féin, Fine Gael from the faction Cumann na nGaed ...
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...