Jamaica Labour Party
Jamaica Labour Party Jumieka Lieba Paati | |
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| Leader | Andrew Holness |
| Chairman | Robert Montague |
| General Secretary | Horace Chang |
| Founder | Alexander Bustamante |
| Founded | 8 July 1943 |
| Split from | People's National Party |
| Headquarters | 20 Belmont Road, Kingston 5 |
| Youth wing | Young Jamaica Generation 2000 |
| Women's Group | Women's Freedom Movement (WFM) |
| Trade Union Wing | Bustamante Industrial Trade Union |
| Ideology | |
| Political position |
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| Regional affiliation | Caribbean Democrat Union West Indies Democratic Labour Party (1957–1961) |
| Colors | Green |
| Anthem | "The JLP Anthem" |
| House of Representatives | 49 / 63
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| Senate | 13 / 21
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| Local Government | 113 / 228
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| Municipal Councils | 7 / 14
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| Election symbol | |
| Website | |
| jamaicalabourparty | |
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The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka Lieba Paati) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in several other Commonwealth realms such as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom), the JLP is actually a conservative party, besides that it embraced Fabianism.
It is the current governing party, having won 49 of the 63 parliamentary seats in the lower house of parliament (House of Representatives) in the 2020 general elections.
The JLP uses a bell, the victory sign, and the colour green as electoral symbols. The JLP is a member of the Caribbean Democrat Union.