list of political parties in the United Kingdom
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{{Use British English|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Politics of the United Kingdom}}
The Electoral Commission's Register of Political Parties{{cite web|title=Party Finance – The Electoral Commission : Regulatory issues : Political parties : Registers: Register of political parties|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Registrations?currentPage=1&rows=10&sort=RegulatedEntityName&order=asc&et=pp&et=ppm®ister=gb®ister=ni®ister=none®Status=registered|access-date=2015-08-03|publisher=Search.electoralcommission.org.uk}} lists the details of political parties registered to contest elections in the United Kingdom, including their registered name. Under current electoral law, including the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998, the Electoral Administration Act 2006, and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, only registered party names can be used on ballot papers by those wishing to fight elections. Candidates who do not belong to a registered party can use "independent" or no label at all. {{As of|2024|05|25}}, the Electoral Commission showed the number of registered political parties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland as 393.{{cite web |title=Search – The Electoral Commission |url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Registrations?currentPage=1&rows=10&sort=RegulatedEntityName&order=asc&et=pp&et=ppm®ister=gb®ister=ni®ister=none®Status=registered |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=electoralcommission.org.uk}}
Before the middle of the 19th century, politics in the United Kingdom was dominated by the Whigs and the Tories. These were not political parties in the modern sense but somewhat loose alliances of interests and individuals. The Whigs included many of the leading aristocratic dynasties committed to the Protestant succession, and later drew support from elements of the emerging industrial interests and wealthy merchants, while the Tories were associated with the landed gentry, the Church of England and the Church of Scotland.
By the mid 19th century, the Tories had evolved into the Conservative Party, and the Whigs had evolved into the Liberal Party. The concept of right and left came originally from France, where the supporters of a monarchy (constitutional or absolute) sat on the right wing of the National Assembly, and republicans on the left. In the late 19th century, the Liberal Party began to lean towards the left. Liberal Unionists split off from the Liberals over Irish Home Rule and moved closer to the Conservatives over time.
The Liberals and Conservatives dominated the political scene until the 1920s, when the Liberal Party declined in popularity and suffered a long stream of resignations. It was replaced as the main anti-Tory opposition party by the newly emerging Labour Party, which represented an alliance between the labour movement, organised trades unions and various socialist societies.
Since then, the Conservative and Labour parties have dominated British politics, and have alternated in government ever since. However, the UK is not quite a two-party system as other parties have significant support. The Liberal Democrats were the third largest party until the 2015 general election when they were overtaken by the Scottish National Party in terms of seats and UK political party membership, and by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in terms of votes. The Liberal Democrats regained the status of the third largest political party in the UK by seats with the outcome of the 2024 United Kingdom general election.
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The UK's first-past-the-post electoral system leaves small parties disadvantaged on a UK-wide scale. It can, however, allow parties with concentrations of supporters in the constituent countries to flourish. In the 2015 election, there was widespread controversy{{cite news|title=Whatever you think of Ukip or the Greens, our electoral system is robbing them|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11606354/Whatever-you-think-of-Ukip-or-the-Greens-our-electoral-system-is-robbing-them.html|access-date=25 May 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=14 May 2015}}{{cite news|title=Green party leader condemns first-past-the-post voting system|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/09/australian-born-leader-of-uk-greens-blasts-british-voting-system|access-date=25 May 2015|date=9 May 2015}}{{cite news|title=General Election 2015: Sixty per cent of people want voting reform, says survey|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-sixty-per-cent-of-people-want-voting-reform-says-survey-10224354.html|date=25 May 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=5 May 2015}} when the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Green Party of England and Wales received 4.9 million votes{{cite news|title=Election 2015|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/results|access-date=25 May 2015}} (12.6% of the total vote for UKIP and 3.8% for the Greens) yet only gained one seat each in the House of Commons. After that election, UKIP, the Liberal Democrats, the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru, and the Green Party of England and Wales, together with its Scottish and Northern Ireland affiliated parties, delivered a petition signed by 477,000{{cite news|title=Green party and Ukip join forces to demand electoral overhaul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/18/green-party-ukip-electoral-reform-first-past-post-elections|access-date=25 May 2015|last=Perraudin|first=Frances|date=18 May 2015}} people to Downing Street demanding electoral reform.
