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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.
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.
Member Constituency Years served Gerry Fitt: Belfast West: 1970–1980 [note 1] [5] John Hume: Foyle: 1983–2005 [6] Seamus Mallon: Newry and Armagh: 1986–2005 [7] Eddie McGrady: South Down: 1987–2010 [8] Joe Hendron: Belfast West: 1992–1997 [9] Mark Durkan: Foyle: 2005–2017 [10] Alasdair McDonnell: Belfast South: 2005–2017 [11 ...
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.
[citation needed] In a repeat of the events of 1988, a number of SDP activists met days after the National Executive had voted for dissolution and, in defiance of the Executive, voted to create a new Social Democratic Party. This group was led by Jack Holmes, whose defeat by the Raving Loonies at Bootle had ensured the party's demise.
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SDP gain from CON Slough: Nicholas Bosanquet: 9,519 18.5 3rd Southampton Itchen: Bob Mitchell (defecting Labour MP) 16,647 31.5 2nd SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB Stockport: Thomas McNally (defecting Labour MP from abolished Stockport South) 12,129 27.6 3rd SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON win in new seat Stockton North