Cross-Community Labour Alternative
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Democratic socialism Trade unionism Eco-socialism Progressivism |
Political position | Left-wing |
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http://labouralternative.org/ | |
Cross-Community Labour Alternative is a minor political party founded to contest the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016. It stood three candidates in the East Belfast, South Belfast and East Antrim constituencies. It is a front organization of the Socialist Party.
In the 2016 Assembly election, Cross-Community Labour Alternative reached 1939 first-preference votes standing 3 candidates.
The party's Conor Sheridan polled 551 first preference votes (1.7%) in East Antrim., Sean Burns got 871 first preferences (2.7%) in Belfast South and Courtney Robinson got 517 first preferences (1.4%) in Belfast East.
In the 2017 election the CCLA stood four candidates, in the same three constituencies as before, and also in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. They won no seats and a slightly increased first-preference vote, with 2,009 votes (0.3%).