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{{Infobox political party
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| founded          = October 1991
| dissolved        = 1998
| predecessor      = [[Revolutionary Socialist League (UK, 1957)|Revolutionary Socialist League]]
| successor        = [[Scottish Socialist Party]] 2002–
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'''Scottish Militant Labour''' ('''SML''') was a [[Trotskyist]]<ref name="Osler">Dave [David] Osler [http://archive.tribunemagazine.co.uk/article/30th-july-1993/4/the-tribune-interview-tommy-sheridan "The Tribune interview: Tommy Sheridan – Tartan Trot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001192926/http://archive.tribunemagazine.co.uk/article/30th-july-1993/4/the-tribune-interview-tommy-sheridan |date=1 October 2018 }},''Tribune'', 30 July 1993</ref> political party operating in Scotland for most of the 1990s and was part of the [[Committee for a Workers' International (1974)|Committee for a Workers' International]]. It later became known as the International Socialist Movement, which has since dissolved.

It was formed when [[Militant (Trotskyist group)|Militant]] (also known as the Militant tendency) split after abandoning [[Entryism|entryist]] tactics in the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. Its best known member was [[Tommy Sheridan]], although [[Alan McCombes]] played an important role behind the scenes. The party had six councillors in [[Glasgow]] between 1993 and 1995.

In 1998, the ''Scottish Socialist Voice'' announced that the SML executive had decided to support [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/no-headline-present-1.353540|title=No Headline Present|date=20 February 1998|access-date=17 November 2013}}</ref>

In 1996, it led the formation of the [[Scottish Socialist Alliance]], the precursor of the modern [[Scottish Socialist Party]] (SSP) formed in 1998. As part of the SSA and SSP it changed its name to the International Socialist Movement. Many of its leading members were leading members of the SSP. A split occurred after years of debate centred on questions such as what the SSP should be, what the nature of a revolutionary party is and the relationship of the ISM to the CWI.<ref>[http://www.marxist.net/scotland/1998/m2frame.htm?initial.htm ''The Scottish Debate'' – Transcripts of the debates within the SML and between the SML majority and the CWI International Secretariat]</ref> The majority of ISM members broke with the CWI while a minority stayed part of the CWI and created the [[International Socialists (Scotland)]], which claimed to be the successor of SML.

Tommy Sheridan was co-convenor of [[Solidarity (Scotland)]], and the International Socialists were a platform within it.

==Electoral performance==
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!Westminster Elections
 ! No. of Votes !! Percentage of Scottish vote !! Seats won !! Additional information
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| [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 General Election]]|| 6,287 ||0.21%||0 seats||
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| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 General Election]]|| 9,740 ||0.35%||0 seats|| Ran as part of Scottish Socialist Alliance
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==See also==
*International Socialist Movement

==References==
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[[Category:2001 disestablishments in Scotland]]