Since 1997, proportional representation-based voting systems have been adopted for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the Northern Ireland Assembly, the London Assembly and (until Brexit in 2020) the UK's seats in the European Parliament. In these bodies, other parties have had success.
Traditionally political parties have been private organisations with no official recognition by the state. The Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 changed that by creating a register of parties.
Membership of political parties has been in decline in the UK since the 1950s. Membership has fallen by over 65% since 1983, from 4% of the electorate to 1.3% in 2005.{{cite web|author=John Marshall|title=Membership of UK political parties, House of Commons, SN/SG/5125; 2009, page 6. |url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snsg-05125.pdf |access-date= 5 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423150318/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snsg-05125.pdf|archive-date=23 April 2010}}
Parties with representation in the House of Commons
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! colspan=2 scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:20px" | Party !Founded ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Political ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ideology ! class="unsortable" | Leader ! data-sort-type="number" | House of ! data-sort-type="number" | House of ! data-sort-type="number" | Scottish Parliament ! data-sort-type="number" | Welsh Parliament ! data-sort-type="number" | Northern Ireland Assembly ! data-sort-type="number" | London ! data-sort-type="number" | Local |
style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| align=center | 1900 | {{Nowrap|Social democracy}} | {{Composition bar|404|650|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}} |
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| {{Composition bar|168|824|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|}} {{Refn|Including 16 as Lab Co-op.|group="Note"}}{{Refn|name=absent|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|22|129|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|}} {{Refn|Including 11 as Lab Co-op.|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|30|60|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|}} {{Refn|Including 16 as Lab Co-op.|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|11|25|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|}} {{Refn|All 11 as Lab Co-op.|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|6426|19103|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Conservative and Unionist Party
| align=center | 1912
| {{Nowrap|Centre-right
to right-wing}}
| {{Nowrap|Conservatism}}
{{Nowrap|Economic liberalism}}
{{Nowrap|British unionism}}
| {{Composition bar|121|650|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|261|824|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|}} {{Refn|name=absent|Including absent, suspended and temporarily disqualified members.|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|31|129|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|16|60|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|8|25|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|}}
| style="width:30pt; text-align:left" | {{Composition bar|5075|19103|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| align=center | 1988
| Centre to
centre-left
| {{Nowrap|Liberalism}}
{{Nowrap|Social liberalism}}
| Ed Davey
| {{Composition bar|72|650|{{Party color|Liberal Democrats}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|84|824|{{Party color|Liberal Democrats}}|}} {{Refn|name=absent|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|4|129|{{Party color|Liberal Democrats}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|1|60|{{Party color|Liberal Democrats}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Liberal Democrats}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|2|25|{{Party color|Liberal Democrats}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|3051|19103|{{Party color|Liberal Democrats}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| Scottish National Party (SNP)
| align=center | 1934
| {{Nowrap|Scottish nationalism}}
{{Nowrap|Scottish independence}}
{{Nowrap|Social democracy}}
| {{Composition bar|9|650|{{Party color|Scottish National Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|Scottish National Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|63|129|{{Party color|Scottish National Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Scottish National Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Scottish National Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|25|{{Party color|Scottish National Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|417|19103|{{Party color|Scottish National Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
| align=center | 1970
| Centre-left
to left-wing
| {{Nowrap|Irish republicanism
Democratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism}}
| {{Nowrap|Michelle O'Neill{{Refn|Sinn Féin's president is Mary Lou McDonald, who is a TD for Dublin Central in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature of the Republic of Ireland). O'Neill is the party's vice president and leads the party in Northern Ireland.{{Cite news |last= Black |first= Rebecca |date= 12 July 2023 |title= O'Neill urges people burning effigies of politicians to 'catch themselves on' |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/northern-ireland-orange-order-first-minister-police-dup-b2374032.html |work= The Independent |access-date= 4 June 2024}}|group="Note"}}}}
| {{Composition bar|7|650|{{Party color|Sinn Fein}}|}} {{Refn| Sinn Fein operate a policy of abstentionism and do not take their Commons seats|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|Sinn Fein}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Sinn Fein}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Sinn Fein}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|27|90|{{Party color|Sinn Fein}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|25|{{Party color|Sinn Fein}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|144|19103|{{Party color|Sinn Fein}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Brexit Party}}" |
