Anti-Partition of Ireland League

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The Anti-Partition of Ireland League was a political organisation based in Northern Ireland. Founded in 1945, it campaigned for a united Ireland and gained the support of the Government of the Republic of Ireland.

The group stood candidates in the 1950 and 1951 UK general elections without success, although they did gain two Northern Ireland MPs in the 1953 Stormont election, Liam Kelly and Charles McGleenan. The group declined with the passing of the Ireland Act in 1949, in which the British government recognised the Republic of Ireland but required that Ireland could only be united if Stormont MPs voted in favour.

The act also created some stir in the Republic of Ireland, as its Northern Ireland provisions gave that region a status which it previously did not have. The Irish parliament, Dáil Éireann, called for a Protest Against Partition as a result. This was the last public protest against partition by Dáil Éireann.

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v • d • e Defunct Political Parties in Ireland

To 1918:	All-for-Ireland League • Catholic Union • Home Government Association • Home Rule League • Independent Irish Party • Irish Conservative Party • Irish Liberal Party • Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society • Irish National Federation • Irish National League • Irish Parliamentary Party • Irish Socialist Republican Party • Irish Unionist Alliance • National Association • United Irish League

Post 1918:	Anti-Partition of Ireland League • Aontacht Éireann • British and Irish Communist Organisation • Clann Éireann • Clann na Poblachta • Clann na Talmhan • Córas na Poblachta • Cumann na nGaedhael • Cumann na Poblachta • Cumann Poblachta na hÉireann • Democratic Left • Democratic Socialist Party • Farmers' Party • Independent Fianna Fáil • Irish Independence Party • Irish Workers' Group • Irish Worker League • League for a Workers Republic • Muintir na hÉireann • National Centre Party • National Corporate Party • National Labour Party • National League Party • National Party • National Progressive Democrats • Republican Congress • Saor Éire • Socialist Labour Party • Socialist Party of Ireland

v • d • e Defunct political parties of Northern Ireland

Unionist/Loyalist	Commonwealth Labour Party · Protestant Unionist Party · Ulster Constitution Party · Ulster Democratic Party · Ulster Popular Unionist Party · Ulster Progressive Unionist Association · Ulster Unionist Labour Association · Unionist Party of Northern Ireland · United Ulster Unionist Council · United Ulster Unionist Party · Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party · Volunteer Political Party

Nationalist/Republican	All Ireland Anti-Partition League · Anti-Partition of Ireland League · Federation of Labour · Fianna Uladh · Irish Independence Party · National Democrats · Nationalist Party · Official Sinn Féin · People's Democracy · Red Republican Party · Saor Éire · Socialist Republican Party · Unity

Left wing^#	Belfast Labour Party · Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) · Communist Party of Northern Ireland · Democratic Left · Independent Labour Group · Independent Socialist Party · Labour Coalition · Labour Party of Northern Ireland · League for a Workers Republic · Northern Ireland Labour Party · Republican Labour Party · Socialist Labour Alliance · United Labour Party · Workers League

Ulster nationalism	British Ulster Dominion Party · Ulster Independence Movement · Ulster Independence Party · Ulster Movement for Self-Determination

Others	Democratic Partnership · Northern Ireland Women's Coalition · Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Ulster Liberal Party

^#Excluding those left-wing parties which were avowedly nationalist/republican or unionist/loyalist.