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Social Democratic and Co-operative Party

Felloƿ Democratick and Evenƿork Fold
Parti social-démocratique et co-opéthâtique
AbbreviationSDCP
LeaderZoe Halivar
Deputy LeaderNed Tarry
General SecretaryStephen Bradley
ChairpersonVara Varun
Chief WhipHelena Sargent
FoundedFebruary 2, 1901 (1901-02-02)
(As ESWI)
May 1, 1914 (1914-05-01)
(As SDCP)
Merger ofILC, CRP
HeadquartersSDCP HQ, 218 Hall Street, Morwall
NewspaperRed Flag Daily
Student wingStudents for Socialism
Youth wingSocialist Pioneers
Women's wingSDCP Women
Labour wingCETU
Membership (2019)Increase 489,000
IdeologySocial democracy
Co-operatism
Democratic socialism
Pro-Eucleanism
Political positionCentre-left
Continental affiliationSocialist Alternative for Euclea
International affiliationInternational Socialist Forum
Colours  Red
Autonomous partiesSwathish SDCP
Flurian SDCP
Morwall SDCP
Chamber of Commons
189 / 600
Chamber of Peers
76 / 300
Euclean Parliament
33 / 114
Website
sdcp.org.es

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.

tbd

revival

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.


History

Foundation and party split

Wartime coalition

Holmes government

Opposition

Lawson government

Overtaken by Reform

Return to relevancy

Ideology

Organisation

Leaders

No. Name Portrait Term in Office Notes
1 Sidney Bell
(1830–1891)
William Crawford.png ?? ???? 1881 ?? ???? 1891 tbd
2 James FitzThomas
(1857–1915)
George-Lansbury.jpg ?? ???? 1891 ?? ???? 1898 tbd
3 George Lennon
(1853–1946)
Sidney Webb 01.jpg ?? ???? 1898 ?? ???? 1903 tbd
4 Oscar Fay Burton
(1853–1946)
Havelock Ellis cph.3b08675.jpg ?? ???? 1903 ?? ???? 1916 tbd
?? Nick Lawrence
(born 1966)
Ed Balls 2.jpg ?? ????? 2005 ?? ????? 2016 tbd
- Isaac Wright
(born 1968)
David Miliband 2 (cropped).jpg ?? ????? 2016 ?? ????? 2016 Interim leader.
?? Zoe Halivar
(born 1981)
Lisa Nandy, 2016 Labour Party Conference 3 (head crop).jpg ?? ????? 2016 Incumbent

A. Fenner Brockway.jpg

Electoral results