The Labour Party is a centre-left and social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. Founded on 28 May 1912 in Clonmel,County Tipperary,by James Connolly,James Larkin,and William O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trades Union Congress,it describes itself as a "democratic socialist party" in its constitution.
Ruairi Quinn is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2011 to 2014,Leader of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2002,Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1989 to 1997,Minister for Finance from 1994 to 1997,Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1993 to 1994,Minister for the Public Service from 1986 to 1987,Minister for Labour from 1983 to 1986,Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Housing from 1982 to 1983. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-East constituency from 1977 to 1981 and 1982 to 2016. He was a Senator from 1976 to 1977,after being nominated by the Taoiseach and again from 1981 to 1982 for the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
The English Democrats is a right-wing to far-right,English nationalist political party active in England. Being a minor party,it currently has no elected representatives at any level of UK government.
John Francis O'Connell was an Irish Labour Party,Independent and Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Health from 1992 to 1993 and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1981 to 1982. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 1987 and from 1989 to 1993. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 1979 to 1981. He was a Senator from 1987 to 1989,after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
Eamon Gilmore is a European Union diplomat,and an Irish former Labour Party politician. He serves as European Union Special Representative for Human Rights since February 2019. He is also the European Union Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process since 2015. He was Ireland's Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2011 to 2014,Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2014,Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 2012 to 2013,Minister of State at the Department of the Marine from 1994 to 1997. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1989 to 2016.
Thomas Broughan is an Irish former Independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1992 to 2020.
Oxford East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Anneliese Dodds of the Labour Party,who also serves as party chair.
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010,with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons. The election took place in 650 constituencies across the United Kingdom under the first-past-the-post system.
Catherine Murphy is an Irish Social Democrats politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2011 general election,and previously from 2005 to 2007. She previously served as founding joint Leader of the Social Democrats from 2015 to 2023. In February 2023,she announced that she would stand down as co-leader of the Social Democrats.
Finian McGrath is an Irish former independent politician who served as Minister of State for Disability Issues from 2016 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2002 to 2020.
Declan Bree is an Irish Independent politician. He was a founder of the Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation in 1974,and was a member of that group until joining the Labour Party in 1991. He served in Dáil Éireann from 1992 to 1997. In May 2007 Bree resigned from the Labour Party,citing his disagreement with their pre-electoral pact with Fine Gael,and his clashes with party leader Pat Rabbitte.
Seán Sherlock is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency since the 2007 general election. He served as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2016.
Jerry Buttimer is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since December 2022. He has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since 2016,and previously from 2007 to 2011. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from July 2020 to August 2020,Leader of the Seanad from 2016 to 2020 and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 2011 to 2016.
The Northern Ireland Conservatives is a section of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party that operates in Northern Ireland. The party won 0.03% of the vote in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election and 0.7% of the vote in the 2019 United Kingdom General election in Northern Ireland.
The 2016 Irish general election to the 32nd Dáil was held on Friday 26 February,following the dissolution of the 31st Dáil by President Michael D. Higgins on 3 February,at the request of Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The general election took place in 40 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland to elect to elect 158 TeachtaíDála to Dáil Éireann,the house of representatives of the Oireachtas. There was a reduction of eight seats under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2013.
James Harte is an Irish former Labour Party politician and was a member of Seanad Éireann from April 2011 to September 2015.
John Kelly is an Irish former Labour Party politician who has served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2011 to 2016.
Mary Moran is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Senator from 2011 to 2016,after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
Lorraine Higgins is an Irish barrister,and a former Labour Party politician who represented the party in the 24th Seanad after being nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. From Galway,she is a graduate of NUI Galway and,later,the King's Inns. During her time there she was Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Reform and Foreign Affairs.
The Social Democrats are a centre-left,social-democratic political party in Ireland. The party was launched on 15 July 2015 by three independent TeachtaíDála,Catherine Murphy,and Róisín Shortall,and Stephen Donnelly. It promotes the Nordic model and pro-European views.
