[4] The ownership of property and funds held by branches which had left the ILP and joined the SSP was an immediate cause of conflict.
[1][6] At the 1935 United Kingdom general election, the organisation sponsored four Labour Party candidates, none of whom were successful.
[1] Prior to forming the party, Dollan had worked closely with E. F. Wise in England, who hoped that the Scottish members would join the new Socialist League.
[1][5] In 1936, unification of the two was again planned, with the SSP conceding to the Socialist League's support for the Communist Party of Great Britain to affiliate to the Labour Party, but this foundered over the Socialist League's now cordial relationship with the ILP, while the SSP still had a remaining financial dispute, concerning £200 of funds from the Hamilton branch.
[5][8] Eventually, in 1940, the Court of Session found in favour of the ILP in regard to the remaining legal disputes, and the SSP decided to dissolve itself into the Labour Party.