The National Labour Party was a political party

Political party

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 in Jamaica

Jamaica

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, founded by Ken Hill. Hill had been expelled from the People's National Party

People's National Party

The People's National Party is a social democratic and social liberal Jamaican political party, founded by Norman Manley in 1938. It is the oldest political party in the Anglophone Caribbean and one of the main two political parties in Jamaica. Out of the two major parties, it is considered more...

 in 1952, accused of having advocated communism

Communism

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. The NLP ran three candidates in the 1955 general election

Jamaican general election, 1955

General elections were held in Jamaica on 12 January 1955. The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 18 of the 32 seats. Voter turnout was 65.1%.-Results:...

; Ken Hill contested Kingston Western, getting 3,262 votes (21.91%, trailing behind the PNP and JLP

Jamaica Labour Party

The Jamaica Labour Party is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party. Despite its name, the JLP is a centre-right, conservative party.-Background:...

 candidates). Frank Hill contested the Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica

Saint Andrew is a parish, situated in the southeast of Jamaica in the county of Surrey. It lies north, west and east of Kingston, and stretches into the Blue Mountains and at the 2001 census had the highest population of all the parishes in Jamaica. The Right Excellent George William Gordon Saint...

 Central seat, getting 784 votes (3.24%). W. M. Grubb finished second in the Hanover Eastern seat, getting 1,958 votes (30.31%).

The NLP disappeared in the 1960s.