[5] The party is an observer of COPPPAL and an affiliate of Foro de São Paulo.
[5] In the 1998 elections they received 54.6% of the vote, but the New Democratic Party won a majority of seats.
The first leader of ULP, Sir Vincent Beache, resigned after the elections, and was succeeded by Ralph Gonsalves.
However, in the 2001 general election the ULP won its first parliamentary majority, winning twelve of the fifteen seats.
[9] In November 2020, Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines since 2001, made history by securing the fifth consecutive victory of his Unity Labour Party (ULP) in general election.