Back حزب العمال الجامايكي Arabic Ямайска лейбъристка партия Bulgarian Jamaica Labour Party German Partido Laborista de Jamaica Spanish Jamaikan työväenpuolue Finnish Parti travailliste de Jamaïque French מפלגת הלייבור של ג'מייקה HE Partai Buruh Jamaika ID Partito Laburista Giamaicano Italian ジャマイカ労働党 Japanese

Jamaica Labour Party

Jamaica Labour Party
LeaderAndrew Holness
ChairmanRobert Montague
General SecretaryHorace Chang
FounderAlexander Bustamante
Founded8 July 1943 (1943-07-08)
Split fromPeople's National Party
Headquarters20 Belmont Road, Kingston 5
Youth wingYoung Jamaica
Generation 2000
Women's GroupWomen's Freedom Movement (WFM)
Trade Union WingBustamante Industrial Trade Union
IdeologyNationalism[1][2][3]
Conservatism[4][5][6]
Fiscal conservatism[7]
Republicanism[8]
Historically:
Fabianism[3]
Paternalistic conservatism[9]
Political positionCentre-right[10][11]
Historically:
Centre[12][13]
Regional affiliationCaribbean Democrat Union
West Indies Democratic Labour Party (1957–1961)
Colors  Green
Anthem
"The JLP Anthem"[14]
House of Representatives
48 / 63
Senate
13 / 21
Local Government
113 / 228
Municipal Councils
7 / 14
Website
jamaicalabourparty.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka Lieba Paati) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in several other Commonwealth realms such as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom), the JLP is actually a conservative party.[15][16][17]

It is the current governing party, having won 49 of the 63 parliamentary seats in the lower house of parliament (House of Representatives) in the 2020 general elections.

The JLP uses a bell, the victory sign, and the colour green as electoral symbols. The JLP is a member of the Caribbean Democrat Union.

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  13. ^ Gale Research Company, ed. (1977). Countries of the World and Their Leaders. ISBN 9780810310384. The Jamaica Labour Party ( JLP ) is a centrist party and is loosely organized at present .
  14. ^ "The JLP Anthem". jamaicalabourparty.com. Jamaica Labour Party. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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