Cross-Community Labour Alternative | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Owen McCracken |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | 25 Ava Avenue Belfast BT7 3BP [1] |
| Ideology | Eco-socialism [2] |
| Colours | |
| NI Assembly | 0 / 90 |
| NI Local Councils | 0 / 462 |
Cross-Community Labour Alternative is a minor political party founded to contest the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. It stood three candidates [3] in the East Belfast, South Belfast and East Antrim constituencies. It was initiated by the Socialist Party. [4]
In the 2016 Assembly election, Cross-Community Labour Alternative reached 1939 first-preference votes, having stood 3 candidates. Conor Sheridan polled 551 first preference votes (1.7%) in East Antrim, [5] Sean Burns got 871 first preferences (2.7%) in Belfast South [6] and Courtney Robinson got 517 first preferences (1.4%) in Belfast East. [7]
In the 2017 election, the CCLA stood four candidates, in the same three constituencies as before, and also in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. [8] They won no seats and a slightly increased first-preference vote, with 2,009 votes (0.3%).
In the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections, one of the party's candidates, Donal O'Cofaigh, was elected to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. [9] CCLA lost their only seat in the 2023 Council elections when Donal O'Cofaigh failed to retain his council seat. [10] In the 2022 Assembly election CCLA ran O'Cofaigh as the party's only candidate.[ citation needed ]
In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Gerry Cullen stood for the CCLA in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency). He attracted 624 votes (1.2%).
| Election | Votes | Share of votes | Seats | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,939 | 0.3% | 0 / 108 | #13 |
| 2017 | 2,009 | 0.3% | 0 / 90 | #11 |
| 2022 | 602 | 0.07% | 0 / 90 | #13 |
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