Labour Party

The Labour Party is the primary left of center party in Braskeria. It was initially founded by Kate Hastings early into Authority 1.0.

Authority 1.0
Kate Hastings created the first iteration of the Labour Party, and during this time it captured the largest number of members. However, given the right leaning ideology of the state at the time, it wasn't able to fully translate those numbers into seats. In the First Election in Authority, the Labour party secured 218 seats, making it the second largest party in parliment at the time, trailing behind CRP, who gained 235 seats.

Kate Hastings, leader of the Labour Party was elected President of Braskeria in the Fourth Braskerian Presidential Election.

Notable Members
Kate Hastings- Founder and first chair of the party.

Frederick Wheeler- First treasurer of the party.

Lynn Kingsley - First Chief Whip for the party.

Joe Spud- First to write out this list. "Wiki Guy".

James Ernest - foremost troublemaker and innovator

Election Performance
26/11/2019:

In Authority's first ever parliamentary election the Labour Party finished narrowly behind the Conservative & Reformist Party, taking 31.14% of the vote. This gave the party 218 seats in the chamber and, with the support of minor parties and right-wing rebels, were able to prevent the United Right Coalition appointing a Chancellor.

30/11/2019:

Labour were unable to gain ground on the CRP in parliamentary elections at the end of November. Both parties lost votes as a result of a greater number of minor party candidates, but this squeeze effected Labour more than it did their rivals. The party's overall vote share dropped to 26.29%, giving them 184 seats.

15/12/2019:

In the Sixth Braskerian Parliamentary Elections for the first time, the Labour party became the largest party with 127 seats, up 7 seats from the previous vote share. The governing right wing coalition however was able to continue.

17/12/2019:

With the endorsement of the BCP and NBP, Kate Hastings becomes elected as President being the first Labour candidate to do so. She subsequently proposed Phil Ochs as Chancellor

Later on, Kate served until the end of Authority 2, on Dec.27. Around Jan.4, Frank Martin became Chancellor again, and Labour became one of the most dead and weakest establishment of the party system. Kate Hastings vowed to keep it strong, but Reunthal's Article on Labour later on deconstructed it further, and James Ernest leaving to form the Progressive Party with Person Man.