Co-operative Party of Leamouth

Co-operative Party of Leamouth
Leader	Joe Budd
Deputy leader	Craig Hudson
General Secretary	Charlotte Wright
Founded	30 March 2020
Youth wing	Young Co-operatives
LGBT wing	LGBT+ Co-operatives
Ideology	Co-operatism Democratic socialism Social democracy Municipal socialism Trade unionism Environmentalism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Purple
Slogan	"Sharing power and wealth"
Anthem	"The Red Flag"
Governing body	Executive Committee
Constituting instrument	Co-operative Party Rule Book
Leamouth City-State Council	9 / 17

The Co-operative Party, also simply known as the Co-op, is a major centre-left political party in Leamouth supporting co-operative values and principles. The governing party since 2020, it holds an overall majority in the Leamouth City-State Council with nine Councillors. The Co-operative Party was founded by co-operative federations and trade unions to campaign politically for the fairer treatment of co-operative enterprise and working class, and to elect 'co-operators' and 'trade unionists' to the City-State Council. The party has been described as an alliance of co-operators, social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists.

The Co-operative Party was founded on 30 March 2020 and formed a majority government under Joe Budd in April 2020, having won the 2020 Leamouth general election. Budd's Co-operative government established HSC Leamouth, a publicly-funded healthcare service, and expanded the welfare state ever since.