| align=center | 2019
| {{Nowrap|Right-wing populism}}
{{Nowrap|Euroscepticism}}
| {{Composition bar|4|650|{{Party color|Reform UK}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|Reform UK}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Reform UK}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Reform UK}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Reform UK}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|1|25|{{Party color|Reform UK}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|128|19103|{{Party color|Reform UK}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
| Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
| align=center | 1971
| {{Nowrap|British unionism
British nationalism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism}}
| {{Composition bar|5|650|{{Party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|5|824|{{Party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|}} {{Refn|name=absent|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|25|90|{{Party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|25|{{Party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|123|19103|{{Party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}" |
| Green Party of England and Wales
| align=center | 1990
| {{Nowrap|Green politics}}
{{Nowrap|Progressivism}}
| Carla Denyer,
Adrian Ramsay
{{Small|(co-leaders)}}
| {{Composition bar|4|650|{{Party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|2|824|{{Party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|}} {{Refn|name=absent|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|3|25|{{Party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|807|19103|{{Party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|}}{{Cite news |last= Mackintosh |first= Thomas |date= 4 May 2024 |title= Green Party: Co-leaders hail highest number of councillors |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68956733 |work= BBC News |access-date= 4 May 2024}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| align=center | 1925
| Centre-left
to left-wing
| {{Nowrap|Welsh nationalism
Welsh independence
Democratic socialism
Social democracy}}
| {{Composition bar|4|650|{{Party color|Plaid Cymru}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|1|824|{{Party color|Plaid Cymru}}|}} {{Refn|name=absent|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Plaid Cymru}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|13|60|{{Party color|Plaid Cymru}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Plaid Cymru}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|25|{{Party color|Plaid Cymru}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|200|19103|{{Party color|Plaid Cymru}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
| align=center | 1970
| {{Nowrap|Social democracy
Irish nationalism}}
| {{Nowrap|Claire Hanna}}
| {{Composition bar|2|650|{{Party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|8|90|{{Party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|25|{{Party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|36|19103|{{Party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
| align=center | 1970
| Centre to
centre-left
| {{Nowrap|Liberalism}}
{{Nowrap|Nonsectarianism}}
| {{Composition bar|1|650|{{Party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|17|90|{{Party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|25|{{Party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|67|19103|{{Party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
| Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
| align=center | 1905
| {{Nowrap|British unionism}}
{{Nowrap|Conservatism}}
| {{Composition bar|1|650|{{Party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|2|824|{{Party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|}} {{Refn|Including absent, suspended and temporarily disqualified members.|group="Note"}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|9|90|{{Party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|25|{{Party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|52|19103|{{Party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{Party color|Traditional Unionist Voice}}" |
| Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
| align=center | 2007
| {{Nowrap|British unionism}}
{{Nowrap|National conservatism}}
{{Nowrap|Social conservatism}}
{{Nowrap|Euroscepticism}}
| {{Composition bar|1|650|{{Party color|Traditional Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|Traditional Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|Traditional Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|60|{{Party color|Traditional Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|1|90|{{Party color|Traditional Unionist Voice}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|25|{{Party color|Traditional Unionist Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|9|19103|{{Party color|Traditional Unionist Voice}}|}}
|}
Parties without representation in the House of Commons, but with representation in other UK legislatures
There are a few political parties in the United Kingdom that do not have representation in the House of Commons, but have elected representatives in the Northern Ireland Assembly and Scottish Parliament. These are:
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! colspan=2 scope="col" style="width:20px" | Party ! Date founded ! scope="col" | Political position ! scope="col" | Ideology ! Current leader ! data-sort-type="number" | House of ! data-sort-type="number" | Scottish Parliament ! data-sort-type="number" | Northern Ireland Assembly ! data-sort-type="number" | Local |
style="background-color:{{Party color|Scottish Greens}}" |
| {{Nowrap|Scottish Greens}} | 1990 | Centre-left | {{Nowrap|Green politics}} | Patrick Harvie, | {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|Scottish Green Party}} |
