Labour_Co-operative
Labour and Co-operative Party
British electoral alliance
Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated to Labour Co-op; Welsh: Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.
Candidates contest elections under an electoral alliance between the two parties, which was first agreed in 1927.[1] This agreement recognises the independence of the two parties and commits them to not standing against each other in elections.[2] It also sets out the procedures for both parties to select joint candidates and interact at a local and national level.
There were 26 Labour and Co-operative Party MPs elected at the December 2019 election, making it the fourth largest political grouping in the House of Commons, although Labour and Co-operative MPs are generally included in Labour totals.[citation needed] The chair of the Co-operative Parliamentary Group is Preet Gill and the vice-chair is Jim McMahon.[3]