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SDP

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abbreviation

  1. Social Democratic Party

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Moore, who serves as the SDP's north west chair, returned to the UK in 2022 after spending many years working abroad and made Manchester his home.

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Moore, who has worked in education, volunteers at Burnage food bank and has been building the SDP's presence across the region, said: "I'm proud to be standing in the city I now call home."

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SDP Leader William Clouston said: "Sebastian has been tireless in building our party across the North West. He understands the concerns of working people in constituencies like Gorton & Denton – on housing, on jobs, on the cost of living. He provides a serious alternative."

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Lord Taverne resigned from the Labour party over his pro-European views and became a founder of the Liberal Democrats, when the SDP merged with the Liberal Party in 1988.

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Redwood pointed out that Thatcher also faced an electoral challenge from a new party, in the shape of the SDP, which polled as high as 50% in the 1980s as part of an alliance with the Liberals.

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