Labour Party or Labor Party is a name used by many political parties. These political parties are generally left-wing or centre-left, usually with nominal commitments to social democracy or democratic socialism.
Political parties by this name include:
Africa
Burkina Faso Party of Labour of Burkina, active 1990–1996 Voltaic Labour Party, active
South Africa Labour Party (South Africa) Labour Party (South Africa, 1969) Labour Party (South Africa, 2024) Natal Labour Party New Labour Party (South Africa) Transvaal Independent Labour Party
Elsewhere in Africa MPLA, formerly known as the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party Independent Labor Party, Burundi Congolese Party of Labour, Republic of the Congo Labor Party of Liberia Labour Party (Mauritius), one of the two major parties in Mauritius Labour Party (Morocco) South West African Labour Party, Namibia, active circa 1970s Labour Party (Nigeria) Labour Party of Sine Saloum, Senegal, active circa 1960 Tanzania Labour Party Zimbabwe Labour Party
Asia
Armenia All Armenian Labour Party United Labour Party (Armenia)
India Labour Party (India) Independent Labour Party (India), active circa 1936–1938 Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan, active 1923–1925
Indonesia Labour Party of Indonesia, active 1945–1948 Labour Party (Indonesia, 1949), active 1949–1955 Labour Party (Indonesia, 1998) active 1998–2021 Labour Party (Indonesia, 2021)
Japan Japan Labour-Farmer Party, active 1926–1928 Farmer-Labour Party, active 1925
Korea
Labor Party (South Korea) Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)
Philippines Partido ng Manggagawa Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka
Singapore Labour Front Labour Party (Singapore)
Elsewhere in Asia Georgian Labour Party Labour Party (Hong Kong) Israeli Labor Party Labour Party of Malaya, active 1952–1969 Labour Party Pakistan Ceylon Labour Party, Sri Lanka Labor Party (Taiwan) Labour Party (Thailand) Labour Party (Turkey)
Europe
Croatia Croatian Labourists – Labour Party Croatian Labour Party
Italy Labour Federation (Italy), active 1994–1998 Labour Party (Italy), active since 2012
Lithuania Labour Party (Lithuania) Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, active 1989–2001
Netherlands Labour Party (Netherlands) Central Democratic Labour Party, active 1933
Norway Labour Party (Norway) Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway, active circa 1920s
Poland Labour Union (Poland) Polish Labour Party-August 80, active 2001–2017 Labour Faction (1937), active 1937–1946 Labor Party (Partia Pracy), active 1925–1930 Labour Faction (1989), active 1989–2005
Ukraine Labour Party Ukraine Labour Ukraine
United Kingdom and its territories Great Britain and Northern Ireland Active Labour Party (UK), one of two main political parties in the United Kingdom, primarily active in Great Britain Scottish Labour Party, division of the party for Scotland Welsh Labour, division of the party for Wales London Labour, division of the party for London Labour Party in Northern Ireland, the unregistered division of the party for Northern Ireland Labour – Federation of Labour Groups, Northern Ireland Newtownabbey Labour Party, Northern Ireland Social Democratic and Labour Party, Northern Ireland Socialist Labour Party (UK)
Defunct Belfast Labour Party, Northern Ireland Communist Labour Party (Scotland) Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1998), a minor party in Walsall, England Independent Labour Party Irish Labour Party in Northern Ireland Labour Party of Northern Ireland National Labour Organisation Northern Ireland Labour Party Republican Labour Party, Northern Ireland Scottish Labour Party (1888)
UK territories Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party Gibraltar Labour Party, active 2003–2005 Manx Labour Party
Elsewhere in Europe Belarusian Labour Party Belgian Labour Party, active 1885–1940 Estonian Labour Party, active 1917–1932 Georgian Labour Party Labour Party (Ireland) Workers' Party (Latvia), active 1920–1923 and 1997–2008 Labour Party (Malta) Labour Party (Moldova) Labor Party (Romania) Labour Party (Slovakia) Swiss Party of Labour Labour Party (Turkey) Volkssozialistische Bewegung Deutschlands/Partei der Arbeit (People's Socialist Movement of Germany/Labour Party), a neo-Nazi Strasserite party active in West Germany 1971–1982
