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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is a political party in the United Kingdom, established in 1990.The current party traces its origin to the Social Democratic Party, which was formed in 1981 by a group of dissident Labour Party Members of Parliament (MPs) and former Cabinet members Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams, who became known as the Gang of Four.
2 Sitting Labour Party MP who joined the SDP. 3 Sitting Conservative Party MP who joined the SDP. 4 Later elected as a Liberal Democrat MP. 5 Later elected as a Conservative MP. 6 Previously elected as a Labour MP. 7 Joined the Liberal Democrats on their formation in 1988. 8 Subsequently left the SDP to sit as an independent Labour MP.
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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a centrist to centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. [2] [3] [4] The party supported a mixed economy (favouring a system inspired by the German social market economy), electoral reform, European integration and a decentralised state while rejecting the possibility of trade unions being overly influential within industrial relations. [5]
This article lists the election results of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in UK elections, founded following the 1990 dissolution of the "Continuing" Social Democratic Party after the even further dissolution in 1988 of the original Social Democratic Party.
List of currently active political parties with 1,000,000 – 5,000,000 members Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (year) Approximate percentage of population (year) [b] 19 Democratic Party of Korea: DPK South Korea: 26 March 2014 (10 years ago) () 4,053,466 (2021) 7.84% (2021) 20
There was a huge surge in membership after the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, prior to which the SNP had just over 25,000 members. [21] Membership peaked at over 125,000 in August 2018. [22] Membership numbers then fell by tens of thousands in the final years of Nicola Sturgeon's leadership. [23]
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) formed in 1988 was a political party in the United Kingdom led by David Owen, which lasted for only two years.A successor party to the original Social Democratic Party (SDP), it was known informally as the 'continuing' SDP.