Liberal Progressive Party (Kirlawa)

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Liberal Progressive Party
Leader	Neil Blunson
Founded	18th July 2236
Dissolved	{{{dissolved}}}
Headquarters	Joseph Edwards House, Broadridge Road, Uwakah
Nation	Kirlawa
Ideology	Social liberalism
Political Position	Centre-left
International Affiliations	None None
Colours	00c8c8
Website	www.lpp.kl

The Liberal Progressive Party are a major political party in the People's Republic of Kirlawa. At current, they are a major party in the Federal People's Assembly, controlling 80 out of 300 seats as well as seven Cabinet ministries. The party is a founding member of the North Artanian Moderate-Leftist Unity Coalition.

History

Free Union of Kirlawa (2337-)

The Liberal Progressive Party, following the formation of the four Kirlawan states (under the Four-State Solution), continued the bulk of its operations in its Civil War location in Free Union of Kirlawa territory, while affliating to the smaller Social Liberal Party and assisting its formation in the Democratic Republic of Kirlawa. The party was one of three to contest elections in 2337, which gave the LPP 82 seats in the 300-seat House, putting them third but allowing them to form a coalition with Kirlawa Democratic Labour to form a Cabinet. In this Cabinet, eight Liberal Progressives were present, including Foreign Minister Thomas York, Defence Minister Phillip Barnwell and Infrastructure Minister Barthomolew Cates.

The period immediately after the elections was marked by some early public disagreement in the party. Sean Barnwell, an Uwakan MP, was at the forefront of the concern about DRK moves regarding the eligibility of parties at the first election, and was joined by a handful of other MPs. The issue did not develop further and is considered to have faded away.

In the government, Thomas York continued to be vocal in his role as Foreign Minister, holding a number of talks with officials, particularly those from the DRK. Defence Minister Barnwell announced the retaining of nuclear weapons in Free Union territory, while Cates launched a program to rebuild the roads and transport links of the nation. These moves were not met with much coverage from international media, and in the elections of 2341 the Liberal Progressives ended up making net gains of three seats in the House, allowing them to return to government with an increased coalition majority. In the Senate, four gains gave the party leadership of the coalition there, with Earnan Geoghegan becoming Leader of the Government in the Senate.

With a second-term mandate, York launched talks with the Democratic Republic of Kirlawa and Dorvish-Uwakah, reportedly intending to unite the three states into the Free Union of Kirlawa - something DRK officials had already expressed their desire to do. York also went on a stronger anti-fascist line, with a condemnation of the National Progress Party in August 2342 making national headlines [1]. During the course of 2343, York support for moderates in Dorvik became vocal, with early in the year many stunned by his outward support for under-fire Foreign Minister Ralf Hutter of the Green Coalition [2]. This caused another split in the party as left-wingers, lead by Dirlanan MP Alexander Brays, were openly critical of this relationship and the increasing closeness between the two parties.

In 2343, following reforms to the system, local elections saw a slightly poor performance for the Liberal Progressives, after the party won a total of 4,072 councillors (out of 24,654) and 115 (out of 823) council leadership while the Free Liberal Party increased its influence. Much of this was blamed on the traditional local support for Labour and independent politicians, although some critics mused on the slight division in the party as a possible problem.

The party's plight became worse following the 2346 elections, where the presence of the party in the House of Representatives fell to just 56 seats. This co-incided with the loss of one Cabinet minister - Frances Clarke, Minister of Tourism - who was replaced with interim Minister George Harrison until the next day when Clarke became a member of the Free Senate. This caused some uproar, but Clarke resisted calls to resign and continued to serve into the early 2350s.

Thomas York announced his retirement in 2348, despite a steady state in the polls (admittely below the performance at the previous election). A leadership race took place to succeed him (see Liberal Progressive Party leadership election, 2349) with radical young reformer Neil Blunson surprising all when he defeated the established candidates including Ben Williams and Robert Massey, backed by the SLG and PSA factions (see the section on Factions) respectively. Blunson failed to make major inroads in the 2349 federal elections, but carried on with the goal of reforming the party to make it a more people-based and federal structure.

As the years went by, the Liberal Progressives rose in power, becoming near-undisputed leaders of the FUK, particularly after the collapse of Kirlawa Democratic Labour. The party drifted to the left and in the Second Kirlawan Civil War took an aggressively anti-Rutanian and anti-Dundorfian fascist stance.

