List of organisations associated with the Labour Party (UK) explained

This is a list of organisations that are associated with the Labour Party. Some are official party organisations, some (like the Co-operative Party) are independent organisations, and others are organisations made up of party members which are not officially recognised by the party. Socialist societies and affiliated trade unions are affiliated independent organisations, with voting and representational rights within the Labour Party.

Partner organisations

• The Co-operative Party
• Labour Students
• Party of European Socialists
• Socialist International
• Trades Union Congress (TUC)
• Young Labour

Magazines

• Chartist
• Tribune

Think tanks and lobby groups

• Blue Labour - founded 2010, pressure group that advocates the idea that working-class voters will be won back to Labour through socially conservative ideas on specific social and international issues
• Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) - founded 1973, group of Labour activists campaigning for changes to the constitution of the Labour Party to ensure that Labour MPs and Labour governments enacted policies agreeable to the party membership
• Campaign for Socialism - pressure group of Scottish Labour members and supporters
• Campaign for Democratic Socialism (CDS) - 1960–1964, pressure group representing the right wing of the party of members who supported the then-party Labour leader, Hugh Gaitskell
• Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance (CLGA) - founded 1998, centre-left group representing members of the Labour membership from the centre to the left
• Clause Four Group - 1970s–1991, a group student politics set up to oppose Militant
• Compass - founded 2003, think tank direction for the democratic left
• Fabian Society - founded 1884, think tank advancing the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies
• Independent Labour Publications (ILP) - founded 1975, pressure group which rejects contemporary capitalism and the command economy but accepts the idea of a market economy as part of democratic socialist thinking
• Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) - founded 1988, think tank which offers theoretical analysis for modernisers in the UK Labour Party; offering alternatives to free market fundamentalism
• Institute for Workers' Control - founded in 1968, shop stewards and militant workers who discussed workers' control of production
• Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform - founded 1980, a group of Labour politicians and grassroots members promoting democratic and constitutional reforms centred on proportional representation
• Labour Co-ordinating Committee (LCC) - 1978–1998, group established to challenge the leadership of the party from the left to the vanguard of Tony Blair's drive to modernise the party's organisation and policies
• Labour First - founded 1988, pressure group representing non-Blairite traditional right who self-describe as moderates^[1]
• Labour for a Green New Deal - founded March 2019, a grassroots campaign to push the party to adopt a radical Green New Deal to transform the UK economy, tackle inequality and address the escalating climate crisis.^[2]
• Labour for a New Democracy - a coalition to secure a commitment to proportional representation for the House of Commons from the Labour Party.^[3]
• Labour for a Republic - founded 2012, pressure group advocating the abolition of the monarchy in favour of an elected head of state and democratic republic
• Labour for Independence - founded 2012, organisation for Scottish Labour supporters who believe Scottish independence will lead to a fairer society
• Labour Left Briefing, monthly political magazine produced by members of the British Labour Party
• Labour Representation Committee (LRC) - founded 2004, pressure group fighting for power within the Labour Party and trade unions and to appeal to the electorate disillusioned and despaired by New Labour
• Labour Together - founded after the 2015 general election, developed to assist Keir Starmer becoming leader and to support Labour in the 2024 United Kingdom general election^[4]
• Momentum - founded 2015, pressure group supportive of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party
• Militant - 1964–1991, Trotskyist group
• Open Labour - founded 2015, a forum aimed at renewing Labour's soft left
• Progress - founded 1996, pressure group standard-bearer for New Labour^[1]
• Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory (SCLV) - founded 1978, refounded 2015 to campaign for a Labour government with clear working-class demands, to boost working-class confidence, and strengthen and transform the labour movement
• Socialist Campaign Group - founded 1982, left-wing, democratic socialist grouping of Labour MPs

Interest groups

• BAME Labour, formerly Labour Party Black Sections and Black Socialist Society
• Christians on the Left, formerly Christian Socialist Movement
• Disability Labour
• East and Southeast Asians for Labour
• Grassroots Black Left
• British Muslim Friends of Labour (BMFL)
• Hindus for Labour
• Jewish Labour Movement, formerly Poale Zion (Great Britain)
• Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL)
• Labour Against the War
• Labour Against the Witchhunt
• Labour and Palestine
• Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform (LCDPR)
• Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform (LCER)
• Labour Campaign for Human Rights (LCTR)
• Labour Campaign for Trans Rights
• Labour CND
• Labour for a Republic
• Labour Friends of Israel
• Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
• Labour Growth Group
• Labour Housing Group
• Labour Leave
• Labour Movement for Europe
• Labour Muslim Network
• Labour Party Irish Society
• Labour Land Campaign
• Labour Middle East Council
• Labour Party Marxists
• Labour Women's Network
• LGBT Labour
• Momentum Black Caucus
• National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs
• Peace and Justice Project
• Scientists for Labour
• Socialist Educational Association
• Socialist Environment and Resources Association (SERA)
• Socialist Health Association
• Tribune Group of MPs - soft left group of MPs

See also

• Labour Party (UK) affiliated trade union
• Socialist society (Labour Party)

Notes and References

1. News: Labour's warring factions: who do they include and what are they fighting over? . Anoosh Chakelian . New Statesman . 23 October 2015 . 14 April 2016.
2. Web site: Labour members launch Green New Deal inspired by US activists. Matthew. Taylor. March 22, 2019. www.theguardian.com.
3. News: Kersley . Andrew . 19 September 2020 . 'Labour for a New Democracy' launches to push leadership on electoral reform . LabourList . 3 December 2021.
4. News: Eyes on the prize: thinktank that put Keir Starmer and Labour on front foot . Adu . Aletha . The Guardian . 27 October 2023 . 26 November 2023.