Anti-Partition of Ireland League

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The Anti-Partition of Ireland League was a political organisation based in Northern Ireland. Founded in 1945, it campaigned for a united Ireland and gained the support of the Government of the Republic of Ireland.

The group stood candidates in the 1950 and 1951 UK general elections without success, although they did gain two Northern Ireland MPs in the 1953 Stormont election. They declined with the passing of the Ireland Act in 1949, in which the British government recognised the Republic of Ireland but required that Ireland could only be united if Stormont MPs voted in favour.

The act also created some stir in the Republic of Ireland, as its Northern Ireland provisions gave that region a status which it previously did not have. The Irish parliament called for a Protest Against Partition as a result. This was the last public protest against partition by the Irish parliament. See also the Nationalist Party (Ireland).

Defunct Political Parties in Ireland

To 1918:

Post 1918:

Defunct political parties in Northern Ireland
Unionist and Loyalist: Commonwealth Labour Party \| Protestant Unionist Party \| Ulster Constitution Party \| Ulster Democratic Party \| Ulster Popular Unionist Party \| Ulster Progressive Unionist Association \| Ulster Unionist Labour Association \| Unionist Party of Northern Ireland \| United Ulster Unionist Council \| United Ulster Unionist Party \| Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party \| Volunteer Political Party Nationalist and Republican: All Ireland Anti-Partition League \| Anti-Partition of Ireland League \| Federation of Labour \| Irish Independence Party \| National Democrats \| Nationalist Party \| Official Sinn Féin \| People's Democracy \| Red Republican Party \| Saor Éire \| Socialist Republican Party \| Unity Left wing^#: Belfast Labour Party \| Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) \| Communist Party of Northern Ireland \| Democratic Left \| Independent Socialist Party \| Labour Coalition \| Labour Party of Northern Ireland \| League for a Workers Republic \| Northern Ireland Independent Labour Party \| Northern Ireland Labour Party \| Republican Labour Party \| Socialist Labour Alliance \| United Labour Party \| Workers League Ulster nationalist: British Ulster Dominion Party \| Ulster Independence Movement \| Ulster Independence Party \| Ulster Movement for Self-Determination Other: Northern Ireland Women's Coalition \| Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland \| Ulster Liberal Party
^#Excluding those left-wing parties which were avowedly nationalist/republican or unionist/loyalist.