Social Democratic Party

n 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain 1981–90) a centre political party founded by ex-members of the Labour Party. It formed an alliance with the Liberal Party and continued in a reduced form after many members left to join the Social and Liberal Democratic Party in 1988 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) one of the two major political parties in Germany (formerly in West Germany), favouring gradual reform 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of the parties in many other countries similar to that of Germany

Social Democratic Party

A Russian political group agitating for parliamentary government. Founded in 1898, it split into Bolsheviks (meaning majority, the more radical wing) and Mensheviks (meaning minority, the more moderate wing) in 1903.

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Social Democratic Party - a political party in Germany and Britain (and elsewhere) founded in late 19th century; originally Marxist; now advocates the gradual transformation of capitalism into democratic socialismparty, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

Social Democratic party

(SDP), former British political party founded in 1981 to offer a centrist alternative to the more extreme positions of the then ruling Conservative partyConservative party,
British political party, formally the Conservative and Unionist party and a continuation of the historic Tory party. The Rise of the Conservative Party
..... Click the link for more information. on the right and the opposition Labour partyLabour party,
British political party, one of the two dominant parties in Great Britain since World War I. Origins

The Labour party was founded in 1900 after several generations of preparatory trade union politics made possible by the Reform Bills of 1867 and 1884,
..... Click the link for more information. on the left. The SDP began with the defection of 12 Labour members of Parliament who opposed their party's leftward drift. The party joined in an electoral alliance with the Liberal partyLiberal party,
former British political party, the dominant political party in Great Britain for much of the period from the mid-1800s to World War I. Origins
..... Click the link for more information. in 1981 and merged with the Liberals in 1988 to form the Social and Liberal Democratic party, now the Liberal DemocratsLiberal Democrats,
British political party created in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal party with the Social Democratic party; the party was initially called the Social and Liberal Democratic party.
..... Click the link for more information. . Some SDP members re-formed the party in 1988, but they disbanded in 1990.

Social Democratic Party