People's Republic of Kirlawa (2369-)

After the re-union of Kirlawa, the party continued leftwards but in foreign policy became far more isolationist due to the appointment to the Foreign Ministry of leading young moderate Jamie Grayson. Neil Blunson became Prime Minister in the first cabinet and maintained this position in the second. The LPP have been the major government party in all elections since the start of the People's Republic and Toby Phillips has been elected First Citizen three times in a row.

Factions

The Liberal Progressive Party has many major factions advocating different courses within it.

Active

• Social Liberty Group - The largest centrist organisation in the party, the Social Liberty Group is firmly on the right of the party. Influential members have included Ben Williams, Laura Grant, George Jarvis and Keith Morgan.
• Progressive Socialist Alliance - The largest leftist block in the party and firmly to the left on social and economic issues, on party and real terms. Influential members have included Dan Dawkins, Sean Greenwood, Mark Kire and Justin Lee, and at current Andrew O'Roan and Ethan Glaze are the most major members.
• Democracy and Peace - A middle-of-the-road group in the centre of the party with much influence. Influential members have included Joseph Edwards and Thomas York.
• Reformist Block - A block set up in support of Neil Blunson after his successful campaign for leadership of the LPP. Blunson is not a member, although members include Jamie Grayson and Eilis Shay.
• Justice and Capitalism - A mostly defunct group, most of whose members left the party at the formation of the Free Liberal Party of Kirlawa. Influential members have included Stephen Haines.
• Liberalist Freedom - A recently revived group who have ties with the FLPK. Influential members have included John Humphries and Emilia Martin, and more recently Ainsley Clifton.
• Kawaii Left - A minor faction of pro-CandyKids cultural leftists. Influential members have included Yakirii Autosaidaa.
• Unaffliated - Unaffliated members are a fairly major group in the party. There are various unaffliated 'groupings' including Blunsonites, conservative progressives, libertarian socialists and militarist moderates.

Leadership

Leaders

• Joseph Edwards (2236-2275)
• Keith Martin (2275-2302)
• Thomas York (2302-2349)
• Neil Blunson (2349-)

Deputy Leaders

• Edward Clark (2236-2263)
• Mark Kire (2263-2315)
• Brian Cullen (2315-2321)
• John Humphries (2321-2333)
• Jay Holt (2333)
• Frederick Harrison (2333-2337)
• Henry Tralyn (2337-2338)
• Justin Lee (2338-2365)
• Toby Phillips (2365-)

Cabinet Ministers

People's Republic of Kirlawa

• Neil Blunson - Prime Minister, 2370-
• Declan Tinsley - Minister of Defence, 2370-
• Jamie Grayson - Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2370-
• François Martin - Minister of Food and Agriculture, 2376-
• Nathan Mercer - Minister of Trade and Industry, 2376-
• Andrew O'Roan - Minister of Trade and Industry, 2370-6
• Andrew O'Roan - Minister of Finance, 2376-
• Christina Reddy - Minister of Environment and Tourism, 2370-6
• Valerie Rock - Minister of Food and Agriculture, 2370-6
• Ben Williams - Minister of Education and Culture, 2370-

Election results

Republic of Kirlawa (2245-2289)

