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Common Wealth Party
The Common Wealth Party was a socialist political group active in the United Kingdom in the 1940s. During that period, there was a National Government incorporating the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Parties.
Common Wealth was founded in 1941 by a combination of members of the Labour Party's 1941 Committee who disagreed with the electoral pact, former Liberals who believed that party had no direction, and independents. Led by Richard Acland , Vernon Bartlett and J. B. Priestley, the group called for common ownership of land, "vital democracy" and morality in politics.
During the war, the party won three by-elections against the Conservatives, in Eddisbury , Skipton and Chelmsford, but held only Chelmsford in the 1945 UK general election. The party was dissolved later that year, most of its members rejoining the Labour Party.
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