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 area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
Voltaic Labour Party
The Voltaic Labour Party (in French: ''Parti Travailliste Voltaïque''), was a centre-left political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for ...
, active
South Africa
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Labour Party (South Africa)
The South African Labour Party (), was a South African political party formed in March 1910 in the newly created Union of South Africa following discussions between trade unions, the Transvaal Independent Labour Party, and the Natal Labour P ...
Labour Party (South Africa, 2024)
The Labour Party is a South African political party that emerged from the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union in 2024.
The party intended to contest the 2024 South African general election but was unable to supply the required si ...
MPLA
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (, abbr. MPLA), from 1977–1990 called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan social democratic political party. The MPLA fought against the P ...
, formerly known as the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party
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Independent Labor Party
The Independent Labor Party (PIT) is a small, predominantly ethnic Tutsi political party in Burundi
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the juncti ...
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Congolese Party of Labour
The Congolese Party of Labour (, PCT) is the ruling party of the Republic of the Congo. Founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, it was originally a pro-Soviet, Marxist–Leninist vanguard party which founded the People's Republic of the Congo. It to ...
Labour Party (Mauritius)
The Labour Party (, PTr) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Mauritius. It is one of four main Mauritian political parties, along with the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) and the Parti ...
Labour Party (Nigeria)
The Labour Party (LP) is a social democratic political party in Nigeria. The party was created in 2002 and was previously known as the Party for Social Democracy (PSD) before changing to its current name the following year. Built on the ideology ...
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Labour Party of Sine Saloum
Labour Party of Sine Saloum (in French: ''Parti travailliste du Sine Saloum'') was a political party in Sine-Saloum, Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Oc ...
, Senegal, active circa 1960
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Tanzania Labour Party
The Tanzania Labour Party (TLP) is a political party in Tanzania.
Electoral performance
At the 2000 legislative elections, the party won 3 out of 269 seats in the National Assembly. In the presidential elections of the same day, its candidate A ...
United Labour Party (Armenia)
The United Labour Party (ULP) () 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 s ...
India
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Labour Party (India)
The Praja Rajyam Party () was a political party in India.
Formation
The first public meeting of the party was held by Chiranjeevi on 26 August 2008, at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Praja Rajyam means people's rule in Telugu language, Telugu. H ...
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Independent Labour Party (India)
The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) was a political party in India. It had its roots in the All-India Scheduled Castes Federation led by N. Sivaraj and B. R. Ambedkar. The Party was e ...
, active circa 1936–1938
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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
Indonesia
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Labour Party of Indonesia
The Labour Party of 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), on 15 September 1945. At th ...
, active 1945–1948
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Labour Party (Indonesia, 1949)
The Labour Party () was a political party in Indonesia. It was formed on 25 December 1949 by a group of former Labour Party of Indonesia (PBI) members, who had disagreed with the merger of PBI into the Communist Party of Indonesia.Rose, Saul. '' ...
, active 1949–1955
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Labour Party (Indonesia, 1998)
The Labour Party () 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 its political aspi ...
active 1998–2021
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Labour Party (Indonesia, 2021)
The Labour Party () is a political party in Indonesia founded on 5 October 2021. The party was reformed from and is a continuation of the defunct Labour Party (Indonesia, 1998), 1998 Labour Party founded by Muchtar Pakpahan. The party formed after ...
Japan
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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 proleta ...
, active 1926–1928
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Farmer-Labour Party
The was a short-lived socialist political party in Japan. The party was the first of the proletarian parties that emerged in the country after the enactment of the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law (普通選挙法, ''Futsū Senkyo Hō'') in 192 ...
, active 1925
Korea
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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 inte ...
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Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)
The Democratic Labor Party () was a progressive and nationalist political party in South Korea. It was founded in January 2000, in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions which was considered more le ...
Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka
The Workers' and Peasants' Party (WPP), also known as Labor Party Philippines, Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka (lit. Workers' and Farmers' Party; PMM) and the Lapiang Manggagawa (; LM), is a political party in the Philippines.
History
The P ...
Singapore
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Labour Front
The Labour Front (abbreviation: LF), was a political party in Singapore that operated from 1955 to 1960. It won the 1955 legislative assembly election, and lasted for one term as the ruling coalition.
History
LF was founded in 25 August 1954 ...
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Labour Party (Singapore)
The Singapore Labour Party (abbreviation: SLP) was a political party in Singapore founded on 1 September 1948 by Indian trade unionists M.A. Majid of the Singapore Seamen's Union, M.P.D. Nair and Peter Williams of the Army Civil Services Union. ...
Elsewhere in Asia
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Georgian Labour Party
The Georgian Labour Party ( ka, საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია, tr, SLP) is a political party in Georgia that was founded in 1995 by Shalva Natelashvili.
History Background
The party wa ...
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Labour Party (Hong Kong)
The Labour Party is a centre-left social democratic political party in Hong Kong established in 2011.
The party was founded in 2011 by three veteran pro-democracy legislators to consolidate centre-left, pro-labour, pro-democracy voices in t ...
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Israeli Labor Party
The Israeli Labor Party (), commonly known in Israel as HaAvoda (), was a Social democracy, social democratic political party in Israel. The party was established in 1968 by a merger of Mapai, Ahdut HaAvoda and Rafi (political party), Rafi. Unt ...
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Labour Party of Malaya
The Labour Party of Malaya (; abbrev. LPM) was a political party in Malaya that was active between 1952 and 1972. It was originally formed as a confederation of state based labour parties known as the Pan-Malayan Labour Party (PMLP). Part of th ...
, active 1952–1969
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Labour Party Pakistan
The Labour Party Pakistan (, LPP) was a Communism in Pakistan, far-left political party and a leading labor union, closely allying associating with Reunified Fourth International, Fourth International.
It claimed membership of 7,300 members in ...
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Ceylon Labour Party
The Ceylon Labour Party (CLP) was a political party in Sri Lanka.
History
The Ceylon Labour Party was formed in October 1928, with A. E. Gunasinha as president and Proctor Marshall Perera as secretary. Its executive committee included C. H. Z. ...
Labour Party (Thailand)
Labour Party was 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 Part ...
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Labour Party (Turkey)
The Labour Party (in Turkish: ''Emek Partisi'', EMEP) is a communist party in Turkey. Its chairperson is Seyit Aslan. The party was founded as ''Emek Partisi'' (Labour Party, EP) in 1996. Due to its ban by the Constitutional Court, it was r ...
Europe
Croatia
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Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
The Croatian Labourists–Labour Party () is a centre-left political party in Croatia.
It was formed in 2010 by a former trade unionist and People's Party MP Dragutin Lesar, who was the party's only member of parliament in the 6th assembly.
I ...
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Croatian Labour Party
The Croatian Workers Party () was a minor Croatian party without political representation. The Party had about 400 members. It was founded in 1999 in Samobor.
On 2007 parliamentary elections it was a part of the coalition led by Social Democra ...
Italy
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Labour Federation (Italy)
The Labour Federation (, FL) was a Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. The party's leader and founder was Valdo Spini.
The FL was founded by members of the Italian Socialist Party (PS ...
Labour Party (Lithuania)
The Labour Party (, DP) is a populist centre-left political party in Lithuania. The party was founded in 2003 by the Russian-born millionaire businessman and member of Seimas Viktor Uspaskich.
History Foundation and first government (2003 ...
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Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania
The Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (, LDDP) was a political party in Lithuania. It was the successor of the Soviet-era Communist Party of Lithuania. The youth organization of LDDP was called Lithuanian Labourist Youth Union ().
History ...
, active 1989–2001
Netherlands
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Labour Party (Netherlands)
The Labour Party ( , PvdA or P van de A ) is a social democratic political party in the Netherlands.
