Progressive Social Democrats

Social Democratic and Co-operative Party Felloƿ Democratick and Evenƿork Fold Parti social-démocratique et co-opéthâtique
Abbreviation	SDCP
Leader	Zoe Halivar
Deputy Leader	Ned Tarry
General Secretary	Stephen Bradley
Chairperson	Vara Varun
Chief Whip	Helena Sargent
Founded	February 2, 1901 (1901-02-02) (As ESWI) May 1, 1914 (1914-05-01) (As SDCP)
Merger of	ILC, CRP
Headquarters	SDCP HQ, 218 Hall Street, Morwall
Newspaper	Red Flag Daily
Student wing	Students for Socialism
Youth wing	Socialist Pioneers
Women's wing	SDCP Women
Labour wing	CETU
Membership (2019)	489,000
Ideology	Social democracy Co-operatism Democratic socialism Pro-Eucleanism
Political position	Centre-left
Continental affiliation	Socialist Alternative for Euclea
International affiliation	International Socialist Forum
Colours	Red
Autonomous parties	Swathish SDCP Flurian SDCP Morwall SDCP
Chamber of Commons	189 / 600
Chamber of Peers	76 / 300
Euclean Parliament	33 / 114
Website
sdcp.org.es
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The Social Democratic and Co-operative Party (Swathish: Felloƿ Democratick and Evenƿork Fold, Flurian: Parti social-démocratique et co-opéthâtique), also known by the abbreviation SDCP, is a centre-left political party in Estmere, which currently comprises the Official Opposition.

Founded in 1901 as the Estmerish Section of the Workers' International, the party organised alongside the Estmerish trade union movement, sharing close links with the Congress of Estmerish Trade Unions. With Sidney Bell as leader, the party grew to be a political voice of much of the working class. The party eventually however fell to severe infighting, chiefly over Estmere's participation in colonial wars, and over the party's response to the Great Collapse. A split materialised in 1914, when "Red" Ed Barton and the council socialist wing of the party walked out of the annual congress, organising their own in opposition. The remainder of the party under Joseph Halstadder then organised a merger with the municipal socialist Independent Labour Committee and the co-operative Co-operative Representation Party, rebranding under the current name. The left-splitters under Barton kept the name ESWI but were organisationally distinct.

The party supported the war effort during the Great War, and under John Henderson briefly became the leading party in the war-time national government from 1930 to 1932. The party initially struggled to assert itself during the peace negotiations, but after Vincent Holmes took over leadership of the party he quickly positioned it as one of the more stable parties on the political scene. Holmes led the party to victory in 1941, organising the reconstruction effort, nationalising a number of industries and establishing the welfare state, while maintaining Estmere's position as a world power. After a brief lame duck administration under Richard Moore, the party returned to opposition until Fabian Young's close victory in 1953. The party was again returned to opposition after the 1955 election, and failed to return to government under Harold Anderson and John Archer.

The party returned to power under Kenneth Lawson in 1967, with the party dominating government under him, William Prentice and David Armstrong until 1976.

The party was overtaken by the newly-formed Reform Party in 1981.

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Alongside the Sotirian Democratic Union and the Reform Party, the SDCP is considered one of Estmere's three major parties. It has provided 6 of the 26 post-war Prime Ministers. The party espouses social democracy and co-operatism, and is generally agreed to have a progressive and socially liberal outlook. Zoe Halivar, considered to be on the soft left of the party, has led the party since 2016, and also serves as Leader of the Opposition. The SDCP is a founding member of Socialist Alternative for Euclea and the International Socialist Forum, and in 2019 had a membership of 489,000.

Organisation

Leaders

No.	Name	Portrait	Term in Office		Notes
1	Sidney Bell (1830–1891)		?? ???? 1881	?? ???? 1891	tbd
2	James FitzThomas (1857–1915)		?? ???? 1891	?? ???? 1898	tbd
3	George Lennon (1853–1946)		?? ???? 1898	?? ???? 1903	tbd
4	Oscar Fay Burton (1853–1946)		?? ???? 1903	?? ???? 1916	tbd
??	Nick Lawrence (born 1966)		?? ????? 2005	?? ????? 2016	tbd
-	Isaac Wright (born 1968)		?? ????? 2016	?? ????? 2016	Interim leader.
??	Zoe Halivar (born 1981)		?? ????? 2016	Incumbent

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