United People's Movement (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
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The United People's Movement was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
It was established just before the 1979 national elections as a leftist alliance. It comprised the Youlou Liberation Movement (Yulimo) (Ralph Gonsalves and Renwick Rose), Arwee (Oscar Allen) and the People's Democratic Movement (Kenneth John).[1] It contested national elections in 1979, when it received 13.6% of the vote, but failed to win a seat.[2]
Renwick Rose was the first leader of UPM, he was succeeded by Oscar Allen, and then by Adrian Saunders in 1988.[1] Shortly before the 1984 elections several members left to form the Movement for National Unity after a majority of UPM members refused to renounce the policies of Fidel Castro.[3] As a result, the party's vote share fell to 3.2% and it remained seatless. In 1989 it received just 468 votes and again failed to win a seat. It did not contest any further elections.[4]