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| {{Composition bar|7|129|{{Party color|Scottish Green Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Scottish Green Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|35|19103|{{Party color|Scottish Green Party}}|}}{{Cite web |title=Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections emails |url=http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php?model=S&y=0 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=opencouncildata.co.uk}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Alba Party}}" |
| 2021
| {{Nowrap|Centre-left}} to {{Nowrap|centre-right}}
| {{Nowrap|Scottish nationalism
Scottish independence
Social conservatism}}
| {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|Alba Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|1|129|{{Party color|Alba Party}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|90|{{Party color|Alba Party}}|}}
|{{Composition bar|2|19103|{{Party color|Alba Party}}|}}
|-
! style="background-color:{{Party color|People Before Profit}}" |
| {{Nowrap|People Before Profit (PBP)}}
| 2005
| {{Nowrap|Left-wing to far-left}}
| {{Nowrap|Socialism}}
{{Nowrap|Trotskyism}}
{{Nowrap|Anti-capitalism}}
{{Nowrap|Irish reunification}}
| {{Composition bar|0|824|{{Party color|People Before Profit}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|0|129|{{Party color|People Before Profit}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|1|90|{{Party color|People Before Profit}}|}}
| {{Composition bar|2|19103|{{Party color|People Before Profit}}|}}
|-
|}
Party descriptions
class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5px;" |Party ! scope="col" |Description |
style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|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; and Blue Labour, which promotes socially and culturally conservative values while remaining committed to labour rights and left-wing economics. Labour also has candidates who stand on a split-ticket with the Co-operative Party. |
---|
style="background-color: {{party color|Co-operative Party}}" |
|A party that promotes cooperative principles and values, providing political representation for the British co-operative movement. Since 1927, the party has been in an electoral alliance with the Labour Party, standing joint candidates under the Labour and Co-operative label. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| style="width: 170pt;" |Conservative and Unionist Party |A politically conservative party loosely divided into three categories: the One Nation Conservatives, the Thatcherites, who strongly support a free market with restrained government spending and tend to be Eurosceptic; and the Cornerstone Group. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|A liberal party; its main branches are social liberals based around the Social Liberal Forum, and the more centrist Liberal Reform grouping, which places more of an emphasis on economic liberalism. There is also a social democratic faction and influence within the party. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
|Scottish National Party (SNP) |Scottish nationalist and social democratic party which supports Scottish independence and membership of the European Union or further devolution for Scotland. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|Irish republican party dedicated to the reunification of Ireland and the creation of a new republic based on democratic socialist values. It holds a policy of abstentionism for the House of Commons, with its MPs not taking their seats in this legislature. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Reform UK}}" |
|Right-wing populist and Eurosceptic party, led by former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader MEP and current MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) |Strongly British unionist party in Northern Ireland which promotes social and national conservatism. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}" |
|Green Party of England and Wales |Green party that combines environmentalism and sustainability with left-leaning economic policies, while taking a progressive approach socially. The party also has eco-socialist and anti-capitalist factions, such as the Green Left grouping. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
|Democratic socialist, social democratic, and Welsh nationalist party in favour of Welsh independence or further devolution for Wales. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|{{Nowrap|Social Democratic and Labour Party}} (SDLP) |Irish nationalist and social-democratic party supporting a united Ireland. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) |Liberal, nonsectarian and pro-European political party in Northern Ireland. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) |Conservative and Unionist party in Northern Ireland, taking a somewhat "softer" stance on social issues than the DUP. The party was formerly tied to the Conservative Party in Great Britain. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Traditional Unionist Voice}}" |
|Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) |Strongly social and national conservative unionist party in Northern Ireland. It has formed an alliance with Reform UK. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Green Party}}" |
|Green party in favour of Scottish independence and Scottish republicanism. |
style="background-color: {{party color|Alba Party}}" |
|Formed as a breakaway party from the SNP, the party promotes Scottish independence, Scottish nationalism and Scottish republicanism, while taking a more socially conservative stance than the SNP. |
style="background-color: {{party color|People Before Profit}}" |
|People Before Profit (PBP) |Socialist and Trotskyist party that is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. |
Elected representatives at principal level of local government in the United Kingdom
{{Main|Local government in the United Kingdom}}
=[[Great Britain]]-wide or UK-wide parties=
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|+ |
