Unity Labour Party

The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently the governing party, it is led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves.[5]

Unity Labour Party
LeaderRalph Gonsalves
Founded16 October 1994
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Democratic socialism
Agrarian socialism
Republicanism[2]
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Regional affiliationCOPPPAL (Observer)[3]
Foro de São Paulo (Affiliate)
Socialist International (1994-2014)[4]
Seats in the House of Assembly
8 / 15
Website
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The party is an observer of COPPPAL and an affiliate of Foro de São Paulo. Formerly the party was a member of Socialist International from 1994 to 2014. [6]

History

The party was formed in 1994 from the merger of the Saint Vincent Labour Party and the Movement for National Unity.[5] The parties had run as an alliance in the elections earlier that year, promising voters that they would merge after the election regardless of the result.[5] In the 1998 elections they received 54.6% of the vote, but the New Democratic Party won a majority of seats. However, in the 2001 general election the ULP won its first parliamentary majority, winning twelve of the fifteen seats.[7] The party won another majority in the 2005 general election.[8] With a fall in popular support, the party was narrowly re-elected in the 2010 general election, winning 8 out of 15 elected seats in the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the same taking place in the 2015 general elections.

Electoral history

House of Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1998 Ralph Gonsalves 28,025 54.6%
7 / 15
 4 2nd Opposition
2001 32,925 56.5%
12 / 15
 5 1st Supermajority government
2005 31,848 55.26%
12 / 15
 1st Supermajority government
2010 32,099 51.11%
8 / 15
 4 1st Majority government
2015 34,246 52.28%
8 / 15
 1st Majority government
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References
  1. Leftist Parties of the World – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  2. Vincentian constitutional referendum, 2009
  3. COPPPAL – Countries and Member Parties Archived 2016-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Socialist international visits SVG". Searchlight. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. Archived May 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Member Parties of the Socialist International". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  7. Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Archived December 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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