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Index Belfast Labour Party

The Belfast Labour Party was a political party in Belfast, Ireland from 1892 until 1924.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 26 relations: Belfast, Belfast City Council, Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency), Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency), David Robb Campbell, Falls Road, Belfast, Harry Midgley, Independent Labour Party, Ireland, Left-wing politics, Margaret McCoubrey, Northern Ireland Labour Party, Political party, Shankill Road, Socialism, Trade union, Ulster Unionist Party, Unionism in the United Kingdom, United Ireland, William Walker (trade unionist), 1905 Belfast North by-election, 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1920 Belfast Corporation election, 1921 Northern Ireland general election, 1923 United Kingdom general election, 1924 United Kingdom general election.

  2. 1892 establishments in Ireland
  3. Defunct social democratic parties in the United Kingdom
  4. Labour parties in Northern Ireland
  5. Political parties established in 1892
  6. Socialist parties in Ireland

Belfast

Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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Belfast City Council

Belfast City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland.

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Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast North is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

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Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast West is a parliamentary constituency (seat) in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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David Robb Campbell

David Robb Campbell (1874 or 1875 – 14 January 1934), often known as Davy Campbell, was a trade unionist based in Belfast.

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Falls Road, Belfast

The Falls Road is the main road through West Belfast, Northern Ireland, running from Divis Street in Belfast City Centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs.

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Harry Midgley

Henry Cassidy Midgley, PC (NI), known as Harry Midgley (1893 – 29 April 1957) was a prominent trade-unionist and politician in Northern Ireland.

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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 Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse working-class candidates.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.

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Margaret McCoubrey

Margaret McCoubrey (1880–1956) was a Belfast-based Irish suffragist, pacifist, and an activist in the cooperative and labour movements.

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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. Belfast Labour Party and Northern Ireland Labour Party are Defunct political parties in Northern Ireland, Defunct social democratic parties in the United Kingdom and labour parties in Northern Ireland.

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Political party

A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections.

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Shankill Road

The Shankill Road is one of the main roads leading through West Belfast, in Northern Ireland.

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Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership.

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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Ulster Unionist Party

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Unionism in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, unionism is a political stance favouring the continued unity of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as one sovereign state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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United Ireland

United Ireland (Éire Aontaithe), also referred to as Irish reunification or a New Ireland, is the proposition that all of the island of Ireland should be a single sovereign state.

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William Walker (trade unionist)

William Walker (9 January 1871 – 23 November 1918) was a prominent Irish trade unionist and a leading figure within the Belfast labour movement.

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1905 Belfast North by-election

The 1905 Belfast North by-election was held on 14 September 1905 when the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Sir James Horner Haslett died.

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1906 United Kingdom general election

The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906.

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1920 Belfast Corporation election

An election to Belfast Corporation took place in January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

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1921 Northern Ireland general election

The 1921 Northern Ireland general election was held on Tuesday, 24 May 1921.

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1923 United Kingdom general election

The 1923 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 December 1923.

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1924 United Kingdom general election

The 1924 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 29 October 1924, as a result of the defeat of the Labour minority government, led by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence.

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See also

1892 establishments in Ireland

Labour parties in Northern Ireland

Political parties established in 1892

Socialist parties in Ireland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_Labour_Party

Also known as Belfast Labour Representation Committee, Belfast Labour Representative Committee, Independent Labour Party in Belfast.