| Unity Labour Party | |
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| Leader | Ralph Gonsalves |
| Founded | 16 October 1994 |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (observer)[1] |
| Seats |
8 / 15
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| Website | |
| voteulp.com | |
| Politics of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Political parties Elections |
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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.[2]
The party was formed in 1994 from the merger of the Saint Vincent Labour Party and the Movement for National Unity.[2] 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.[2] In the 1998 elections they received 54.6% of the vote, but the New Democratic Party won a majority of seats. However, in the 2001 general election the ULP won its first parliamentary majority, winning twelve of the fifteen seats.[3] The party won another majority in the 2005 general election.[4] With a fall in popular support, 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.