Progressive Party UK
Progressive Party | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Model-Eddy |
| Deputy Leader | Plebit2020 |
| Party Chair | Gren_Gnat |
| Founded | 28 April 2020 |
| Dissolved | 30 January 2021 |
| Split from | Labour Party |
| Merged into | Progressive Workers Party |
| Ideology | Majority: Social Democracy Progressivism Democratic Socialism British Unionism Federalism Minority: Christian Left Eco-socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Brown White |
| House of Commons | 2 / 100 |
| House of Lords | 3 / 69 |
| Scottish Parliament | 13 / 129
|
| Senedd Cymru | 3 / 60 |
| Northern Ireland Assembly | 0 / 90 |
The Progressive Party UK (formerly known as the People's Unity Party) was a centre-left British political party founded on April 28th 2020 by a group of three former Labour Party frontbenchers. On 30th January it merged with SATUP to form the Progressive Workers Party.
History
On 28th April, Shadow Cabinet Ministers TheOWOTrongle, SomeBritishDude26, and Gren_Gnat announced their departure from the Labour Party, and their intention to form a new party known as the People's Unity Party. The next day, Labour Shadow Cabinet member Model-Eddy also joined them.
On July 8th the Scottish branches of the PUP and Democratic Reformist Front merged to form the Scottish Progressives. Later in the month, Labour Party Peer Plebit2020 as well as the former Welsh Conservatives Deputy Leader Ohdearstudying defected to the party (the later has since moved on to the Libertarian Party).
In the 14th General election held in August, the party fielded 7 candidates. They failed to win any constituencies, however came 2nd in the East of England list and won 2 list seats.
In the December devolved elections the party rose to 13 MSPs and 3 MSs, but lost its sole MLA.
In January 2021 the party merged with SATUP to form the Progressive Workers Party.
Leadership
The last leadership consisted of Party leader Model-Eddy, deputy leader Plebit2020, and Party chairman Gren_Gnat, who were elected in the August 2020 Progressive Party leadership election.
Election results
United Kingdom
| Election year | # of constituency votes |
% | +/- | # of party list votes |
% | +/- | # of overall seats won |
+/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 1,027,926 | 3% | New | 936,913 | 3% | New | 2 / 100
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Devolved elections
Scottish Parliament
| Year | Votes | Share of votes | Seats won | Position | Outcome | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | 55,938 | 2% | 2 / 129 |
7th | Opposition | First election to the Scottish Parliament. |
| December 2020 | 271,644 | 11% | 13 / 129 |
5th | Government | Formed a coalition government with the Scottish Conservatives. |
Senedd
| Year | Votes | Share of votes | Seats won | Position | Outcome | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | 69,316 | 5% | 2 / 60 |
5th | Government | First election to the Senedd. Formed a coalition with Labour and Plaid Cymru. |
| December 2020 | 60,040 | 4% | 3 / 60 |
6th | Government | Formed a coalition government with Greejatus, the Conservatives, Libertarian Party, and Liberal Democrats. |
Northern Ireland Assembly
| Year | Votes | Share of votes | Seats won | Position | Outcome | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | 12,376 | 1% | 1 / 90 |
9th | Opposition | First election to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| December 2020 | 14,958 | 2% | 0 / 90 |
5th | Extra-parliamentary | Despite increasing vote share, it failed to win any seats. |