United Workers Party (Saint Lucia)

The United Workers Party is a conservative political party in Saint Lucia currently led by former Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet, who defeated former Prime Minister Stephenson King in a July 28, 2013 leadership election.

The party was formed before the 1964 general elections by an alliance of the People's Progressive Party and the National Labour Movement, a splinter group founded by three members (John Compton, Vincent Monrose, and Maurice Mason) from the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party.

[1] John Compton was the political leader and Henry Giraudy was the chairman of the party.

In 2011 the UWP lost the election to Labour but regained power in the 2016 elections, taking 11 of the 17 seats in the House.

[2] The United Workers Party is a member of the Caribbean Democrat Union, the regional organization of the global conservative International Democracy Union.