National Labour Party (UK 1950s)
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- This article is about the late 1950s far right party in the United Kingdom. For the party that existed from 1931-1945, see National Labour Party (UK 1930s). The National Labour Party was also the name of an Irish political party (a split from the Irish Labour Party) active in the 1940s and 1950s.
The National Labour Party was founded in 1957 by John Bean. The party was a splinter group from the League of Empire Loyalists which resented the LEL's refusal to contest elections and its strong links to the Conservative Party. The nominal party leader was Andrew Fountaine, whilst Bean was policy director (giving him effective control). A very small party, the NLP secured a 4.1% vote share in the St. Pancras ward during a 1959 London election. Throughout its existence the NLP retained close links with the White Defence League and merged with it in 1960 to form the British National Party.