Scottish Labour Party (1976)

Scottish Labour Party
LeaderJim Sillars
FounderJim Sillars
John Robertson
Alex Neil
Founded18 January 1976
Dissolved1981
Split fromLabour Party
Merged intoScottish National Party
NewspaperForward Scotland
IdeologyScottish nationalism
Democratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing

The Scottish Labour Party (SLP) was a socialist party in Scotland that was active between 1976 and 1981. It formed as a breakaway from the UK Labour Party. It won three council seats in 1977 but lost its MPs at the 1979 election and was dissolved two years later.