Labour Party in Northern Ireland
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Not to be confused with Northern Ireland Labour Party.
The Labour Party in Northern Ireland (LPNI, Irish: Páirtí 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 party in Northern Ireland and does not currently contest elections.[2]
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Labour Party in Northern Ireland Páirtí an Lucht Oibre i dTuaisceart Éireann | |
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President | N/A |
Chairman | Erskine Holmes |
Secretary | Boyd Black |
Vice Chair | Joan Martin |
Founded | 2008[citation needed] |
Youth wing | Young Labour in Northern Ireland |
Membership (2017) | 2,000[1][needs update] |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism[citation needed] |
Political position | Centre-left[citation needed] |
National affiliation | Labour Party |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance Socialist International (Observer) |
Colours | Red |
House of Commons (NI Seats) | 0 / 18 |
House of Lords | 1 / 783 |
NI Assembly | 0 / 90
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Local Government | 0 / 462
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In the 2016 Assembly elections, eight members of the party ran for election under the name of the Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee, as the Labour Party National Executive Committee had refused to allow candidates to stand as official Labour Party candidates.[3]