On 14 April 1990, a pro-independence faction under Ivars Ķezbers split off from the LKP to form the Independent Communist Party of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Neatkarīgā Komunistiskā partija, LNKP).
The main body of the LKP, under the leadership of Alfrēds Rubiks, remained loyal to the CPSU.
Later that same year, on 14 September, the party was officially renamed the Democratic Labour Party of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Demokrātiskā darba partija, LDDP).
Originally a political party with communist and nationalist leanings, it was transformed into a social democratic organization by the party leader Juris Bojars.
[2] In May 1999 it merged into the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party.