The United Labour Party was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded by Paddy Devlin in 1978 with the aim of being a broad based Labour formation, as opposed to the Northern Ireland Labour Party, which primarily drew its support from Protestants, and the Social Democratic and Labour Party, which Devlin saw as an Irish nationalist party.
Devlin stood as a United Labour Party candidate in the 1979 European Parliament election but polled just 6,122 first preferences (1.1% of those cast) and thereby lost his deposit.
In 1987, the group joined the Labour '87 coalition.
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Defunct political parties of Northern Ireland
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| Unionist / Loyalist |
- Commonwealth Labour Party
- Independent Unionist Association
- Northern Ireland Unionist Party
- Protestant Unionist Party
- UK Unionist Party
- Ulster Constitution Party
- Ulster Democratic Party
- Ulster Popular Unionist Party
- Ulster Progressive Unionist Association
- Ulster Unionist Labour Association
- Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
- United Ulster Unionist Council
- United Ulster Unionist Party
- Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
- Volunteer Political Party
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| Nationalist / Republican |
- All Ireland Anti-Partition League
- Federation of Labour
- Fianna Uladh
- Irish Anti-Partition League
- Irish Independence Party
- Irish Union Association
- National Democratic Party
- Nationalist Party
- National League of the North
- National Unity
- Northern Council for Unity
- Official Sinn Féin
- People's Democracy
- Red Republican Party
- Republican Socialist Collective
- Saor Éire
- Socialist Republican Party
- Unity
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| Left wing |
- Belfast Labour Party
- Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
- Communist Party of Northern Ireland
- Democratic Left
- Independent Labour Group
- Independent Socialist Party
- Labour Coalition
- Labour Party of Northern Ireland
- Labour and Trade Union Group
- League for a Workers Republic
- Northern Ireland Labour Party
- Republican Labour Party
- Socialist Labour Alliance
- United Labour Party
- Workers League
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| Ulster nationalist |
- British Ulster Dominion Party
- Ulster Independence Movement
- Ulster Independence Party
- Ulster Movement for Self-Determination
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| Others |
- Democratic Partnership
- Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association
- Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
- Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Ulster Liberal Party
- Unbought Tenants Association
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| Excluding those left-wing parties avowedly nationalist / republican or unionist / loyalist.
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