Centre Party | ||||
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Last Leaders | Cab12 & Jsb123 | |||
Last Deputy Leader | Seba_Nile | |||
Founded | June 2009 | |||
Dissolved | December 2011 | |||
Ideology | Centrism Liberalism | |||
Political position | Centre | |||
Colours | <span style="background-color:<nowiki>#510070; color:; border:1px solid #000000; text-align:center;"> Purple | |||
House of Commons | <div style="position: absolute; background-color:<nowiki>#510070; width: 0px; height: 1.5em;"> 0/50
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Elections |
The Centre Party was a socially liberal and economically centrist party in MHoC.
History[]
It was founded in June 2009 by Drogue and others including independent MP Kolya in the hope of bridging the chasm between the left and the right, the Centre Party went on to produce some of the most successful bills in the term winning over both political dimensions. At their first election in November 2009, they managed to win 4 MP seats in Parliament, missing out on 5 by a single vote. Subsequent elections have resulted in the party winning around 4/5 MPs. Drogue resigned as leader in mid 2010 and Smack replaced him. In mid 2011, Smack resigned, and was replaced by cab12 and jsb123 in joint leadership.,
After the April 2011 election, the Centre Party entered into a coalition with Labour, UKIP and theLiberal Democrats. After leaving government following the Autumn 2011 election, the party became inactive and was deleted. All remaining members joined the Liberal Democrats
Electoral performance[]
The Centre Party stood in 5 General Elections, with its best performance coming in the October 2010 General Election where it won 5 seats.
This table shows how the Centre Party performed in General Elections before its closure in December 2011:
Election | Votes | Vote % | % Change | Rank | Seats | Seat Change | Outcome of Election |
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November 2009 | 40 | 8.75% | N/A | 6th | <div style="position: absolute; background-color:<nowiki>#510070; width: 8px; height: 1.5em;"> 4/50
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N/A | Liberal Democrat-Conservative-Centre Coalition |
May 2010 | 33 | 7.11% | 1.64% | 7th | <div style="position: absolute; background-color:<nowiki>#510070; width: 8px; height: 1.5em;"> 4/50
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No Change | Conservative-Libertarian-UKIP Coalition |
October 2010 | 35 | 9.75% | 2.64% | 4th | <div style="position: absolute; background-color:<nowiki>#510070; width: 10px; height: 1.5em;"> 5/50
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1 | Conservative-Libertarian Coalition |
April 2011 | 82 | 7.70% | 2.05% | 6th | <div style="position: absolute; background-color:<nowiki>#510070; width: 8px; height: 1.5em;"> 4/50
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1 | Labour-Liberal Democrat-Centre-UKIP Coalition |
October 2011 | 27 | 5.65% | 2.05% | 7th | <div style="position: absolute; background-color:<nowiki>#510070; width: 6px; height: 1.5em;"> 3/50
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1 | Labour-Liberal Democrat Coalition |
Leader[]
There were 5 Centre Leaders with Kolya being the first one, and cab12 and jsb123 being the last ones.
Leader | Took office | Left office | |
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Kolya | June 2009 | January 2010 | |
Drogue | January 2010 | May 2010 | |
Smack | May 2010 | September 2011 | |
cab12 | September 2011 | December 2011 | |
jsb123 | October 2011 | December 2011 |
Note that the tenures of cab12 and jsb123 overlap because between October 2011 and December 2011, they served as dual leaders.
Deputy Leader[]
There were 3 Centre Deputy Leaders with MO being the first one and Seba_Nile being the last one. Drogue was the only Deputy Leader to have also served as Leader.
Deputy Leader | Took office | Left office | |
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MO | June 2009 | January 2010 | |
Drogue* | |||
Seba_Nile | April 2011 | December 2011 |
* It is worth noting that Drogue spent just 9 days as Deputy Leader.