Scottish Labour Party (1888)

Scottish Labour Party
PresidentRobert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Secretary-GeneralKeir Hardie
FounderRobert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Keir Hardie
Founded25 August 1888
Dissolved1895
Split fromScottish Land Restoration League
Merged intoIndependent Labour Party
Succeeded byScottish Labour
IdeologySocialism
Nationalisation
Home rule
Georgism
Political positionLeft-wing
SloganNo Noble Task Was Ever Easy

The Scottish Labour Party (SLP), also known as the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party, was formed by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, the first socialist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, who later went on to become the first president of the Scottish National Party, and Keir Hardie, who later became the first leader of the Independent Labour Party and the Labour Party.