Claim: 2008 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election had five candidates, one of which was Labour (a centre-left political party) Tony Isherwood
Evidence: Labour Tony Isherwood Conservative Bernard Slingsby BNP Stewart Clough Liberal Democrats Joanne O'Hanlon UKIP Harold Greenhalgh The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists.