The Christian Peoples Alliance is a Christian democrat political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form during the late 20th century, it grew out of a cross-party interest group known as the Movement for Christian Democracy. The party operates all over Great Britain and has fledgling groups specific to Scotland and Wales. To date the party has five elected members as town councillors in England. The current leader of the party i...
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The Christian Peoples Alliance is a Christian democrat political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form during the late 20th century, it grew out of a cross-party interest group known as the Movement for Christian Democracy. The party operates all over Great Britain and has fledgling groups specific to Scotland and Wales. To date the party has five elected members as town councillors in England. The current leader of the party in general is Alan Craig, who took over the role from Ram Gidoomal in 2004.
Public awareness of the party was first achieved due to members standing in the London mayor elections, in which they achieved almost 100,000 at their very first attempt. The values and policies the party looks to uphold — Christian democracy — was already well established in many European countries, but the Christian Peoples Alliance were the first to bring it to the United Kingdom. The CPA has also received encouragement from other Christian democrat parties and are...
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