House of Representatives

Election	Kirlawa		Dirguzia		Dirlana		Merkan		Nuchtmark		Uwakah
	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats
Dec 2236	0.05%	0	0.01%	0	0.03%	0	0.05%	0	0.10%	0	0.06%	0
Dec 2239	0.08%	0	0.09%	0	0.04%	0	0.08%	0	0.09%	0	0.10%	0
Dec 2242	0.29%	1	0.09%	0	1.18%	1	0.07%	0	0.05%	0	0.10%	0
Dec 2245	43.80%	208	0.02%	0	62.72%	58	42.54%	31	43.87%	45	67.90%	74
Mar 2247	45.95%	220	6.13%	6	63.81%	59	42.89%	32	45.76%	47	69.81%	76
May 2248	22.92%	109	18.41%	18	19.46%	18	23.31%	17	19.69%	20	33.44%	36
Apr 2250	8.67%	40	4.81%	4	11.54%	11	17.81%	13	3.74%	3	8.40%	9
Mar 2251	7.38%	54	4.53%	7	11.32%	16	12.54%	14	3.46%	5	7.29%	12
Mar 2254	7.34%	54	3.86%	6	11.17%	16	8.43%	10	5.51%	8	8.36%	14
Mar 2257	6.69%	49	5.37%	8	9.64%	10	8.41%	9	5.60%	9	7.64%	13
Mar 2260	10.75%	80	9.71%	15	10.74%	15	14.46%	17	6.33%	10	13.52%	23
Sep 2261	12.78%	96	9.82%	15	13.97%	20	18.22%	21	8.19%	13	15.61%	27
May 2263	16.07%	121	14.68%	23	14.92%	21	21.52%	25	9.88%	16	20.87%	36
Aug 2266	Barred from standing
Aug 2270	Barred from standing
Dec 2271	12.10%	91	10.33%	16	12.56%	18	15.35%	18	8.76%	14	14.63%	25
Dec 2275	15.56%	117	10.30%	16	19.14%	28	14.55%	17	15.02%	24	19.25%	32
Oct 2276	16.23%	122	11.03%	17	17.52%	25	18.13%	21	15.31%	24	20.50%	35
Oct 2280	15.14%	113	11.82%	18	20.92%	30	16.64%	19	13.27%	21	14.78%	25
Apr 2282	8.61%	63	6.12%	9	11.91%	17	7.07%	8	8.26%	13	9.89%	16
Apr 2285	13.02%	98	8.90%	14	17.47%	25	16.34%	19	12.36%	20	12.01%	20
Mar 2287	16.07%	120	10.17%	16	22.22%	32	22.81%	26	12.80%	20	15.22%	26
Nov 2287	34.16%	258	25.16%	39	39.17%	57	39.95%	46	46.12%	74	24.43%	42

Presidential

Election	Candidate	Round 1			Round 2
		Votes	Percentage	Rank	Votes	Percentage	Rank
Dec 2236	Edward Clark	30,161	0.05%	4th

Curator Pacis

Election	Candidate	Round 1			Round 2
		Votes	Percentage	Rank	Votes	Percentage	Rank
Mar 2251	Edward Clark	32,233,507	70.06%	1st
Mar 2254	Edward Clark	21,046,358	40.07%	1st	27,394,221	61.10%	1st
Mar 2257	Edward Clark	20,277,898	38.50%	1st	30,513,295	64.69%	1st
Mar 2260	Edward Clark	17,229,956	31.94%	2nd	25,622,769	57.25%	1st
Sep 2261	Edward Clark	15,552,349	29.36%	2nd	26,346,968	57.27%	1st
May 2263	Edward Clark	8,493,782	16.10%	4th
Aug 2266	Barred from standing
Aug 2270	Barred from standing
Dec 2271	No candidate
Dec 2275	No candidate
Oct 2276	Mark Kire	10,116,302	18.96%	3rd
Oct 2280	Mark Kire	8,471,806	15.76%	3rd
Apr 2282	Mark Kire	10,291,453	18.96%	3rd
Apr 2285	Mark Kire	12,145,589	21.22%	3rd
Mar 2287	Mark Kire	15,459,237	26.35%	3rd
Nov 2287	Mark Kire	29,752,944	53.44%	1st

Free Democratic Union of Kirlawa (2289-2337)