The party was founded in 1946 as a merger of the Social Democratic Workers' Party, the Free-thinking Democratic League and the Christian ...
Labour Party (Norway)
The Labour Party (; , A or Ap; ), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party (, DNA), is a social democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum, and is led by Jonas Gahr Støre. It was the senior ...
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Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway
The Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway (in Norwegian ''Norges Socialdemokratiske Arbeiderparti'') was a Norwegian political party in the 1920s. Following the Labour Party's entry into the Comintern in 1919 its right wing left the party t ...
, active circa 1920s
Poland
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Labour Union (Poland)
Labour Union (, ''UP'') is a minor social-democratic political party in Poland. It was a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES) until April 2022.Polish Labour Party-August 80, active 2001–2017
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Labour Faction (1937)
The Labour Faction (, SP) was a Polish Christian democratic political party, active from 1937 in the Second Polish Republic and later part of the Polish government in exile. Its founders and main activists were Wojciech Korfanty and Karol Popiel. ...
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been describe ...
, one of two main political parties in the United Kingdom, primarily active in Great Britain
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Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Labour (), is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and unionist, it holds 23 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 37 of 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. It is repres ...
, division of the party for Scotland
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Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour (), formerly known as the Labour Party in Wales (), is an autonomous section of the United Kingdom Labour Party (UK), Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears have won a p ...
, division of the party for Wales
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London Labour
London Labour is the devolved, regional part of the Labour Party in Greater London. It is the largest political party in London, currently holding a majority of the executive mayoralties, a majority of local councils, council seats and parli ...
, division of the party for London
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Labour Party in Northern Ireland
The Labour Party in Northern Ireland (LPNI) is the UK Labour Party's regional constituency organisation that operates in Northern Ireland. The Labour Party is not a registered political party in Northern Ireland and does not currently contes ...
, the unregistered division of the party for Northern Ireland
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Labour – Federation of Labour Groups
Labour – Federation of Labour Groups is the formally registered name of a collection of political organisations in Northern Ireland who aspire to become part of the Labour Party of Great Britain.
Background
The British Labour Party did not org ...
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Newtownabbey Labour Party
The Newtownabbey Labour Party (NLP) is a minor political party based in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1974 as a split from the Northern Ireland Labour Party. It has elected one member to the Newtownabbey Borough Council, Bob K ...
, Northern Ireland
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Social Democratic and Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; ) is a social democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Ireland Assembly ( MLAs) and two members of Parliament (M ...
, Northern Ireland
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Socialist Labour Party (UK)
The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party was established in 1996 and was led by Arthur Scargill, a former Labour Party member and the former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers. ...
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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 ...
Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)
The Democratic Labour Party, sometimes referred to as the Lincoln Democratic Labour Association, was a minor political party operating in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. It was formed by the Labour MP Dick Taverne when his Constituency Labou ...
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Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998)
The Democratic Labour Party was a small British left-wing political party in Walsall, sometimes known as the Walsall Democratic Labour Party. It was founded as a breakaway from the Labour Party after left-wing members were expelled in the mid- ...
, a minor party in Walsall, England
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Independent Labour Party
The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberal Party (UK), Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse work ...
National Labour Organisation
The National Labour Organisation, also known simply as National Labour, was formed in 1931 by supporters of the National Government in Britain who had come from the Labour Party. Its leaders were Ramsay MacDonald (1931–1937) and his son Mal ...
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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. Previously, in 1885 ...
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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 ...
, Northern Ireland
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Scottish Labour Party (1888)
The Scottish Labour Party (SLP), also known as the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party, was formed by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, the first socialist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, who later went on to become the first pres ...
UK territories
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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 ...
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Gibraltar Labour Party
The Gibraltar Labour Party was a political party in Gibraltar. They described themselves as an integrationist party and stated that their formation was prompted by the need for a strong opposition to the government. They were founded and led by ...
