Ginger group

A ginger group is a formal or informal group within, for example, a political party seeking to influence the direction and activity of the organisation as a whole. Ginger groups work to alter the party's policies, practices or office-holders, while still supporting its general goals.

Like "to ginger up", the term comes from the use of ginger root to make a horse seem more lively, or to add flavour or spice to food and beverages.

Ginger groups sometimes form within the political parties of Commonwealth countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Pakistan.

A high profile ginger group Our Forests, was established in 2011 by a group of environmentalists, including Jonathon Porritt, to challenge UK Government decisions relating to public forests.

See also

• Entryism, a more militant tactic
• Ginger Group (Canada), a radical group of left-wing Canadian MPs in the 1920s and early 1930s.
• Ginger Group (Queensland)
• League of Empire Loyalists, a 1950s UK ginger group.