United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)

The United Workers Party is a conservative political party in Saint Lucia, currently led by former Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet who defeated former Prime Minister Stephenson King in a July 28, 2013 leadership contest. The party was led previously by John Compton.

United Workers Party
LeaderAllen Chastanet
Founded1964
IdeologyChristian democracy
Conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
Regional affiliationCaribbean Democrat Union
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union
House of Assembly
11 / 17
Senate
6 / 11
Website
voteuwp.org

History

The party was formed before the 1964 general elections by an alliance of the People's Progressive Party and the National Labour Movement, a splinter group from the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party.[1] They won the elections, taking six of the eight seats. They remained in power after winning elections in 1969 and 1974, before losing the 1979 elections to the Labour Party. They returned to power after winning 14 of the 17 seats in the 1982 elections, and remained in power after two elections in 1987 and one in 1992. The Labour Party won the 1997 and 2001 elections, but the UWP regained power in the 2006 elections. In 2011 the UWP lost the election to Labour but regained power in the 2016 elections, taking 11 of the 17 seats in the House.[2]

The United Workers Party is a member of the Caribbean Democrat Union, the regional organisation of the global conservative International Democrat Union.

Leaders

Electoral history

House of Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1964 John Compton 9,615 51.5%
6 / 10
 6 1st Majority government
1969 13,328 58.1%
6 / 10
 1st Majority government
1974 17,300 53.4%
10 / 17
 4 1st Majority government
1979 19,706 43.8%
5 / 17
 5 2nd Opposition
1982 27,252 56.2%
14 / 17
 9 1st Supermajority government
1987 (6 Apr) 25,892 52.5%
9 / 17
 5 1st Majority government
1987 (30 Apr) 28,046 53.2%
9 / 17
 1st Majority government
1992 33,562 56.7%
11 / 17
 2 1st Majority government
1997 Vaughan Lewis 26,325 36.6%
1 / 17
 10 2nd Opposition
2001 23,007 37.8%
3 / 17
 2 2nd Opposition
2006 John Compton 38,894 51.3%
11 / 17
 8 1st Majority government
2011 Stephenson King 39,100 46.96%
6 / 17
 5 2nd Opposition
2016 Allen Chastanet 46,183 54.79%
11 / 17
 5 1st Majority government

References
  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p582 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. "Saint Lucia General Elections". elections.gov.lc. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
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