, active 2003–2005
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Manx Labour Party
The Manx Labour Party is a political party on the Isle of Man that was founded in 1918.
Policies
The Manx Labour Party published a manifesto of policies in 2021. It proposed increasing government spending on education to a minimum of 4% of GD ...
Belgian Labour Party
The Belgian Labour Party (, , BWP; , , POB) was the first major Socialism, socialist party in Belgium. Founded in 1885, the party achieved its first electoral breakthrough in the aftermath of World War I. It was officially disbanded after the Ger ...
, active 1885–1940
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Estonian Labour Party
The Estonian Labour Party (, ETE) was a political party in Estonia. It was formed in 1919 by a merger of the Radical Socialist Party and the Social Travaillist Party, and ceased to exist in 1932, when it merged with other centrist parties to form ...
, active 1917–1932
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Georgian Labour Party
The Georgian Labour Party ( ka, საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია, tr, SLP) is a political party in Georgia that was founded in 1995 by Shalva Natelashvili.
History Background
The party wa ...
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Labour Party (Ireland)
The Labour Party (, ) 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, James Larkin, and William O'Brien as the political wing of the ...
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Workers' Party (Latvia)
The Workers' Party (, DP) was a political party in Latvia.
History
The party was established in 1920 and won six seats in the Constitutional Assembly elections that year, becoming the joint fourth-largest party in the Assembly. Nohlen, D & Stö ...
, active 1920–1923 and 1997–2008
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Labour Party (Malta)
The Labour Party (, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (, MLP), is the oldest political party in Malta, and one of the two major parties alongside the Nationalist Party. It sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
The pa ...
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Labour Party (Moldova)
The Labour Party (, PM) is a minor political party in Moldova led by Gheorghe Sima.
History
The party was established as the Labour Union (''Uniunea Muncii'') on 25 September 1999, and was registered on 12 November that year.
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Labor Party (Romania)
The Labor Party (,George Baiculescu, Georgeta Răduică, Neonila Onofrei, ''Publicațiile periodice românești (ziare, gazete, reviste). Vol. II: Catalog alfabetic 1907–1918. Supliment 1790–1906'', p. 668. Bucharest: Editura Academiei, 1969 ...
Swiss Party of Labour
The Swiss Party of Labour (; ; ; ) is a communist party in Switzerland.
History
The party was founded in 1944 by the illegal Communist Party of Switzerland. On 21 May, the constituent conference of the Basel Federation of the party was held. ...
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Labour Party (Turkey)
The Labour Party (in Turkish: ''Emek Partisi'', EMEP) is a communist party in Turkey. Its chairperson is Seyit Aslan. The party was founded as ''Emek Partisi'' (Labour Party, EP) in 1996. Due to its ban by the Constitutional Court, it was r ...
Barbados Labour Party
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. It has been in power in 1954–1961, 1976–1986, 1994–2008, and 2018–present. The BLP has been the go ...
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Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), colloquially known as the "Dems", is a political party in Barbados, established in 1955. It was the ruling party from 15 January 2008 to 24 May 2018 but faced an electoral wipeout in the 2018 general election w ...
Canada
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Canadian Labour Party
The Canadian Labour Party (CLP) was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925, and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a na ...
, active 1917–1929
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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
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Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; , FCC) was a federal democratic socialism, democratic socialistThe following sources describe the CCF as a democratic socialist political party:
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(Farmer-Labour-Socialist), active 1932–1961
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Labor-Progressive Party
The Labor-Progressive Party (LPP; ) was the legal Front organization, front of the Communist Party of Canada and its provincial wings from 1943 to 1959. It was established amid World War II after a number of prominent Communist Party members w ...
, the legal political organization of the Communist Party of Canada active 1943–1959
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North American Labour Party
The North American Labour Party was a Canadian political party that nominated candidates in federal elections in the 1970s. However, because it was not a registered political party under the rules of Elections Canada, its candidates were conside ...
