Tumbra is a multi-party democracy, though six parties tend to monopolise votes. Two of these - the Labour and Liberal parties - have provided every single government since 1882, and have provided 27 of Tumbra's 30 Prime Ministers. Before 2008 the Liberal Party was in coalition with two other parties; the Christian Democratic Party and the National Party. Since the 2009 election, however, the Christian Democratic Party has merged into the Liberal Party, and the National Party, while organisationally separate, contests elections under the Liberal Party banner, and its members sit in the Liberal Party room. This arrangement lasted from 2008 until 2021, when the Nationals unilaterally decided to leave the arrangement, and continue under the old arrangement of the Liberal Alliance until which time a new arrangement could be formalised. Several former Christian Democrats, disappointed at the 2021 election results, have also mooted the possibility of re-forming the old Christian Democratic Alliance, bringing it back under the old name.
Parties in the Federal Parliament are often described by their party colours; Labour uses red, the Liberals use blue (and the Nationals use dark green), yellow for the Moderate Party, green for the Greens, dark blue for the Conservatives and dark red for the Social Democrats. Independents typically use grey; though their presence on the federal level is rare.
List of political parties in Tumbra
Political Parties in Tumbra
Party
Leader
Founded
Ideology
Position
MPs
Senators
State Parliaments
Councillors
Labour Party
Kenneth Everett
1870
Social democracy Democratic socialism Factions: Progressivism Third Way
Centre-left
365 / 650
70 / 200
970 / 2,250
3,186 / 8,197
Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party
Stephen Williams
1864
Economic liberalism Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism Factions: Conservatism National conservatism
Centre-right to right wing
189 / 650
59 / 200
896 / 2,250
2,787 / 8,197
National Party
Jordan Beaumont
1935
Conservatism Agrarianism Regionalism
Centre-right to right wing
24 / 650
5 / 200
100 / 2,250
0 / 8,197
Green Party
Norman Collins Anna Palmer
1993
Green politics Progressivism
Left-wing
23 / 650
28 / 200
96 / 2,250
668 / 8,197
Moderate Party
William Boyd
1906
Social liberalism Radical centrism Centrism
Centre
21 / 650
11 / 200
136 / 2,250
885 / 8,197
Conservative Party
Alan Spalko
1945
Right-wing populism Conservatism National conservatism Tumbran nationalism Anti-immigration