List of Labour parties

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The name "Labour Party" (or "Labor Party") is used by political parties around the world, particularly in Commonwealth nations. Historically, these parties are associated with democratic socialism, although not exclusively. Over time, most have evolved into social democratic parties. They are traditionally allied with trade unions and the broader labour movement. Many Labour parties are also members of the Socialist International or participants in the Progressive Alliance.

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Active Labour parties

Nation or territoryParty
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda Antigua Labour Party
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia All Armenian Labour Party
United Labour Party
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Australian Labor Party
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Barbados Labour Party
Democratic Labour Party
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Belarusian Labour Party
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Progressive Labour Party
Flag of Bougainville.svg  Bougainville Bougainville Labour Party
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Brazilian Labour Renewal Party
Democratic Labour Party
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Independent Labor Party
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo Congolese Party of Labour
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Labour Party People's Crusade
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica Dominica Labour Party
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Fiji Labour Party
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Georgian Labour Party
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada Grenada United Labor Party
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Labour Party
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Labour Party
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Labour House
Islamic Labour Party
Labour Party of Iran (banned/exiled)
Islamic Association of Workers
Islamic Labour Welfare Party
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Labour Party
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man Manx Labour Party
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Jamaica Labour Party
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia Labor Party of Liberia
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Labour Party
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Labour Party
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Labour Party
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Labor Party
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Labour Party
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Labour Party
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia Labour Party
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand New Zealand Labour Party
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Labour Party
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Labour Party
  Northern Ireland Social Democratic and Labour Party
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Labour Party
People's Labour Party
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Polish Labour Party
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Portuguese Labour Party
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party
People's Labour Party
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Labour Party
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Unity Labour Party
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Scottish Labour Party
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Labour Party
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa New Labour Party
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Labor Party
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Surinamese Labour Party
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Swedish Social Democratic Labour Party
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Swiss Labour Party
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Tanzania Labour Party
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China (Taiwan) Labor Party
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Labour Party
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Labour Party
Socialist Labour Party
Labour and Co-operative Party
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Labour Party
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Welsh Labour Party
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Labour Party

Historical Labour parties

NationParty
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Party of Labour of Albania
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Socialist Labor Party
Industrial Socialist Labor Party
United Labour Party (S.A., 1891–1917) see ALP history
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Agrarian Socialist and Labour Renewal Party 1985–1990
Brazilian Labour Party 1945–1964
Brazilian Labour Party 1981–2023
Brazilian Renewal Labour Party 1993–1995
Christian Labour Party (former name of Agir)
Comunitary Labour Party 1992
Labour Party of Brazil (former name of Avante)
National Labour Party 1945–1965
Orienting Labour Party 1945–1961
Reformer Labour Party 1985–1986
Renewal Labour Movement 1959–1965
Renewal Labour Party 1985–1993
Republican Labour Party 1948–1965
Social Labour Party 1946–1965
Social Labour Party 1996–2003
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Belgian Labour Party
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Party of Labour of Burkina
Voltaic Labour Party 1970
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Canadian Labour Party 1917-1929
Labour Party of Canada 1870s-1960s
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation - (Farmer-Labour-Socialist) 1932-1961
Labor-Progressive Party
North American Labour Party
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Croatian Labour Party, 1906-1918
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar Gibraltar Labour Party
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Socialist Labour Party of Greece
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland Labour Party
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos
Flag of India.svg  India Independent Labour Party
Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Labour Party (1949)
Labour Party of Indonesia
Labour Party (1998)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Israeli Labor Party
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Labour Federation
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica National Labour Party
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania
Flag of Malaya.svg  Malaya Labour Party
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Labour Party
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Central Democratic Labour Party
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Labour Party (original)
United Labour Party
Democratic Labour Party
NewLabour Party
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Cape Breton Labour Party 1970-1984
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Labour Party
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Labor Party
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Western Samoa Labour Party
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Labour Party of Sine Saloum
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Labour Party
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Labour Party
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Labour Party
Labour Party (Coloured)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Democratic Labor Party
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad Labour Party
Democratic Labour Party
United Labour Front
Social Democratic Labour Party of Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean National Labour Party
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Communist Labour Party (Scotland)
Independent Labour Party
National Labour
Belfast Labour Party
Labour Party of Northern Ireland
Labour Party of Scotland (former name of Scottish branch of Labour Party (UK))
Northern Ireland Labour Party
Republican Labour Party (In Northern Ireland)
Scottish Labour Party (1888-1895)
Scottish Labour Party (1976-1981)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Labor Party (United States, 19th century)
Union Labor Party (California)
Socialist Labor Party of America
Farmer–Labor Party (United States)
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party
Labor Party of the United States
American Labor Party
American Labor Party (1932)
U.S. Labor Party
Labor Party (United States, 1996)
Communist Labor Party of North America
Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party
United States Socialist-Labor Party
Greenback-Labor Party

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