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, which was active in

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in the early twentieth century.'' The Independent Labour Group was a

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from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Sometimes known as the Independent Labour Party, it was formed in 1958 in

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MP Frank Hanna, with the support of various local

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clerics. That year, the party wiped out the

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. John Joseph Brennan stood under the party banner in Belfast West in the

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, where he received 37.6% of the votes cast, then stood in Belfast Falls in the

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. Hanna continued to hold his Belfast Central seat for the organisation. In the

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, Brennan took over Hanna's seat, having joined the National Democratic Party, for which Brennan was elected; the remainder of the party appears to have joined or disintegrated by this point.

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Biographies
* Michael Farrell, ''Northern Ireland: The Orange State'' *Graham S. Walker, ''The Politics of Frustration: Harry Midgley and the Failure of Labour in Northern Ireland'' *Enda Staunton, ''The Nationalists of Northern Ireland 1918-1973'' Defunct political parties in Northern Ireland Political parties established in 1958 1958 establishments in Northern Ireland Labour parties in Northern Ireland {{Northern-Ireland-party-stub