Rosette (politics)

Coloured flowers are also sometimes used, particularly in the case of the red rose as a symbol of the Labour Party; this has been common since the 1980s when leaders Neil Kinnock and Tony Blair encouraged their use, and Labour adopted the red rose as the party's logo.

[3][4] Monster Raving Loony Party candidates may satirise the practice by wearing oversized rosettes of various colours.

This may have been for a variety of reasons, such as association of colours with leading families of the area and then the political parties they supported.

Rosettes can be worn by activist tellers working for the party and can display the name of a candidate, emblem or description, but cannot be oversized or display a political slogan, nor can tellers wear or carry anything else "that carries any writing, picture or sign relating to any candidate...apart from a rosette".

[7] In 2008, the Commission stipulated that rosettes greater than four inches in diameter were not allowed to be worn in polling stations.

An election declaration for the UK 2019 general election, with four candidates wearing rosettes. Left to right: Conservative, Labour, Brexit, Liberal Democrat
2014 New Zealand general election , Aro Valley . Left to right: Labour , National , Internet Mana , Cannabis