A constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular UK parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. The Labour Party in Northern Ireland has, since February 2009, been organised as a single constituency.[1]
For much of the Labour Party's history, especially during the 1980s, CLPs were perceived as the more left wing faction in the Labour Party. The unions were said to be a more moderate or pragmatic force.[2]
- ↑ "NEW Start for LABOUR IN NI - COME AND JOIN IN". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ↑ Pelling, H: Short History of the Labour Party (8th Edition), page 183 and 187. Macmillan Press, 1986.