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The party won one seat in the 1950 elections. The party contested the 1951 general elections, receiving 30% of the vote and winning two of the nine elected seats. [3] In the local elections later in the year, the party won three seats. However, the party saw several splits in the early 1950s, leading to the formation of the Labour Front.
The Progressive Party and Labour Party, both established in the late 1940s, were some of the pioneering local establishments, with the PP the only party to contest in the first elections in 1948, and the LP coming on board in 1951. By 1955, the fledgling British colony had seven parties contesting, and reached a pinnacle of 13 parties in 1959.
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£50,000 cap on donations Tax relief on donations up to £3,000 State funding of £1.20 per vote won at general elections for parties with MPs, plus annual payment equal to 60p per vote New commission to handle honours General election party funds limited to £15 m. These proposals would also reduce the number of MPs from 650 to fewer than 600 ...
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Sir Keir Starmer has been given a £2m boost from a major New Labour era donor, as dozens of top business leaders are asking how to “get on board” with the Labour Party ahead of the next election.
The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP) is a major social democratic political party in Singapore and one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and the other opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP).
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