The GSLP–Liberal Alliance is a
centre-left
Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...
political alliance active in
Gibraltar
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consisting of the
Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) and
Liberal Party of Gibraltar
The Liberal Party of Gibraltar (Libs or LPG) is a liberal political party in Gibraltar. It was founded in 1991 as the Gibraltar National Party and is led by Dr. Joseph Garcia. The LPG forms the GSLP–Liberal Alliance in partnership with the Gi ...
(LPG).
History
The first election contested by the Alliance was the
2000 general election in February 2000, in which the GSLP and LPG (the latter the direct successor of the
Gibraltar National Party
The Liberal Party of Gibraltar (Libs or LPG) is a liberal political party in Gibraltar. It was founded in 1991 as the Gibraltar National Party and is led by Dr. Joseph Garcia. The LPG forms the GSLP–Liberal Alliance in partnership with the Gib ...
) won 7 seats in the
House of Assembly
House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level.
Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible gove ...
, losing to the centre-right
Gibraltar Social Democrats
The Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) is a liberal-conservative, centre-right political party in Gibraltar. The GSD was the governing party for four successive terms in office under the leadership of Peter Caruana, from the 1996 general electi ...
(GSD).
The following
2003 general election on 28 November 2003 was a defeat for the Alliance, again winning 7 seats, as was the
2007 general election on 11 October 2007.
The
2011 general election on 11 December 2011 was the first electoral victory for the Alliance, winning 10 seats in the
Gibraltar Parliament, forming the
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...
for the first time, with GSLP leader
Fabian Picardo
Fabian Raymond Picardo (born 18 February 1972) is a Gibraltarian politician and barrister serving as Chief Minister of Gibraltar and Leader of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party since 2011. At the 2015 and 2019 Gibraltar general elections, P ...
serving as
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
.
In the
2015 general election on 26 November 2015, the Alliance were returned as the government with 68% of the vote and 10 seats.
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Election results
Parliament of Gibraltar
By-elections
See also
*Lib–Lab pact In British politics, a Lib–Lab pact is a working arrangement between the Liberal Democrats (in previous times, the Liberal Party) and the Labour Party.
There have been four such arrangements, and one alleged proposal, at the national level. In ...
References
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Political parties in Gibraltar
Coalition governments of the United Kingdom