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The Socialist Green Unity Coalition is an electoral alliance formed by leftist parties and political organisations in Great Britain prior to 2005 parliamentary election〔(Socialist / Green general election challenge launched ), Socialist Party, 23 February 2004〕 after the Respect Unity Coalition (which the SGUC constituent organisations regarded as little more than a vehicle for the Socialist Workers Party) rejected requests to discuss an electoral arrangement to avoid clashes in 2005. It was established in September 2004 (), named in November 2004 () and publicly launched in February 2005 (). After the 2005 election the coalition continued to operate as a liaison and co-ordinating body but has not extended its remit much beyond electoral co-ordination. The largest single component is the Socialist Party. Other participating organisations include the Alliance for Green Socialism (standing under their own name), Alliance for Workers Liberty and Socialist Unity Network (both standing as ''Socialist Unity'') and the Democratic Socialist Alliance, whose candidates in 2005 were also members of the United Socialist Party.〔Tina Becker, "(The leftovers )", ''Weekly Worker'', 28 April 2005〕 Many of these organisations were in the previous Socialist Alliance before it voted to support the established of the Respect Unity Coalition. All the SGUC member organisations campaigned on a common platform including calls for an end to privatisation, for defence of the welfare state, an end to poverty and for full employment.〔 The SGUC also gave greater priority than most of its individual members to the question of the environment and building a sustainable economic system - largely due to the influence of the Alliance for Green Socialism. ==The 2005 elections== The Socialist Party contested the 2005 election as ''Socialist Alternative'' in Bootle, Brighton Kemptown, Bristol North West, Cardiff South and Penarth, Coventry North East, Coventry South, Leicester West, Lewisham Deptford, Newcastle East and Wallsend, Sheffield Heeley, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Swansea West, Wakefield, Walthamstow, Wythenshawe and Sale East.〔(UK general election 2005: List of candidates )〕 Coalition members stood against the Green Party in some constituencies (because the Green Party would not negotiate an electoral arrangement to avoid such clashes) but agreed not to compete with the Respect Coalition or the Scottish Socialist Party. It received over 12,000 in 2005 votes and did not come close to winning any seats and only succeeded in holding its deposit in one seat, Coventry North East, where its candidate was former Miliant MP Dave Nellist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Socialist Green Unity Coalition」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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