Common Wealth Party

The Common Wealth Party (CW) was a socialist political party in the United Kingdom with parliamentary representation in the House of Commons from 1942 (the middle of the Second World War) until 1946. Thereafter CW continued to function, essentially as a pressure group, until 1993.

This article is about a left-wing party during WWII. For the inter-war land and taxation reform party, see Commonwealth Land Party (UK).
This article is about the political party. For the book by Jeffrey Sachs, see Common Wealth (book).

Common Wealth Party
AbbreviationCW
Founded26 July 1942 (1942-07-26)
Dissolved1993
Merger of1941 Committee,
Forward March
IdeologySocialism
Common ownership
Syndicalism
Left-libertarianism
Political positionLeft-wing
  • Politics of the United Kingdom
  • Political parties
  • Elections
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