List of Labour Party breakaway parties (UK)

Since the founding of the Labour Party in 1900, it has seen a steady number of splits and breakaway factions. Some of the breakaway organisations have thrived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged back with the parent party or other political parties.

Year Party Status
1918 National Democratic and Labour Party Merged with the National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) in 1922.
1918 Coalition Labour Dissolved after the 1918 General Elections.
1931 National Labour Organisation Dissolved in 1945.
1931 New Party Became the British Union of Fascists in 1932.
1940 Oxford University Democratic Socialist Club Merged with the Oxford University Labour Club in 1943.
1949 Labour Independent Group Dissolved after the 1950 General Elections.
1964 Militant Now the Socialist Party (England and Wales).
1972 Democratic Labour Merged with the Social Democratic Alliance in 1980.
1975 Social Democratic Alliance Merged with Social Democratic Party in 1981.
1976 Scottish Labour Party Dissolved in 1981.
1981 Social Democratic Party (SDP) Merged with the Liberal Party (UK) in 1988 to create the Liberal Democrats (UK).
1985 Moderate Labour Party Dissolved itself after the 1994 European Parliament Elections.
1990 Liverpool 29 Dissolved itself.
1995 Socialist People's Party Dissolved itself in 2015.
1996 Socialist Labour Party Active[1]
1997 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Active
1998 Democratic Labour Party Dissolved itself in 2016, after its last Councillor, Pete Smith, lost his seat on Walsall Council.[2]
2019 Independent Group for Change (Change UK, The Independent Group) Dissolved itself in December 2019 after the general election. [3]
2019 The Independents (UK) Dissolved itself in December 2019 after the general election.
2021 Breakthrough Party Active

References

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  1. ^ "Socialist Labour Party Homepage". www.socialist-labour-party.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  2. ^ Council, Walsall. "CMIS > Councillors". cmispublic.walsall.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. ^ "The Independent Group for Change". The Independent Group for Change. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
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