Labour Party in Northern Ireland
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Labour Party in Northern Ireland
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| President | Baroness Blood |
| Chair | Anna McAleavy |
| Secretary | Kathryn Johnston |
| Vice Chair | Damien Harris |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Youth wing | Young Labour Northern Ireland |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation |
Progressive Alliance, Socialist International (Observer) |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colours | Red |
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The Labour Party in Northern Ireland (LPNI) is the Northern Irish organisation of the Labour Party. The Labour Party is not a registered political party in Northern Ireland and does not currently contest elections.
In the 2016 Assembly elections, 8 members of the party ran for election under the umbrella of the Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee, as the Labour Party NEC had refused to allow candidates to stand under the Labour banner.
For many years the UK Labour Party held to a policy of not allowing residents of Northern Ireland to apply for membership, instead supporting the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) which informally takes the Labour whip in the House of Commons.
The 2003 Labour Party Conference accepted legal advice that the party could not continue to prohibit residents of the province joining, and whilst the National Executive Committee has established a regional constituency party it has not yet agreed to contest elections there.
In December 2015 the LPNI's executive committee voted to contest elections in Northern Ireland. In the run-up to the 2016 Assembly elections, local members registered a new party, the Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee, with the Electoral Commission recognising them in April 2016. The party's constitution has a clause stating that it will disband once Labour lifts the ban on contesting elections in Northern Ireland. The new party's leader is journalist and author Kathryn Johnston. Several former members of the Northern Ireland Labour Party hold membership, including Erskine Holmes and Douglas McIldoon. Eight candidates ran under the label, despite the Labour Party warning Northern Irish Labour party members that they could face expulsion from the party for standing as candidates, as Labour party members who support a political organisation outside the Labour group can be expelled.
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