sentences:  Five United Party members were expelled after the 1953 parliamentary session, including Bekker and Abraham Jonker, after they had criticised the party's approach to the Cape Qualified Franchise which allowed some Cape Coloureds to vote in South African elections alongside Whites.They believed the party should compromise with the government and allow a separate electoral roll.They were conservative in outlook and regarded the Unitied Party's new leader JGN Strauss as taking it leftwards.