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Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet was a British politician who rose to fame in the 1920s as a Member of Parliament and later in the 1930s became leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF). Mosley inherited the title 'Sir' by virtue of his baronetcy; he was the sixth baronet of a title that had been in his family for centuries.
The 1987 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The election was the third consecutive general election victory for the Conservative Party, and second landslide under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, who became the first Prime Minister since the Earl of Liverpool in 1820 to lead a party into three successive electoral victories.
Tubal Uriah "Buzz" Butler, was a Grenadian-born Spiritual Baptist preacher and labour leader in Trinidad and Tobago. He is best known for leading a series of labour riots between 19 June and 6 July 1937 and for forming a series of personalist political parties that focused its platform on the improvement of the working class.
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The Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) is a centre-left political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is currently in opposition in the country after winning three of the eleven seats in the 2015 general election. It is the oldest active political party in the English-speaking Caribbean.
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The Trades Union Congress and Socialist Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It contested the 1946 general elections, receiving 17.2% of the vote and winning two of the nine seats, Clarence Abidh in Caroni and Victor Bryan in Eastern Counties. Although it finished second in the 1950 elections, the party's vote share fell to 10.5% and it was reduced to a single seat. The party did not contest any further elections.
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The Progressive Democratic Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It contested the 1946 general elections, but received just 515 votes and failed to win a seat. It did not run in the 1950 elections, but returned for the 1956 elections. However, it again failed to win a seat, and did not contest any further elections.
The Party of Political Progress Groups was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It first contested national elections in 1950, when it received 3.4% of the vote and won two seats. After the elections its leader, Albert Gomes, was appointed Chief Minister despite the Butler Party winning six seats. In the 1956 elections it lost both seats, and in 1957 it merged into the Democratic Labour Party.
The Caribbean Socialist Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Led by Patrick Solomon, it contested the 1950 general elections together with the Butler Party, receiving 2.4% of the vote and winning a single seat, taken by A. P. T. James. It did not contest any further elections.
The Tapia House Movement was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It first contested national elections in 1976, when it finished fourth with 3.9% of the vote, but failed to win a seat. In the 1981 elections it ran as part of the Trinidad and Tobago National Alliance together with the United Labour Front and the Democratic Action Congress, but saw its vote share drop to 2.3% and it remained seatless. The party did not contest any further elections.
The Social Democratic Labour Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. It contested the 1976 general elections, but received just 1.9% of the vote and failed to win a seat. It did not contest any further elections.
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