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The SDP’s Wayne Dixon has won a dramatic victory in the Middleton Park ward in Leeds in Thursday’s local elections, pushing Labour to second place. Councillor Dixon called it “a victory for sensible, mainstream politics that local people can understand.” Read more
4th April 2022 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) today announces David Bettney as the party’s candidate for South Yorkshire Mayor. David is a former solider who served in the Army for 22 years, which included tours in Bosnia, Iraq Read more
23rd February 2022 – The Social Democratic Party condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a total breach of Ukrainian territorial sovereignty. The peaceful coexistence of independent nation-states is a fundamental social democratic goal and respect for national frontiers is indispensable to this Read more
27th November, 2021 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) calls for a measured and proportionate response to the new “Omicron” variant of the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus identified in South Africa and Botswana. We call for the government to enact strict travel bans against Read more
22nd October, 2021 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) opposes calls by the British Medical Association (BMA) for the government to introduce its ‘Plan B’ pandemic measures which include mandatory face coverings, vaccine passports and increased home working. Such measures would Read more
27th September, 2021 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) condemns the government’s creation of 10,000 temporary visas for HGV drivers and poultry workers. Instead, our party calls on the government to support the creation of emergency domestic training schemes to Read more
14th September, 2021 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) today announces its opposition to the government’s plans to proceed with a vaccination programme for healthy children aged 12 to 15. Earlier this month the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation Read more
7th June, 2021 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has announced Ollie Purser as the party’s candidate for the Batley and Spen by-election. Ollie is a recent graduate with a degree in Natural Sciences from Durham. Ollie is passionate advocate of Read more
7th April, 2021 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has announced that Steve Kelleher will run as the party’s candidate to be Mayor of London. This follows the SDP’s recent announcement of David Bettney as its candidate in the Hartlepool Read more
29th March, 2021 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) today announces that David Bettney will be the party’s candidate for the Hartlepool by-election. David is a former soldier who served in the Army for 22 years, which included operational tours Read more
25th January, 2021 – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) today celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Limehouse Declaration, which triggered the formation of the party. Issued on January 25th 1981 by the prominent Labour politicians Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Read more
30th December, 2020 – The SDP broadly welcomes the agreement reached between the European Union and the UK Government, and acknowledges it as a vital step in the restoration of national sovereignty. SDP leader William Clouston says: “The conclusion of Read more