:''See also the Independent Labour Party, which was active in Ireland in the early twentieth century.'' The Independent Labour Group was a nationalist political party in Northern Ireland from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Sometimes known as the Independent Labour Party, it was formed in 1958 in Belfast by independent Labour MP

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, with the support of various local Roman Catholic clerics. That year, the party wiped out the Irish Labour Party on Belfast City Council. John Joseph Brennan stood under the party banner in Belfast West in the

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, where he received 37.6% of the votes cast, then stood in Belfast Falls in the

1962 Northern Ireland general election The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Results ''A ...

. Hanna continued to hold his Belfast Central seat for the organisation. In the

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, Brennan took over Hanna's seat, having joined the National Democratic Party, for which Brennan was elected; the remainder of the party appears to have joined or disintegrated by this point.

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Biographies
* Michael Farrell, ''Northern Ireland: The Orange State'' *Graham S. Walker, ''The Politics of Frustration: Harry Midgley and the Failure of Labour in Northern Ireland'' *Enda Staunton, ''The Nationalists of Northern Ireland 1918-1973'' Defunct political parties in Northern Ireland Political parties established in 1958 1958 establishments in Northern Ireland Labour parties in Northern Ireland {{Northern-Ireland-party-stub