Christian People's Party

The **Christian People's Party** (**CPP**) is a big-tent Christian democratic party in Mock Parliament. It is one of the parties that has existed since the inception of the political sim, being founded on April 8th, 2023 (launch date).

The party currently has an electoral pact with the Raichu Minority Electoral Committee (RMEC) called Civil Accord. Together they both sit in the House of Commons in a parliamentary group with the same name as the electoral pact. The CPP currently sits in opposition with their allies in Civil Accord.

## History

The party was founded on the 8th of April, 2023, on the same day as the sim's inception. It was founded by @gewoonzim, who would also be the first party leader of the CPP. The party was founded to represent rural voters. It ran on a platform of distributism as an alternative to the capitalist platform of the European Federalist Party (EFP) and the socialist Socialist Progressive Bloc (SPB). Their preliminary policies concerned improving public transport to and within rural regions and the protection of minority languages within the United Kingdom.

On April 8, 2023 the party announced an electoral agreement with the Northumbrian Union and its leader, @angrynorfman. This agreement stipulated that neither party would run in each others constituencies. For the CPP this meant that they would not field a candidate in constituency #6. The party ran 4 candidates in the launch elections. @massotte\_old stood for election in Dullton, @gewoonzim stood for election in Hollyoaks, @KarnesMellagio stood for election in Greenhill North, and Sofiye Gerards stood for election in Llanau West.

Following the April 10th 2023 elections scandal, CPP leader @gewoonzim obtained a seat in the Provisional Parliament, along with other party leaders and a small quota of Independents. In the following days, the party successfully registered a Scottish section, with @gewoonzim sharing both parties' leadership, and therefore was invited to take part into the Scottish Provisional Parliament on a dual mandate.

On May 6th @gewoonzim, the party leader at the time, announced they would be retiring from the sim and their role as party leader. In an official statement the party announced that anyone interested could contact @gewoonzim to become party leader. Following this Sofiye Gerards, the current party leader, assumed the role of party leader by virtue of being the only person to show interest in the role. She announced the party would take part in the elections on the following day. She also reaffirmed the parties commitment to Civil Accord in the upcoming elections as a joint list. The CPP provided the number 1 (Sofiye Gerards) and 4 (@KarnesMellagio) for this joint list. The coalition ended up receiving 6.8% of the vote meaning that both number 1 and 2 would be elected to the House of Commons.

## Ideology

The party does not normally place itself on a standard left-right spectrum. Instead, it can best be described as a big-tent or syncretic party. The party runs on a distributist platform, rejecting both capitalism and socialism. Since Sofiye Gerards assumed leadership the party has slightly shifted left according to her. The party is open to working with parties across the political spectrum.

## Electoral history

**Electoral history of the Christian People's Party**