Democratic Left
In 1992, Lynch sided with the split from the Workers' Party which produced Democratic Left, and he became the new group's main figure in Northern Ireland. Standing for the new organisation, at the 1992 UK general election his vote fell to 3.7% and he lost his council seat the following year. His last contest for the party was heading its North Belfast list for the Northern Ireland Assembly election in 1996, but the list took only 123 votes. Democratic Left dissolved in 1998, its members invited to join the Labour Party but not permitted to organise in Northern Ireland.
In 2003, Lynch was elected Chairman of the North Belfast sub-group of the Belfast District Policing Partnership. He is a Public Affairs Officer with Age NI.
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