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The Montserrat United Workers' Movement (MWUM) was a political party in Montserrat led by Kenneth Allen. [1]
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The Montserrat United Workers' Movement (MWUM) was a political party in Montserrat led by Kenneth Allen. [1]
The party was established in 1961. [1] In the elections later that year it won two of the seven seats in the Legislative Council; Allen lost in the Plymouth constituency, but M Dyer won in Southern and J W Allen won in Northern. [2] However, it did not contest any further elections.
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