The Moderates were a municipal political organisation operating in Scotland in the early 20th century. The group was based on tacit anti-Labour co-operation between local Unionist Party, Liberal and Independents politicians. The Moderates dominated Glasgow Corporation until the 1933 election, when the rise of the

Scottish Protestant League The Scottish Protestant League (SPL) was a far-right political party in Scotland during the 1920s and 1930s. It was led by , who founded it in 1920. Creation and initial years The SPL was launched by Ratcliffe in Edinburgh on 28 September 1920 ...

split the Moderate vote and allowed Labour to gain control of the council for the first time. The Moderates in Glasgow would later become the

Progressives Progressivism is a left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform. Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human so ...

in 1936, following the establishment of the Edinburgh Progressive party in 1928. Whilst the terms Progressive and Moderate grew increasingly interchangeable, Even as late as 1969 various Councillors were contesting local elections on a moderate - as opposed to Progressive - platform.

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