House of Representatives

Election	Kirlawa		Dirguzia		Dirlana		Merkan		Nuchtmark		Uwakah
	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats	Votes	Seats
Nov 2290	22.85%	173	13.32%	20	25.68%	37	32.51%	38	26.02%	42	21.02%	36
Nov 2293	41.52%	311	30.73%	48	46.32%	67	57.55%	67	38.58%	62	39.05%	67
Apr 2295	32.49%	246	25.49%	40	42.96%	62	39.12%	45	33.05%	53	26.75%	46
May 2295	34.49%	261	26.69%	41	51.18%	74	40.92%	47	29.10%	47	30.29%	52
Oct 2295	7.90%	58	5.20%	8	10.85%	15	7.38%	8	6.10%	9	10.64%	18
Oct 2298	17.96%	135	10.86%	17	24.69%	36	18.17%	21	11.93%	19	24.78%	42
Oct 2301	16.24%	122	9.52%	15	23.10%	33	18.41%	21	12.56%	20	19.15%	33
May 2302	20.35%	153	12.10%	18	30.95%	45	20.23%	24	18.72%	30	21.26%	36
Sep 2304	7.17%	53	4.63%	7	12.09%	17	7.02%	8	4.28%	6	8.97%	15
Oct 2304	18.02%	135	10.94%	17	24.57%	35	18.27%	21	14.67%	23	22.79%	39
Sep 2306	21.55%	161	9.17%	14	24.56%	35	24.93%	29	20.54%	33	29.24%	50
Sep 2309	22.92%	173	10.50%	16	20.72%	30	23.81%	28	21.61%	35	37.00%	64
Sep 2309	15.62%	117	7.20%	11	16.03%	23	15.12%	17	14.50%	23	24.56%	43
Oct 2314	15.69%	119	7.85%	12	19.80%	29	22.39%	26	11.80%	19	18.71%	33
Oct 2315	15.68%	117	7.41%	11	19.68%	28	23.64%	28	10.78%	17	19.16%	33
Jan 2317	15.22%	115	11.44%	18	20.97%	31	19.48%	23	12.66%	20	13.32%	23
May 2319	6.08%	44	5.27%	8	8.40%	12	6.97%	8	4.65%	7	5.56%	9
May 2322	8.20%	59	6.67%	10	10.80%	15	9.83%	11	5.46%	8	8.84%	15
Apr 2324	8.44%	63	7.63%	12	12.41%	18	7.68%	9	5.81%	9	8.66%	15
Aug 2326	10.50%	78	7.87%	12	12.83%	18	8.73%	10	8.33%	13	14.40%	25
Aug 2329	11.33%	86	8.00%	12	12.33%	18	10.02%	12	9.86%	16	16.25%	28
Aug 2332	9.43%	69	8.71%	13	11.21%	16	8.17%	9	8.19%	13	10.66%	18
Mar 2333	9.65%	71	9.53%	15	10.95%	16	10.80%	12	7.11%	11	10.29%	17

Free Union of Kirlawa (2337-)

Free House of Representatives

Election	FUK		Dirguzia		Dirlana		Merkan		Uwakah
	Seats %	Seats	Seats %	Seats	Seats %	Seats	Seats %	Seats	Seats %	Seats
Aug 2337	27.33%	82	25.00%	5	51.67%	31	19.00%	19	22.50%	27
Oct 2341	28.33%	85	15.00%	3	47.62%	30	20.83%	20	26.45%	32
Mar 2346	18.67%	56	10.00%	2	21.67%	13	15.00%	15	21.67%	26
Sep 2349	19.33%	58	10.00%	2	21.67%	13	16.00%	16	22.50%	27

Free Senate

Election	FUK		Dirguzia	Dirlana	Merkan	Uwakah
	Seats %	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats
Aug 2337	27.50%	11	1	5	2	3
Oct 2341	30.00%	12	1	4	3	4
Mar 2346	20.00%	8	2	2	1	3
Sep 2349	20.00%	8	0	3	1	4

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Election	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Rank
Mar 2237	Graeme Kemp	8,335,208	23.05%	3rd
Oct 2341	Helen Taryan	9,289,456	28.82%	3rd
Mar 2346	Joseph Franklin	7,291,588	23.67%	3rd
Sep 2349	Franklin Moreian	7,433,910	25.31%	3rd

Divided Territories of Kirlawa (2337-)

Pan-National Council

Election	Seats %	Seats
Aug 2337	11.78%	88
Apr 2338	8.91%	9
Oct 2341	10.89%	11
Sep 2342	7.92%	8
Mar 2346	6.93%	7
Sep 2349	6.93%	7

Presiding Officer

Election	Candidate	Round 1			Round 2
		Votes	Percentage	Rank	Votes	Percentage	Rank
Aug 2337	Bob Wellstone	15,381,708	21.02%	3rd
Apr 2338	Bob Wellstone	15,023,942	20.29%	2nd	44,804,304	60.87%	1st
Oct 2341	Bob Wellstone	14,785,868	20.16%	2nd	35,703,422	55.27%	1st
Sep 2342	No candidate
Mar 2346	Toby Phillips	11,922,040	16.05%	4th
Step 2349	Toby Phillips	9,936,483	13.67%	4th

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