Labour and Co-operative Party

Labour and Co-operative Party
Parliamentary Group Chair	Preet Gill
Parliamentary Group Vice-Chair	Jim McMahon
Founded	7 June 1927; 96 years ago (1927-06-07)
Ideology	Co-operatism Social democracy Rochdale Principles Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red   Purple (customary)
House of Commons	24 / 650
House of Lords	14 / 786
Scottish Parliament	11 / 129
Senedd	16 / 60
London Assembly	4 / 25
Local government	938 / 19,698
PCCs and PFCCs	11 / 37
Directly elected mayors	4 / 25
Politics of the United Kingdom Political parties Elections

Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated to Labour Co-op; Welsh: Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.

Candidates contest elections under an electoral alliance between the two parties, which was first agreed in 1927.^[1] This agreement recognises the independence of the two parties and commits them to not standing against each other in elections.^[2] It also sets out the procedures for both parties to select joint candidates and interact at a local and national level.

There were 26 Labour and Co-operative Party MPs elected at the December 2019 election, making it the fourth largest political grouping in the House of Commons, although Labour and Co-operative MPs are generally included in Labour totals.^{[citation needed]} The chair of the Co-operative Parliamentary Group is Preet Gill and the vice-chair is Jim McMahon.^[3]