Co-operative party

Co-operative party
Party leader	Chris Herries
Secretary General	Joe Fortune
founding	October 17, 1917
Place of foundation	London
Headquarters	83 Crampton Street London , SE17 3BQ
Youth organization	Co-operative Party Youth
Alignment	Social democracy , democratic socialism , cooperative movement
British House of Commons	26/650
British House of Lords	13/787
London Assembly	7/25
Scottish Parliament	6/129
Welsh Parliament	11/60
Number of members	9000
Website	http://www.party.coop

The Co-operative Party is a center-left party in the UK that advocates and supports cooperative principles. It acts as a sister party to Labor . In elections, the party stands under the name “Labor and Co-operative Party”.

History and principles

The party was founded in 1917 from within the ranks of the British cooperative movement to exert direct political influence. In the 1930s she began to expand her program beyond the cooperative concept.

The co-operative party calls for the support of cooperatively organized companies and the orientation of the economy as a whole according to social criteria. The party advocates strengthening the cooperative concept in Europe and the developing and emerging countries. Sustainable development must be the goal of both the individual and the economy as a whole. The last election program also focused on affordable housing, good schools, public transport and health care ( NHS ).

The party has been making electoral agreements with the Labor Party since 1927 . Double membership in these parties is possible, but membership in other political parties is not. Membership in the co-operative party always requires being a member of a cooperative .

MPs

House of Commons

26 MPs in the House of Commons belong to the Labor and Co-operative Party group (as of the 2019 British general election ):

• Jon Ashworth (MP for Leicester South )
• Tracy Brabin (MP for Batley and Spen )
• Stella Creasy (MP for Walthamstow )
• Geraint Davies (MP for Swansea West )
• Anneliese Dodds (MP for Oxford East )
• Stephen Doughty (MP for Cardiff South and Penarth )
• Florence Eshalomi (MP for Vauxhall )
• Chris Evans (MP for Islwyn )
• Preet Gill (MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston )
• Mark Hendrick (MP for Preston )
• Meg Hillier (MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch )
• Seema Malhotra (MP for Feltham and Heston )
• Rachael Maskell (MP for York Central )
• James McMahon (MP for Oldham West and Royton )
• James Murray (MP for Ealing North )
• Alex Norris (MP for Nottingham North )
• Kate Osamor (MP for Edmonton )
• Luke Pollard (MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport )
• Lucy Powell (MP for Manchester Central )
• Steve Reed (MP for Croydon North )
• Christina Rees (MP for Neath )
• Jonathan Reynolds (MP for Stalybridge and Hyde )
• Lloyd Russell-Moyle (MP for Brighton Kemptown )
• Barry Sheerman (MP for Huddersfield )
• Alex Sobel (MP for Leeds North West )
• Gareth Thomas (MP for Harrow West )

House of Lords

In the House of Lords 13 members sit the Co-operative Party (May 2020):

• Lord Bassam of Brighton
• Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
• Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
• Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
• Lord Kennedy of Southwark
• Lord Knight of Weymouth
• Lord McAvoy
• Lord Monks of Blackley
• Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
• Baroness Smith of Basildon
• Baroness Thornton
• Lord Tomlinson
• Lord Touhig

Lord McFall of Alcluith currently sits as an independent peer following his appointment as Senior Deputy Speaker.

London Assembly

In the London Assembly the Co-operative Party holds 7 seats:

• Jennette Arnold
• Leonie Cooper
• Andrew Dismore
• Len Duvall
• Florence Eshalomi
• Nicky Gavron
• Joanne McCartney

Scottish Parliament

There are six co-operative party members in the Scottish Parliament :

• Claudia Beamish ( South Scotland )
• Neil Bibby ( West Scotland )
• Rhoda Grant ( Highlands and Islands )
• James Kelly ( Glasgow Rutherglen )
• Johann Lamont ( Glasgow Pollock )
• David Stewart ( Highlands and Islands )

Ken Macintosh ( West Scotland ) is currently, after his appointment as chairman of Parliament (Presiding Officer), independent.

Welsh Parliament

In the Welsh Parliament , the Co-operative Party holds 11 seats:

• Mick Antoniw ( Pontypridd )
• Alun Davies ( Blaenau Gwent )
• Rebecca Evans ( Gower )
• Vaughan Gething ( Cardiff South and Penarth )
• John Griffiths ( Newport East )
• Huw Irranca-Davies ( Ogmore )
• Ann Jones ( Vale of Clwyd )
• Jeremy Miles ( Neath )
• Lynne Neagle ( Torfaen )
• Rhianon Passmore ( Islwyn )
• Lee Waters ( Llanelli )

Web links

• Co-operative Party official website

Individual evidence