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The main components of the coalition are George Galloway, a Member of Parliament expelled from the Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a centre- left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdom's three main political parties. Under its leader Tony Blair it won a landslide in the 1997 general election, and forme, the Socialist Workers PartyThe Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a revolutionary socialist political party in Britain. Publications A weekly newspaper Socialist Worker a monthly magazine, Socialist Review and a quarterly theoretical journal, International Socialism''. In addition th, together with leading figures from the Muslim Association of BritainThe Muslim Association of Britain is a Muslim group in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1997. Along with Stop the War Coalition and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, it has co-sponsored various demonstrations against the 2003 invasion and occupat. Mark SerwotkaMark Serwotka (born 1963) is the General Secretary of British trade union the PCS. He took office on 1 June 2002. He is seen to be one of the trade union " awkward squad". His election was marred by controversy when his predecessor the more New Labour lea, general secretary of the PCSThe Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is a large trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in low-paid positions in government departments and public bodies, although some work in Information Technology for private companies. union is another notable supporter. The coalition also has the support of the national council of the Socialist AllianceThe Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. The alliance grew out of the London Socialist Alliance and other local Socialist Alliances, many of which ran in elections as the United Socialists''. These were formed by the Socialist P, the International Socialist GroupThe International Socialist Group are a small Trotskyist group based in the United Kingdom. They are the British members of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International, and are perhaps better known under the name of their former newspaper, Socialis and the CPGB. RESPECT co-initiator George Monbiot, a left-liberal anti-globalisation writer, resigned from RESPECT before its launch, because RESPECT intended to stand against existing Green Party MEPs, although RESPECT had offered to form a pact with the Green Party to stand down in each others' favour, something that was rejected by the Greens.
The register of political parties lists its leader is Nick Wrack and its nominating officer and treasurer is Linda Smith.
The coalition hoped to provide a left-wing challenge to Tony Blair at the London Assembly and European elections in 2004 and gained a quarter of a million votes. They claim these votes have been achieved primarily by capitalising on the 2003 anti-war protests, and by attracting the votes of ' Old Labour ' supporters who feel Blair has moved the party too far to the right of their socialist beliefs. The correlation between the performance of RESPECT and the Muslim population of an area suggests that it has succeeded in attracting the votes of some Muslims who feel alienated by Labour's support for the war.
The coalition has not stood in Scotland calling for a vote for the Scottish Socialist Party instead.
RESPECT candidate Lindsey German came fifth in the Mayoral election. Its largest constituency vote in the assembly elections was in City and East London, where it picked up 13.46%, reaching third place.
In their first UK European elections, also in 2004, RESPECT's proportion of the national vote was 1.7%. They failed to win any seats. Their best result was in London itself, with a relatively strong 4.8%, and worst in Wales and the South West with 0.6% and 0.7% respectively. Their strongest borough was Newham, London with 21.41% of the vote. RESPECT finished behind the Green Party in every region where both ran, and behind the BNP everywhere but London. However, in Tower Hamlets, RESPECT received more votes than any other party.
The party did very well (for a fourth party) at the Birmingham Hodge Hill and Leicester South by-elections in 2004, with 6.3% and 12.7% of the vote respectively — enough to retain its deposit in both seats.
It won its first election on 29 July 2004 when it won a ward from Labour in Tower Hamlets. The election was called after a Labour councillor was expelled for alleged corruption.
In September 2004 RESPECT candidate Paul McGarr stood in the Milwall by-election and came second, pushing the Labour Party into third place.
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