The Gibraltar Labour Party was a

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. They described themselves as an integrationist party and stated that their formation was prompted by the need for a strong opposition to the government. They were founded and led by Daniel Feetham and former Leader of the Opposition and integrationist, Maurice Xiberras. They opposed dialogue with

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and wanted to change the Constitution of Gibraltar, and support the right of Gibraltarians to decide their own constitutional arrangements under the principle of

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. They were also in favour of devolved integration with the United Kingdom, whereby Gibraltar would keep its internal political and fiscal autonomy but via an Act of Union would form part of the United Kingdom. They had proposed policies for the improvement of the quality and availability of

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in Gibraltar. They proposed that no individual should serve as

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for more than two terms, and called for a more transparent form of

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of political parties.

Elections

In the 2003 General Election to the Gibraltar House of Assembly, the party won 9,445 vote
(or 8.0% of the popular vote)
and no seats. This is the largest number of votes (in terms of both percentage and actual number of votes) for a Gibraltarian political party that has not won a seat in the Legislature throughout its electoral history.

Election results

'' Parliament of Gibraltar''

Merger

In 2005, the Labour Party merged with the governing

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, retaining the GSD name and leadership.http://thegibraltarchronicle.blogspot.com/search?q=Labour+Party In 2013 Daniel Feetham became the leader of the Gibraltar Social Democrats and Leader of the Opposition.

References

Labour parties Defunct political parties in Gibraltar Political parties established in 2003 2003 establishments in Gibraltar Political parties disestablished in 2005 Socialism in Gibraltar {{Gibraltar-party-stub