Highland Land League

The Highland Land League were a political party operating in Scotland in the early part of the 20th century. They were formed at a meeting in Glasgow in 1909, taking the same name of an earlier body that had wound down its activities in the 1890s.

It was broadly a left-wing organisation that sought the restoration of deer forests to public ownership, abolition of plural farms and the nationalisation of the land. They also resolved to resolutely defend crofters facing eviction by their landlords. They also supported home rule for Scotland.

In August, 1918 they affiliated with the Labour Party, with four candidates for the 1918 general election being joint League-Labour. By the 1920s they had fully merged with Labour.