North America Barbados Barbados Labour Party Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)
Canada Canadian Labour Party, active 1917–1929 Labour candidates and parties in Canada, active 1870s–1960s Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Farmer-Labour-Socialist), active 1932–1961 Labor-Progressive Party, the legal political organization of the Communist Party of Canada active 1943–1959 North American Labour Party, an unregistered party active circa 1970s Cape Breton Labour Party, active 1970–1984
Guatemala Guatemalan Party of Labour Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos, an underground communist party active circa 1980s Guatemalan Party of Labour – Communist Party, an underground communist party active 1979–1983
Jamaica Jamaica Labour Party National Labour Party (Jamaica), active circa 1950s and 1960s
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad Labour Party Democratic Labour Party United Labour Front Social Democratic Labour Party of Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean National Labour Party
United States and its territories Active Socialist Labor Party of America, established 1876
Defunct American Labor Party, 1936–1956 American Labor Party (1932), active until 1935 Communist Labor Party of North America, 1953–1974 Farmer–Labor Party, 1918–1944 Greenback Labor Party, active 1874–1889 Labor Party (Hawaii), 1908 Labor Party (Puerto Rico), active 1899–1915 Labor Party (United States, 19th century), several parties Labor Party of the United States, active circa 1919 Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, 1918–1944 Merged into the current-day Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party Union Labor Party (California), active 1901–1912 U.S. Labor Party, a short-lived LaRouchite political party active circa 1970s Labor Party (United States, 1996), 1996-2007
Elsewhere in North America Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party Labour Party (Bahamas) Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda) Labour Party People's Crusade, Curaçao Dominica Labour Party Labour Party (Greenland), active 1979–1983 Grenada United Labour Party Labor Party (Mexico) Labor Party (Panama), active 1925–1930 Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party Saint Lucia Labour Party Unity Labour Party, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Oceania
Australia Australian Labor Party ACT Labor Party New South Wales Labor Party Queensland Labor Party South Australian Labor Party Tasmanian Labor Party Territory Labor Party Victorian Labor Party Western Australian Labor Party Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1980) Democratic Labour Party (historical) Progressive Labour Party (Australia), active 1996 to 2021 Industrial Socialist Labor Party, active late-1910s and early 1920s
New Zealand New Zealand Labour Party New Zealand Labour Party (1910), active 1910–1912 United Labour Party (New Zealand), active 1912–1916 Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand), active circa 1940s NewLabour Party, active 1989–2000
Papua New Guinea Bougainville Labour Party PNG Labour Party People's Labour Party (Papua New Guinea)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Labour Party Labour Party (Solomon Islands), active 1970–1971
Elsewhere in Oceania Fiji Labour Party Labour Party (New Caledonia) Western Samoa Labour Party, active circa 1990s Vanuatu Labour Party
South America
Brazil Brazilian Labour Party (historical), 1945–1965 Democratic Labour Party (Brazil), since 1979 Brazilian Labour Party (current), since 1979 Brazilian Labour Renewal Party, since 1994 Avante (political party), since 2017, Labour Party of Brazil, 1989–2017 National Labour Party (1945-1965) Podemos (Brazil), since 2016, National Labour Party, 1995–2016 Act (Brazil), since 2021, Christian Labour Party, 2000–2021 Renovator Labour Party, 1985–1993 Social Labour Party, 1947–1965 Orienting Labour Party, 1945–1951
Guyana British Guiana Labour Party, active 1946–1950 Guyana Labour Party, active circa 1990s
Elsewhere in South America Labour Party (Argentina) Labor Party (Panama), active 1925–1930 Surinamese Labour Party
See also Labour government (disambiguation), a list of several Labour governments List of Labour parties Labour Party leadership election (disambiguation) Party of Labour (disambiguation) Workers' Party (disambiguation)