Scottish Labour Party

There are three organisations which have called themselves the Scottish Labour Party:

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• Scottish Labour Party (1888-1893), founded by Robert Cunninghame-Graham who later became the first president of the Scottish National Party; and Keir Hardie, who later became the first leader of the Labour Party (UK).
• Scottish Labour Party (1976-1981), a breakaway from the Labour Party (UK), founded by Jim Sillars, then Labour MP for South Ayrshire; John Robertson, then Labour MP for Paisley; and Alex Neil, the UK Labour Party's senior Scottish researcher.
• The "Scottish Labour Party" is the name the Labour Party (UK) has used when campaigning in Scotland, since the 1990's.