This article lists political parties in Anguilla. Anguilla used to be a part of

Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (or Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla) was a British colony in the West Indies from 1882 to 1983, consisting of the islands of Anguilla (until 1980), Nevis, and Saint Kitts, Saint Christopher (or Saint Kitt ...

, which hindered the formation of parties on the island. Early parties included the Anguilla Democratic Party (founded by October 1967 during the island's brief and unrecognized independence as the

Republic of Anguilla The Republic of Anguilla was a short-lived, unrecognised independent state on the island of Anguilla. It lasted from 11 July 1967 until 19 March 1969, when British control was re-established. Background On 27 February 1967, Britain granted the ...

) and the Anguilla Constructive Democratic Movement (founded after The Anguilla (Administration) Order of 1971). Both organizations quickly vanished as they lacked mass appeal. The Anguilla (Constitution) Order of 1976 firmly laid "the foundations for the development of party politics". The first party to formally take part in elections was the People's Progressive Party led by

Ronald Webster James Ronald Webster (2 March 19269 December 2016) was a politician from Anguilla. After ending the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla federation in 1967, he served as the island territory's first Chief Minister from 10 February 1976 to 1 February ...

, which won 6 out of 7 seats at the

1976 Anguillian general election General elections were held in Anguilla on 15 March 1976. The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won six of the seven seats in the House of Assembly. Background The elections were the first held under a new constitut ...

. Parties that appeared during the 1972–1980 period include the

Anguilla Democratic Party The Anguilla Democratic Party was a political party in Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying ea ...

(led by Camile Connor as of 1976), the

Anguilla National Alliance The Anguilla National Alliance was a centre-right political party in Anguilla, formed in 1980 by breaking away from the People's Progressive Party. They won one seat at the 1980 Anguillian general election, with the Anguilla United Movement win ...

, and the

Anguilla United Movement The Anguilla Progressive Movement (APM) is a political party in Anguilla. The party was named the Anguilla United Movement (AUM) until being rebranded in 2019 alongside new leaders and colours. It was founded in early 1980 by Ronald Webster and ...

(founded by Webster). The latter two broke off from the PPP, which ceased to exist, and contested the

1980 Anguillian general election General elections were held in Anguilla on 28 May 1980. The result was a victory for the Anguilla United Movement, which won six of the seven seats in the House of Assembly. Results Connell Harrigan and Euton Smith were appointed as the nominat ...

. The

Anguilla United Front The Anguilla United Front (AUF) is an alliance of political parties in Anguilla. The AUF was created on 7 January 2000 as a political and electoral partnership, when an agreement, The United Front Agreement, was signed by the Chairmen and Politic ...

alliance, consisting of the

and the

, was formed in 2000. The Anguilla United Movement became the

Anguilla Progressive Movement The Anguilla Progressive Movement (APM) is a political party in Anguilla. The party was named the Anguilla United Movement (AUM) until being rebranded in 2019 alongside new leaders and colours. It was founded in early 1980 by Ronald Webster and ...

in 2019.AUM rebranded as APM with new faces, new concepts
The Anguillan, 14 October 2019 Due to holding elections under forms of

first-past-the-post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...

has a

two-party system A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referr ...

, which means that there are two dominant

political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

, with it being extremely difficult for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

The parties

Represented in the House of Assembly

Other parties

Anguilla Progressive Party The Anguilla Progressive Party (APP) is a political party in Anguilla. The APP took part in the 2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The begin ...

Anguilla Strategic Alliance The Anguilla Strategic Alliance is a political party in Anguilla. At the 2005 Anguillian general election General elections were held in Anguilla on 21 February 2005 to elect the seven elected seats in the House of Assembly. The Anguilla Un ...

Defunct parties

* People's Progressive Party *

United National Movement (Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla) The United National Movement was a political party in Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. The party first contested national elections in 1961, when they received 7% of the vote and won two seats.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data ha ...

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Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

The parties

Represented in the House of Assembly

Other parties

Defunct parties

See also

References