The party originated in a meeting held in Edinburgh on 8 August 1891 with representatives of various trades councils and local labour organisations.
The meeting established an executive, with one representative of each trades council, plus a member of the Scottish Labour Party.
[1] The executive attempted to form local labour representation committees, based on the membership of the trades councils.
This was sufficiently successful that a national movement known as the "Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party" was established.
[1] At the 1892 general election, the party sponsored four candidates: John Wilson in Edinburgh Central, Robert Brodie in Glasgow College, Chisholm Robertson in Stirlingshire and Henry Hyde Champion in Aberdeen South.