Socialist People's Party (Furness)
- Socialist People's Party (Furness)
Infobox_British_Political_Party
party_name = Socialist People's Party
party_articletitle = Socialist People's Party (Furness)
party_
leader = Jim Hamezian
foundation = 1995
ideology = Socialism
position = Far left
international = "none"
european = "none"
europarl = n/a
colours = Red and Green with White
headquarters = 90 Schneider Road
Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 5DP
website = [http://www.socialistpeoplesparty.org.uk/Welcome.htm http://www.socialistpeoplesparty.org.uk]
The People's Party or Socialist People's Party is a minor political party in the Furness region of England.
The party was founded in 1995 by four Labour Party borough councillors who had been suspended from Labour for opposing a reduction in the housing budget. It was initially known as the People's Labour Party, and stood their chair, Jim Hamezeian, in the Barrow and Furness constituency in the 1997 UK general election. He received 1,995 votes, 4.1% of the total in the constituency.
The party has since campaigned on a variety of local issues. A split led to two of its four councillors leaving and standing as independents in the 2003 local elections; the two People's Party councillors then lost their seats. However, in the 2006 local elections, party leader Jim Hamezian regained his seat in the Ormsgill ward.
2008 brought further success for the party in the local elections with one councillor being elected in Central Ward and three others elected in Ormsgill.
External links
* [http://www.socialistpeoplesparty.org.uk Socialist People's Party]
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