People Before Profit Alliance
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People Before Profit Alliance
Pobal Roimh Bhrabús |
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| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | October 2005 |
| Headquarters | 4 Meadow View, Sarsfield Road, Dublin 10 |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Trotskyism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Left-wing to Far-left |
| National affiliation |
United Left Alliance (pre-2013) Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit (2015–present) |
| European affiliation | European Anti-Capitalist Left |
| Colours | Maroon & Green |
| Dáil Éireann |
3 / 158
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| Northern Ireland Assembly |
1 / 90
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| Local government in the Republic of Ireland |
14 / 949
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| Local Government (NI) |
1 / 462
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| Website | |
| peoplebeforeprofit.ie | |
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People Before Profit Alliance
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| Belfast City |
1 / 60
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| Dublin City |
5 / 63
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| Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
3 / 40
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| Fingal |
1 / 40
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| Sligo |
1 / 18
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| South Dublin |
3 / 40
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| Wexford |
1 / 34
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The People Before Profit Alliance (PBPA) is a socialist, Trotskyist and Eurosceptic political party formed in October 2005. It is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The PBPA was established by the Socialist Workers Party. The Community & Workers Action Group of south Dublin (CWAG) joined the Alliance in 2007 and brought along the party's first elected representative, Joan Collins, an anti-bin tax campaigner and former member of the Socialist Party.
The Alliance contested several constituencies in the 2007 general election, polling around 9,000 first preferences, with Richard Boyd Barrett—the candidate in the Dún Laoghaire constituency—missing a seat on the 10th and final count by 7,890 votes to 9,910.
In May 2008, the Alliance launched a campaign calling for a No vote to the Lisbon Treaty when it was put to the people.
In the Republic's 2009 local elections the Alliance ran twelve candidates, including ten in County Dublin. The Alliance secured five seats in three of Dublin's four councils. As well as ten members of the SWP, the Alliance ran Joan Collins and Pat Dunne of the CWAG in Dublin, and Donnie Fell (a former Waterford Crystal worker and trade union representative) in Waterford.
In the Republic's 2011 general election, both Richard Boyd Barrett and Joan Collins were elected to Dáil Éireann as TDs (deputies), running under a joint People Before Profit and United Left Alliance banner. The average expenses claim by a People Before Profit Alliance TD between the February 2011 general election and the last day of December 2011 was €31,866.
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