People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)

{{Infobox political party

| country = Montserrat

| name = People's Democratic Movement

| logo = People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat) logo.png

| leader = Paul Lewis

| founder = Donaldson Romeo

| abbreviation = PDM

| preceded by =

| foundation = {{start date|2024|4|30|df=y}}

| ideology = Autonomy for Montserrathttps://pdmmontserrat.com/

| international =

| european =

| europarl =

| headquarters =

| colours = {{color box|{{Party color|People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)}}|border=darkgray}} Red
{{color box|#241E20|border=darkgray}} Black

| colorcode = {{party color|People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)}}

| seats1_title = Legislative Assembly

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| website = {{url|https://pdmmontserrat.com/}}

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The People's Democratic Movement (PDM) is a political party in Montserrat.

History

The party was established by the then leader of the opposition Donaldson Romeo on 30 April 2014, in order to contest the upcoming elections.[http://www.themontserratreporter.com/new-political-party-pdm-launched/ New Political Party ‘PDM’ Launched], Montserrat Reporter, 2 May 2014 The elections saw the party win seven of the nine seats in the Legislative Council, becoming the ruling party.[http://www.gov.ms/2014/09/12/peoples-democratic-movementpdm-to-form-next-montserrat-government/ People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) to form next Montserrat government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212657/http://www.gov.ms/2014/09/12/peoples-democratic-movementpdm-to-form-next-montserrat-government/ |date=2017-02-26 }} Government of Montserrat However, two party members, Ingrid Buffonge and Gregory Willock, later left the party to join the opposition.

Election results

=Legislative Assembly=

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!Election

! Leader

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/–

! Status

2014

| Donaldson Romeo

| 11,702

| 49.90 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|7|9|hex={{party color|People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)}}}}

| New

| {{yes2|Government}}

2019

| rowspan=2 | Paul Lewis

| 5,969

| 29.92 (#2)

| {{Composition bar|3|9|hex={{party color|People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 3

| {{no2|Opposition}}

2024

| 5,739

| 28.95 (#3)

| {{Composition bar|3|9|hex={{party color|People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)}}}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{no2|Opposition}}

References