The Labour Party in Northern Ireland (LPNI) is the Northern Irish organisation of the Labour Party. The Labour Party is not a registered political party in Northern Ireland and does not currently contest elections. As of December 2015, there were approximately 1,700 Labour Party members and supporters in Northern Ireland. In the 2016 Assembly elections, 8 members of the party ran for election under the umbrella of the Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee, as the Labour Party NEC had refused to allow candidates to stand under the Labour banner.