Dock Labour Party

The Dock Labour Party was a socialist political organisation which existed in the Dock ward in Belfast in the 1950s.[1] Along with the "Diamond Labour Party" and "O'Sullivan Labour Party", the Dock Labour Party was a faction separate to the Northern Ireland Labour Party, which was unionist.[2]

Shipbuilding in Belfast, 1944

Gerry Fitt was involved and stood as a candidate at one stage.[3]

References

Weerawardhana, Chamindra (September 3, 2018). "'What is it about "fuck off" you don't understand?' The NILRC and politics of the Left in Northern Ireland". Labor History. 59 (5): 593–609. doi:10.1080/0023656X.2018.1467300 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
The Irish Times (Saturday, September 26, 1953), page 1.
Mullally, Una. "The day the SDLP was formed 'in the spirit of optimism'". The Irish Times.

Defunct political parties of Northern Ireland
Unionist / Loyalist	Commonwealth Labour Party Independent Unionist Association NI21 Northern Ireland Unionist Party Protestant Unionist Party UK Unionist Party Ulster Constitution Party Ulster Democratic Party Ulster Popular Unionist Party Ulster Progressive Unionist Association Ulster Unionist Coalition Party Ulster Unionist Labour Association Unionist Party of Northern Ireland United Ulster Unionist Council United Ulster Unionist Party United Unionist Coalition Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party Volunteer Political Party
Nationalist / Republican	All Ireland Anti-Partition League Federation of Labour Fianna Uladh Irish Anti-Partition League Irish Independence Party Irish Union Association National Democratic Party Nationalist Party National League of the North National Unity Northern Council for Unity Official Sinn Féin People's Democracy Red Republican Party Republican Socialist Collective Saor Éire Socialist Republican Party Unity
Left-wing¹	Belfast Labour Party Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Party of Northern Ireland Democratic Left Dock Labour Party Independent Labour Group Independent Socialist Party Labour coalition Labour Party of Northern Ireland Labour and Trade Union Group League for a Workers' Republic Northern Ireland Labour Party Republican Labour Party Socialist Labour Alliance Socialist Party of Northern Ireland United Labour Party Workers League World Socialist Party
Ulster nationalist	British Ulster Dominion Party Ulster Independence Movement Ulster Independence Party Ulster Movement for Self-Determination Ulster Third Way
Others	Democratic Partnership Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Northern Ireland Women's Coalition Ulster Liberal Party Unbought Tenants' Association
¹ Excluding those left-wing parties avowedly nationalist / republican or unionist / loyalist.

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