, an unregistered party active circa 1970s
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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 Island, the northern part of the province of Nova Scotia. Founded by Paul MacEwan, it operat ...
, active 1970–1984
Guatemala
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Guatemalan Party of Labour
The Guatemalan Labour Party (''Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo'') was a Marxist-Leninist party in Guatemala. It existed from 1949 to 1998. It gained prominence during the government of Jacobo Arbenz. It was one of the main forces of oppositio ...
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 se ...
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National Labour Party (Jamaica) The National Labour Party was a political party in Jamaica, founded by Ken Hill. Hill had been expelled from the People's National Party in 1952, accused of having advocated communism.Ameringer, Charles D. Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to ...
, active circa 1950s and 1960s
Trinidad and Tobago
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Trinidad Labour Party
The Trinidad Labour Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Formed in 1934 when the Trinidad Workingmen's Association changed its name, it was the country's first party.
History
The party was originally a trade union named the Trinid ...
United Labour Front
The United Labour Front (ULF) was a labourist political party in Trinidad and Tobago and the main opposition party between 1976 and 1986. It was a successor to the Democratic Labour Party and the Workers and Farmers Party.
History
The party wa ...
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Social Democratic Labour Party of Trinidad and Tobago The Social Democratic Labour Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It contested the 1976 general elections, but received just 2% of the vote and failed to win a seat.Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German a ...
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, 192 ...
, established 1876
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American Labor Party
The American Labor Party (ALP) was a political party in the United States established in 1936 that was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party of ...
, 1936–1956
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American Labor Party (1932)
The American Labor Party (ALP) was the final name of a De Leonism, De Leonist splinter group in the US in the early 1930s. The ALP had split from the Industrial Union Party, Industrial Union League, which in turn had split from the Socialist Labo ...
, active until 1935
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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
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Farmer–Labor Party
The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. The American entry into World War I caused agricultural prices and workers' wages to fall, while retail prices rose sharply during the war years. Consequent ...
, 1918–1944
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Greenback Labor Party
The Greenback Party (known successively as the Independent Party, the National Independent Party and the Greenback Labor Party) was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active from 1874 to 1889. The party ran can ...
Labor Party (United States, 19th century)
Labor Party was the name or partial name of a number of United States political parties which were organized during the 1870s and 1880s.
History
* In 1867, the first American chapter of the International Workingmen's Association opened. In ...
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Labor Party of the United States
The Labor Party of the United States was a short-lived political party formed by several state-level labor parties upon the encouragement of Chicago Federation of Labor leader John Fitzpatrick. It was formed in the immediate aftermath of World ...
, active circa 1919
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Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party
The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party (FLP), officially known as the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota, was a left-wing American political party in Minnesota between 1918 and 1944. The FLP largely dominated Minnesota politics during the Great Depressi ...
Union Labor Party (California)
The Union Labor Party was a San Francisco, California, San Francisco, California working class political party of the first decade of the 20th century. The organization, which endorsed the doctrine of Nativism (politics), nativism, rose to prominen ...
Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party
The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. The current leader of the party is Gaston Browne, who serves as the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. The party had previously been led by Lester Bi ...
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Labour Party (Bahamas) The Labour Party was a minor political party in the Bahamas. In the 1962 general elections it won a single seat, taken by Randol Fawkes. Fawkes retained his seat in the 1967 elections, in which the United Bahamian Party and the Progressive Libera ...
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Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda)
The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) is one of the three political parties in Bermuda. At the 18 July 2017 general election, the party won 24 of the 36 seats in the Bermudian House of Assembly to become the governing party. The party was founde ...
Dominica Labour Party
The Dominica Labour Party is a centre-left social-democratic political party in Dominica.
History
Founded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack, the Dominica Labour Party is the oldest political party in Dominica. ...
Grenada United Labour Party
The Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) is a political party in Grenada.
