| Service: | Co-operative Party | ||||||||||
| Responsible Authority: | Co-operative Party | ||||||||||
| Service Area: | Co-operative Party | ||||||||||
| Description: | Former political party founded in Britain in 1917 by the cooperative movement to maintain its principles in parliamentary and local government. A written constitution was adopted in 1938. The party had strong links with the Labour Party; from 1946 Cooperative Party candidates stood in elections as Cooperative and Labour Candidates and, after the 1959 general election, agreement was reached to limit the party’s candidates to 30. | ||||||||||
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| Contact Information: | Co-operative Party
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| Address: | Spelthorne Borough Council Knowle Green Staines TW18 1XB
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