Cross-Community Labour Alternative

Cross-Community Labour Alternative is a minor political party founded to contest the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election. It stood three candidates[3] in the East Belfast, South Belfast and East Antrim constituencies. It was initiated by the Socialist Party.[4]

Cross-Community Labour Alternative
LeaderOwen McCracken
Headquarters25 Ava Avenue
Belfast
BT7 3BP[1]
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Trade unionism
Nonsectarianism
Eco-socialism[2]
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours 
NI Assembly
0 / 90
NI Local Councils
0 / 462
Website
http://labouralternative.org/

Election results

In the 2016 Assembly election, Cross-Community Labour Alternative reached 1939 first-preference votes, having stood 3 candidates. Conor Sheridan polled 551 first preference votes (1.7%) in East Antrim,[5] Sean Burns got 871 first preferences (2.7%) in Belfast South[6] and Courtney Robinson got 517 first preferences (1.4%) in Belfast East.[7]

In the 2017 election, the CCLA stood four candidates, in the same three constituencies as before, and also in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[8] They won no seats and a slightly increased first-preference vote, with 2,009 votes (0.3%).

In the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections, one of the party's candidates, Donal O'Cofaigh, was elected to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.[9] Later in 2019, O'Cofaigh left the Socialist Party and CCLA to join the Irish section of the Committee for a Workers' International (2019), which renamed itself Militant Left in June 2020.[10]

Northern Ireland Assembly
Election Votes Share of votes Seats Note(s)
2016 1,939 0.3%
0 / 108
 #13
2017 2,009 0.3%
0 / 90
 #11

References
  1. "View registration - The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. "What Labour Alternative Stand For". Cross Community Labour Alternative. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  3. Alex Kane (2016-05-02). "Independent voices deserve to be heard, and can make a difference". Newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  4. "Northern Ireland: 'Cash for ash' scam shows need for non-sectarian, socialist politics". www.socialistparty.org.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "East Antrim - Northern Ireland Assembly constituency - Election 2016". BBC News. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  6. "Belfast South - Northern Ireland Assembly constituency - Election 2016". BBC News. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  7. "Belfast East - Northern Ireland Assembly constituency - Election 2016". BBC News. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  8. "Retiring doctors 'forced to stay on' as crisis deepens". The Fermanagh Herald. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. "Northern Ireland local elections 2019". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  10. http://cwiireland.net/launch-of-militant-left-for-workers-unity-and-a-socialist-future/
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