History
The party was founded by Eric Gairy in 1950. It contested the first elections held under universal suffrage in 1951, and won six of the eight seats. Nohlen, D (2005 ...
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Labor Party (Mexico)
The Labor Party ( , PT; also known as the Workers Party) is a socialist political party in Mexico. It was founded on 8 December 1990. The party is currently led by Alberto Anaya.
Following the 2018 election, the PT became the third-largest po ...
Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party
The Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), also known simply as Labour, is a centre-left political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is currently in government in the country after winning six of the eleven contested seats in the 2022 gene ...
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Saint Lucia Labour Party
The Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) is a social democratic political party in Saint Lucia. It currently holds 15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly.
History
The party was established in 1949, backed by the Saint Lucia Workers Cooperative Un ...
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Unity Labour Party
The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a democratic socialist political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently the governing party, it is led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves.
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Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia and one of two Major party, major parties in Po ...
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ACT Labor Party
The ACT Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch) and commonly referred to simply as ACT Labor, is the Australian Capital Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The branch is the current ruling part ...
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New South Wales Labor Party
The New South Wales Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) and commonly referred to simply as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The branch is the current ...
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Queensland Labor Party
The Queensland Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland) and commonly referred to as Queensland Labor or simply Labor, is the branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the state of Queensland. It has ...
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South Australian Labor Party
The South Australian Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) and commonly referred to simply as South Australian Labor, is the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, originally forme ...
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Tasmanian Labor Party
The Tasmanian Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) and commonly referred to simply as Tasmanian Labor, is the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Labor Party. It has been one of the most successful state ...
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Territory Labor Party
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Victorian Labor Party
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Western Australian Labor Party
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Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1980)
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Progressive Labour Party (Australia)
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History
The party was founded by dissident former members of the Australian Labor Party and the original C ...
New Zealand Labour Party
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United Labour Party (New Zealand)
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, active 1912–1916
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Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)
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Party history
The Democratic Labour Party ori ...
, active circa 1940s
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NewLabour Party
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NewLabour was ...
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 pledg ...
Solomon Islands
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Solomon Islands Labour Party
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Fiji Labour Party
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Labour Party (New Caledonia)
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Western Samoa Labour Party
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, active circa 1990s
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Vanuatu Labour Party
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South America
Brazil
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Brazilian Labour Party (historical)
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, 1945–1965
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Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)
The Democratic Labour Party (, PDT) is a political party in Brazil.
History
The Democratic Labour Party (PDT) was founded in 1979 by left-wing leader Leonel Brizola as an attempt to reorganise the Brazilian left-wing forces during the end of ...
, since 1979
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Brazilian Labour Party (current)
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The party was founded by Ivete Vargas, niece of Presid ...
, since 1979
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Brazilian Labour Renewal Party
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, since 1994
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Avante (political party)
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Podemos (Brazil)
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, since 2016, National Labour Party, 1995–2016
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Act (Brazil)
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Guyana Labour Party
The Guyana Labour Party (GLP) was a political party in Guyana
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, active circa 1990s
Elsewhere in South America
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Labour Party (Argentina)
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Surinamese Labour Party
The Surinamese Labour Party (, 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 vote and 14 out of 51 seats in the Natio ...
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Labour government (disambiguation) Labour government or Labor government may refer to:
Australia
In Australian politics, a Labor government may refer to the following governments administered by the Australian Labor Party:
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Labour Party leadership election (disambiguation) Labour or Labor Party leadership election may refer to:
Australia
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*1996 Australian Labor Party leadership election
*2001 Australian Labor Party leadership election
*2003 Australian Labor Party leadership spills
*2005 Australian Labor Party lea ...
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Party of Labour (disambiguation) Party of Labour is a name used by various political parties throughout the world.
* Party of Labour of Albania
* Party of Labour and of the People, in Argentina
* Party of Labour of Austria
* Belarusian Party of Labour, in Belarus
* Workers' Party ...