CLP
Noun
Meaning
CLP (plural CLPs)
(politics, countable) Initialism of Constituency Labour Party.
Examples
Although the CLP won a bare majority of the two-party vote, Labor's gains in Darwin were enough to make Martin the first ALP and first female Chief Minister in the history of the Northern Territory.
However, in recent years the ALP has pulled even with the CLP in the Darwin area; indeed, its 2001 victory was fueled by an unexpected swing in Darwin.
And Bill Yan (CLP) would take Namatjira off Labor, defeating its candidate Sheralee Taylor by a 13 votes.
In the memorandum, the CLP members also said that despite prima facie there was evidence of horse-trading and corrupt practices by Union ministers and not removing them from the Cabinet would be a “blot on democracy”.
Fannie Bay, like most Darwin electorates, had been a CLP stronghold; Perron held it with a majority of 8 percent.
CLP candidate Steve Brown rejects ‘racist’ employment policies.