Labour Party Young Socialists

Labour Party Young Socialists
Founded1960
Preceded byLeague of Youth
Dissolved1991
Succeeded byYoung Labour
HeadquartersLondon
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Social democracy
ColoursRed
Mother partyLabour Party
International affiliationInternational Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)
European affiliationYoung European Socialists (ECOSY)

The Labour Party Young Socialists (LPYS) was the youth section of the Labour Party in Britain from 1965 until 1991. In the 1980s, it had around 600 branches, 2,000 delegates at its national conferences and published a monthly newspaper, Left, later Socialist Youth. From the early 1970s, it was led by members of Militant.