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The Co-operative Party is the political arm of the co-operative movement. We have more than 9,000 members.
Our party was established in 1917 and has been a sister party of the Labour Party since 1927.
We believe that people achieve more by working together than they can by working alone. We support the efforts of those who seek success through that co-operative endeavour.
We believe that the only way to create a just and fair society is through power being spread evenly throughout society, and not arbitrarily based on wealth, class, gender or race.
We work to promote co-operatives and all forms of mutual organisation.
We work in partnership with the Labour Party as its sister party to achieve these ends. That means we stand candidates jointly with the Labour Party at all levels of government. There are currently 29 Labour and Co-operative MPs in the House of Commons, 15 Members of the House of Lords, 5 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 9 Members of the Welsh Assembly and hundreds of councillors around the country.
Shareholders are revolting
Last week saw significant numbers of shareholders flexing their muscles and reject executive pay agreements at Aviva, Trinity Mirror and the UK’s biggest car dealership Pendragon. So is shareholder activism the new political campaign and what’s it like to be a revolting shareholder? Melanie Smallman found out recently. Back in the 1990s, I was one [...]
Lack of positive measures for co-ops in Queen’s Speech
Parliamentary Officer Joe Fortune considers yesterday’s Queen’s Speech but sees little good news for co-operatives. Following the local election results, the Coalition Government briefed that they were ready to re-launch their partnership for power. The subsequent Queen’s Speech was to act as the clarion call for the Government’s priorities for the coming legislative term. The fifteen [...]
From Labour heartlands to Cameron’s backyard, Co-operative candidates are winning
Amidst Labour successes across England, Scotland and Wales, co-operative candidates have been elected around the country, strengthening existing Labour councils with a co-op voice and helping to win new councils for Labour. One of the highlights of the election was seeing two Labour & Co-operative district councillors elected in David Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency. Duncan Enright [...]
Cllr Tudor Evans: Co-operative vision can be achieved through hard work
When our special guest, Baroness Dean, launched the Plymouth Labour manifesto for us a month or so ago there was much excitement about plans to turn Plymouth City Council into a Co-operative Council. Championed by our friends in Lambeth and elsewhere we felt it was time that Plymouth, no stranger to co-operation, should embrace this [...]
Chris Williamson MP: Co-operative housing encapsulates localism
Following his recent visit to co-operative housing pioneer Redditch Homes, shadow local government minister Chris Williamson looks at the potential for mutual housing DEMAND for affordable housing is rising almost as fast as the Government is making savage cuts to public spending. A combination of the two is hardly a cocktail for success, and answers [...]
