Commonwealth Labour Party

The Commonwealth Labour Party was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1942 by Harry Midgley, former leader of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), in order to pursue his brand of labour unionism. No longer in opposition to the Ulster Unionist Party which dominated the legislature, Midgley was able to take ministerial posts. The party stood six candidates in the 1945 Northern Ireland general election, but only Midgely was successful. He also stood in Belfast South in the 1945 UK general election, but was defeated by the Ulster Unionist. In 1947, Midgley disbanded the party and joined the Ulster Unionists.

The party should not be confused with the Common Wealth Party.

Defunct political parties in Northern Ireland
All Ireland Anti-Partition League \| Anti-Partition of Ireland League \| Belfast Labour Party \| British Ulster Dominion Party \| Commonwealth Labour Party \| Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) \| Communist Party of Northern Ireland \| Democratic Left \| Federation of Labour \| Independent Socialist Party \| Irish Independence Party \| Labour Coalition \| Labour Party of Northern Ireland \| League for a Workers Republic \| National Democrats \| Nationalist Party \| Northern Ireland Independent Labour Party \| Northern Ireland Labour Party \| Northern Ireland Women's Coalition \| Official Sinn Féin \| People's Democracy \| Protestant Unionist Party \| Red Republican Party \| Republican Labour Party \| Saor Éire \| Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland \| Socialist Labour Alliance \| Socialist Republican Party \| Ulster Constitution Party \| Ulster Democratic Party \| Ulster Independence Movement \| Ulster Independence Party \| Ulster Liberal Party \| Ulster Movement for Self-Determination \| Ulster Popular Unionist Party \| Ulster Progressive Unionist Association \| Ulster Unionist Labour Association \| Unionist Party of Northern Ireland \| United Labour Party \| United Ulster Unionist Council \| United Ulster Unionist Party \| Unity \| Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party \| Volunteer Political Party \| Workers League