Christian Peoples Alliance
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Christian Peoples Alliance
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| Leader | Sidney Cordle MBE |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Preceded by | Alan Craig |
| Headquarters | 13 Westmill Rd Hitchin Herts SG52SB |
| Ideology |
Christian democracy Social conservatism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European Christian Political Movement |
| Colours | Violet |
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| www.cpaparty.net | |
The Christian Peoples Alliance is a Christian democratic political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form in 1999, it grew out of a cross-party advocacy group known as the Movement for Christian Democracy. The first leader of the party was Ram Gidoomal CBE. Alan Craig took over from him in 2004 and resigned in 2012. He was replaced by Sid Cordle MBE who is the current leader.
The Christian Peoples Alliance reportedly aims to create an alternative to the perceived moral relativism of other parties in the United Kingdom, along the lines of Norway's Christian Democratic Party and Sweden's Christian Democrats — rather than a fundamentalist position. Since 2007, the party has been affiliated to the European Christian Political Movement including its Youth Network, an association of Christian Democrat parties, think tanks and politicians across Europe who also advocate a Christian Social view.
The roots of the party can be traced back to a movement founded in 1991 by Christians — both Protestants and Catholics — known as the Movement for Christian Democracy (MCD). It was founded in Westminster at a rally which drew an attendance of 2,000 people, with the motivation of providing an answer to increasing secularism. The three founding members were David Alton, Derek Enright and Ken Hargreaves, who were Members of Parliament representing the Liberal, Labour and Conservative parties respectively. While the tradition of Christian democracy parties was well established in many other parts of Europe, it was not introduced into Britain until the MCD movement of the 1990s. The movement existed as a cross-party advocacy group of sorts and although there were rumours in the media of it becoming a fully fledged political party it never materialised.
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