Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972)

Democratic Labour Party
LeaderDick Taverne
Founded1972
Split fromLabour Party
Merged intoSocial Democratic Alliance
IdeologySocial Democracy

The Democratic Labour Party, sometimes referred to as the Lincoln Democratic Labour Association, was a minor political party operating in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. It was formed by the Labour MP Dick Taverne when his Constituency Labour Party (CLP) in the Lincoln constituency deselected him as its candidate at the next general election. He had fallen out with it over Britain's proposed membership of the European Communities, which he supported but it did not.