Labour and Trade Union Group

The Labour and Trade Union Group was an organisation for supporters of the

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. The group originated in the

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 ...

(NILP), but developed a separate existence as that organisation declined in support, and was expelled from the NILP in 1977. It was initially named the "Labour and Trade Union Coordinating Committee", and aimed to include other left-wingers. It campaigned for a Conference of Labour, at which trade unions, socialist groups and community campaigns could agree on a coordinated approach to labour movement politics, but no such conference was ever held. The group failed to win any support and was largely considered a

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. It stood Muriel Tang in the 1983 United Kingdom general election in Belfast East, where she took 1.5% of the vote. It then stood three candidates for

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at the

1985 Northern Ireland local elections Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 15 May 1985, contesting 565 seats in all. Background 1981 elections The previous elections had been fought in the middle of the hunger strike and the H-Block Prison Protest. Tho ...

, none of whom were elected. At the 1992 general election, it stood two candidates, including leader Peter Hadden, who took 1,264 votes between them.Westminster election 1992
Northern Ireland Elections By 1993, it was part of Militant Labour. It joined the short-lived

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