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Party Description Labour Party: A social democratic party that has its roots in the trade union movement. The party has several internal factions, which include: Progressive Britain, which promotes a continuation of New Labour policies and is considered to be on the right of the party; the soft-left Open Labour; Momentum, which represents the party's left-wing, democratic socialist grouping ...
Timeline of political parties in the United Kingdom; List of political parties in the United Kingdom; List of political parties in the United Kingdom opposed to austerity; Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom; List of political parties by country; Politics of the United Kingdom; Political party affiliation in the United Kingdom
This is a list of members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom who were elected as independents or as a member of a minor political party.. Excluded are the speaker, who traditionally stands for re-election without party affiliation, and MPs who were elected representing a major party but then defected or had the whip removed during a parliamentary term.
Membership of political parties has been in decline in the UK since the 1950s, falling by over 65% from 1983 (4 per cent of the electorate) to 2005 (1.3 per cent). [1] In 2022, 1.5% of the British electorate were members of the Conservative Party, Labour Party, or the Liberal Democrats. [2]
^a Leads the party in the House of Commons. The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), John Swinney has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999. ^b In accordance with the party's policy of abstentionism, no elected Sinn Féin members of parliament have ever sat in the House of Commons. ^c Leads the party in the House of ...
Since the 1920s the two main political parties in the UK, in terms of the number of seats in the House of Commons, are the Conservative and Unionist Party and the Labour Party. The Scottish National Party has the second largest party membership, [ 34 ] but a smaller number of MPs as it only fields candidates for constituencies in Scotland.
Articles listed by political party contain information on the ministries of multiple consecutive prime ministers of the same political party. Prior to the 20th century, the leader of the British government held the title of First Lord of the Treasury , and not that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
List of political parties in the United Kingdom; List of political parties in the United Kingdom by representation; Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom; Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; Political party affiliation in the United Kingdom; Registration of Political Parties Act 1998