'{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox political party |name = Gibraltar Labour Party |logo = |leader = [[Daniel Feetham]] |foundation = {{start date and age|2003}} |dissolved = {{end date and age|2005}} |ideology = [[Progressivism]]<br />[[Social democracy]]<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060215231656/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/gibraltar.html|url-status=dead|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/gibraltar.html|archivedate=15 February 2006|date=2003|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|title=Gibraltar/UK}}</ref> |position = [[Centre]] |international = |european = |europarl = |colours = |headquarters = |website = |merged = [[Gibraltar Social Democrats]] |colorcode = #FF0000 |country=Gibraltar}} {{Politics of Gibraltar}} The '''Gibraltar Labour Party''' was a [[list of political parties in Gibraltar|political party]] in [[Gibraltar]]. They described themselves as a social democratic organisation and stated that their formation was prompted by the need for a strong opposition to the government. They were founded and led by [[Daniel Feetham]] and former Leader of the Opposition and integrationist, Maurice Xiberras. [[Image:Daniel Feetham.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Ex-leader of the Gibraltar Labour Party, [[Daniel Feetham]]]] They opposed dialogue with [[Spain]] and wanted to change the [[Constitution of Gibraltar]], and support the right of Gibraltarians to decide their own constitutional arrangements under the principle of [[self-determination]]. They were also in favour of further integration with the United Kingdom. They had proposed policies for the improvement of the quality and availability of [[house|housing]] in Gibraltar. They proposed that no individual should serve as [[Chief Minister of Gibraltar|Chief Minister]] for more than two terms, and called for a more transparent form of [[campaign finance|funding]] of political parties. ==Elections== In the [[2003 Gibraltar general election|2003 General Election]] to the [[Gibraltar Parliament|Gibraltar House of Assembly]], the party won 9,445 votes [http://www.parliament.gi/images/parliamentary_election_statistics/general_election_results_by_party_independents_in_percentage_terms.pdf (or 8.0% of the popular vote)] and no seats. This is the '''largest''' number of votes (in terms of both percentage and actual number of votes) for a Gibraltarian political party that has '''not''' won a seat in the Legislature '''throughout its electoral history'''. ==Election results== ===''[[Gibraltar Parliament|Parliament of Gibraltar]]''=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Election year ! # of<br />overall votes ! % of<br />overall vote ! # of<br />overall seats won ! ± |- ! [[2003 Gibraltar general election|2003]] | 9,445 | 8.0 | {{Composition bar|0|15|hex=#01789a}} | New |- |} ==Merger== In 2005, the Labour Party merged with the governing [[Gibraltar Social Democrats]], retaining the GSD name and leadership.<ref>http://thegibraltarchronicle.blogspot.com/search?q=Labour+Party {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> In 2013 Daniel Feetham became the leader of the Gibraltar Social Democrats and Leader of the Opposition. ==References== <references /> {{Gibraltar political parties}} [[Category:Labour parties]] [[Category:Defunct political parties in Gibraltar]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2003]] [[Category:2003 establishments in Gibraltar]] [[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2005]] [[Category:Socialism in Gibraltar]] {{Gibraltar-party-stub}}'