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| leader = Ralph GonsalvesDemocratic socialismCaribbean Political Parties - Unity Labour PartyLeft-wing nationalism Socialism of the 21st century}}Anti-imperialismGonsalves, Ralph E. The Political Economy of the Labour Movement in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Kingstown: Strategy Forum, Inc. (2019), p.25RepublicanismLeft-wing politics>Left-wing| headquarters = COPPPAL (observer)COPPPAL – Countries and Member Parties {{webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023044831weblink |date=2016-10-23 }}Foro de São Paulo (affiliate)Socialist International (1994–2014)SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL VISITS SVG ACCESS-DATE=29 JUNE 2020 DATE=4 MARCH 2005, | website = voteulp.comHouse of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines>House of Assembly9{{party color|Unity Labour Party}}}}| country = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a democratic socialist political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Currently the governing party, it is led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. Unity Labour Party {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528065314weblink |date=28 May 2011 }}The party is an observer of COPPPAL and an affiliate of Foro de São Paulo. From 1994 to 2014, the party was a member of Socialist International.WEB,weblink Member Parties of the Socialist International, 28 October 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130503204531weblink">weblink 3 May 2013, dead,

History

The party was formed in 1994 from the merger of the Saint Vincent Labour Party and the Movement for National Unity. The parties had run as an alliance in the elections earlier that year, promising voters that they would merge after the election regardless of the result. In the 1998 elections they received 54.6% of the vote, but the New Democratic Party won a majority of seats. The first leader of ULP, Sir Vincent Beache, resigned after the elections, and was succeeded by Ralph Gonsalves. However, in the 2001 general election the ULP won its first parliamentary majority, winning twelve of the fifteen seats.General Election Results - 28 March 2001 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006195247weblink |date=6 October 2011 }} The party won another majority in the 2005 general election.General Election Results - 7 December 2005 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224034307weblink |date=24 December 2010 }} The party was narrowly re-elected in the 2010 general election, winning 8 out of 15 elected seats in the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the same taking place in the 2015 general elections and was re-elected in the 2020 general election, this time winning 9 out of 15 seats but lost the popular vote to the New Democratic Party.WEB, IFES Election Guide {{!, Elections: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament 2020 |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3308/ |website=www.electionguide.org}}In November 2020, Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines since 2001, made history by securing the fifth consecutive victory of his Unity Labour Party (ULP) in general election.NEWS, Ralph romps to fifth straight election win in St Vincent and the Grenadines,weblink jamaica-gleaner.com, 6 November 2020, en,

Electoral history

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!Election!Party leader!Votes!%!Seats!+/–!Position!Result1998 Vincentian general election>1998Vincent BeacheSAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, 1998 >URL=HTTP://ARCHIVE.IPU.ORG/PARLINE-E/REPORTS/ARC/2271_98.HTM, archive.ipu.org, |28,025|54.6%7hex={{party color|Unity Labour Party}}}}|{{increase}} 4|{{steady}} 2ndOpposition}}2001 Vincentian general election>2001Ralph Gonsalves|32,925|56.5%12hex={{party color|Unity Labour Party}}}}|{{increase}} 5|{{increase}} 1stSupermajority government}}2005 Vincentian general election>2005|31,848|55.26%12hex={{party color|Unity Labour Party}}}}|{{steady}}|{{steady}} 1stSupermajority government}}2010 Vincentian general election>2010|32,099|51.11%8hex={{party color|Unity Labour Party}}}}|{{decrease}} 4|{{steady}} 1stMajority government}}2015 Vincentian general election>2015|34,246|52.28%8hex={{party color|Unity Labour Party}}}}|{{steady}}|{{steady}} 1stMajority government}}2020 Vincentian general election>2020|32,353|49.58%9hex={{party color|Unity Labour Party}}}}|{{increase}} 1|{{steady}} 1stMajority government}}

References

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External links

• Official website

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