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in 1932, campaigning to reverse the policy. However, this open opposition to a key party policy was not accepted by the majority in the ILP, and the three were expelled in mid-August. They formed the
Scottish Socialist Party at the end of the month, and were immediately successful in affiliating it
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The ownership of property and funds held by branches which had left the ILP and joined the SSP was an immediate cause of conflict. This led to lengthy legal action, with the Labour Party financially supporting the SSP side. The party gained control of
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In all matters other than Labour Party affiliation, the new group maintained the policies of the ILP. Prior to forming the party, Dollan had worked closely with E. F. Wise in
England, who hoped that the Scottish members would join the new
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to affiliate to the Labour Party, but this foundered over the
Socialist League's now cordial relationship with the ILP, while the SSP still had a remaining financial dispute, concerning £200 of funds from the
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to the Labour Party. The new party initially claimed to have 1,000 members, and by
November, it claimed 2,200. This compared with 3,300 Scottish ILP members before the split.
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found in favour of the ILP in regard to the remaining legal disputes, and the SSP decided to dissolve itself into the Labour Party.
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was more problematic for the party; although many members opposed
British participation in the conflict, Dollan supported
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section, and in 1935, Dollan declared it to be an "anti-war party". However, it was always supportive of the
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196:. This came to a head after the Labour Party refused to endorse ILP candidates at the
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Industrial Nation: Work, Culture and
Society in Scotland, 1800-present
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The
National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations,
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Encyclopedia of
British and Irish Political Organizations
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The party sponsored four Labour Party candidates at the
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Homage to
Caledonia: Scotland and the Spanish Civil War
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Scottish
Independent Labour Party Affiliation Committee
559:. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.
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The party's first chair was Dollan, with councillors
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The Times Guide to the House of Commons: 1950, p.244
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By the early 1930s, there was strong support in the
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Organisations associated with the Labour Party (UK)
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British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968
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496:Scotland, CEMA and the Arts Council, 1919-1967
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738:Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party
425:
743:Scottish Workers' Representation Committee
657:
643:
316:, each of whom took a close second place.
520:
518:
516:
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181:members who wished to remain part of the
994:Political parties disestablished in 1940
885:East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance
228:as secretary. The party was boosted by
185:after their former party disaffiliated.
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470:The Radical Left in Britain: 1931-1941
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989:Political parties established in 1932
974:Defunct political parties in Scotland
943:Current political parties in Scotland
666:Defunct political parties in Scotland
638:
550:
953:List of political parties by country
915:Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
314:1935 United Kingdom general election
255:1935 United Kingdom general election
177:(SSP) was an organisation of former
577:
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297:'s initiatives to prepare for war.
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1009:1940 disestablishments in Scotland
192:(ILP) for disaffiliation from the
14:
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809:Scottish Democratic Fascist Party
723:Scottish Land Restoration League
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526:Labour and the Left in the 1930s
267:Communist Party of Great Britain
1004:1932 establishments in Scotland
905:RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance
839:Scottish Socialist Party (1932)
619:
606:
25:Political party in Scotland
900:Highlands and Islands Alliance
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733:Scottish Socialist Federation
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814:Scottish Labour Party (1976)
794:Orkney and Shetland Movement
718:Scottish Labour Party (1888)
7:
774:Highland Land League (1909)
764:Communist Party of Scotland
10:
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999:Labour parties in Scotland
834:Scottish Protestant League
829:Scottish Prohibition Party
789:National Party of Scotland
18:For the modern party, see
17:
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859:Workers Party of Scotland
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979:Independent Labour Party
819:Scottish Militant Labour
779:Labour Party of Scotland
759:Communist Bulletin Group
551:Craig, F. W. S. (1968).
190:Independent Labour Party
179:Independent Labour Party
175:Scottish Socialist Party
82:Independent Labour Party
33:Scottish Socialist Party
20:Scottish Socialist Party
910:Scottish Jacobite Party
483:Gleanings and Memoranda
138:Political position
890:East Kilbride Alliance
728:Scottish Liberal Party
537:Peter Barberis et al,
948:Elections in Scotland
769:Fife Socialist League
277:The SSP had a strong
198:1931 general election
938:Politics of Scotland
713:Highland Land League
612:Christopher Harvie,
153:Politics of Scotland
367:Glasgow Kelvingrove
295:Neville Chamberlain
212:. They formed the
224:as vice-chair and
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960:
844:Shetland Movement
692:Squadrone Volante
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421:West Renfrewshire
340:Edinburgh Central
287:Spanish Civil War
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56:Arthur Brady
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234:James Welsh
110:Membership
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784:Moderates
687:Kirk Party
570:0900178000
449:References
331:Percentage
429:Jean Mann
334:Position
325:Candidate
163:Elections
143:Left-wing
127:Socialism
98:Newspaper
70:Dissolved
680:Historic
279:pacifist
274:branch.
272:Hamilton
122:Ideology
603:, p.141
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285:in the
253:At the
247:Forward
103:Forward
62:Founded
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382:14,951
112:(1932)
355:9,659
328:Votes
116:2,200
565:ISBN
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