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! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5px;"|Party ! class="unsortable"|Founded ! class="unsortable"|Political position ! class="unsortable"|Ideology ! class="unsortable"|Leader ! class="unsortable"|Local authorities ! data-sort-type="number" | Councillors{{Cite web |title=Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections emails |url=http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councillors2.php?y=0 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=opencouncildata.co.uk}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK, 1989)}}" |
| 1989 | Centre | Liberalism (British), Euroscepticism | Steve Radford | Liverpool, North Yorkshire, East Devon, Wyre Forest, Teignbridge | 8 |
---|
style="background-color: {{party color|Workers Party of Britain}}" |
|2019 |Socialism, social conservatism, Euroscepticism | Burnley, Calderdale, Longsight, Rochdale | 5 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)}}" |
| Social Democratic Party (SDP) | 1990 | {{Nowrap|Fiscal: Centre-left | Social democracy, cultural conservatism, communitarianism, Euroscepticism | 3 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Climate Party}}" |
| 2022 |Edmund Gemmell |1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Heritage Party (UK)}}" |
| 2020 | Euroscepticism, right-wing populism, British nationalism |1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|National Flood Prevention Party | 2011 | {{N/A}} |Ewan Larcombe |Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council |1 |
style="background-color: {{Party color|Party of Women}}" |
| 2024 | Gender-critical feminism, anti-transgender | Maldon | 1 |
style="background-color:green "|
| 2023 | Environmentalism, democratic socialism | Simon Chester | 1 |
style="background:#ec008c;"|
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) | 2010 | Wrexham County Borough Council | 1 |
=Parties that only stand in a nation of the UK (i.e. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales) or a region=
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|+ |
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! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5px;"|Party ! class="unsortable"|Founded ! class="unsortable"|Nation or region ! class="unsortable"|Political position ! class="unsortable"|Ideology ! class="unsortable"|Leader ! class="unsortable"|Local authorities ! data-sort-type="number" | Councillors{{Cite web |title=Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections emails |url=http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councillors2.php?y=0 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=opencouncildata.co.uk}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party in Northern Ireland}}" |
| Green Party Northern Ireland | 1981 | Northern Ireland (nation) | {{Nowrap|Green politics, nonsectarianism}} |
---|
style="background-color: {{party color|Mebyon Kernow}}" |
| 1951 | Cornwall (region) | Cornish nationalism, civic nationalism, regionalism, | Cornwall{{Cite web |title=Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections |url=http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councillors.php?p=25&y=0 |website=opencouncildata.co.uk}} |5 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Yorkshire Party}}" |
| 2014 | Yorkshire (region) | Centre to centre-left | {{Nowrap|Yorkshire regionalism}}, social democracy | Bob Buxton | 3 |
style="background-color: {{party color|North East Party}}" |
| 2014 | North East England (region) | Centre to centre-left | Mark Burdon |
style="background-color: {{party color|British Unionist Party}}" |
| 2015 | Scotland (nation) | British unionism, Scottish unionism, Social conservatism, Social democracy, British nationalism | John Ferguson | 1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Gwlad}}" |
| Gwlad | 2018 | Wales (nation) | Welsh nationalism, Welsh independence | Gwyn Wigley Evans | 1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" |
| Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) | 1979 | Northern Ireland (nation) | British unionism, democratic socialism, social democracy | 1 |
style="background-color: #00c95e"|
| Propel | 2020 | Wales (nation) | {{N/A}} | Welsh nationalism, Welsh independence, localism, sovereignism | Cardiff, Gwynedd, Neath Port Talbot | 1 |
=Local parties=
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ |
style="background:#ccc;"
! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5px;"|Party ! class="unsortable"|Leader ! class="unsortable"|Local authorities ! data-sort-type="number" | Councillors{{Cite web |title=Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections emails |url=http://opencouncildata.co.uk/councillors2.php?y=0 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=opencouncildata.co.uk}} |
style="background:pink;"|
| 42 |
---|
style="background-color: {{party color|Havering Residents Association}}" |
|Havering Residents Association | |Havering London Borough Council |25 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Aspire (political party)}}" |
| Aspire | Kalam Mahmud Abu Taher Choudhury | 24 |
style="background-color: {{party color|The People's Independent Party}}" |
| The People's Independent Party | Warren Gibson | 24 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Residents for Uttlesford}}" |
| Petrina Lees | Uttlesford, Essex County Council | 24 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Broxtowe Independents}}" |
| |Broxtowe Borough Council, Nottinghamshire County Council | 19 |
|Boston Independents
|Anne Dorrian | 18 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Canvey Island Independent Party}}" |
| Canvey Island Independent Party | David Blackwell | 17 |
style="background:green;"|
| Farnham Residents | No leader | Surrey County Council, Waverley | 16 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Loughton Residents Association}}" |
| Loughton Residents Association | {{N/A}} | Epping Forest District, Essex County Council | 14 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Lincolnshire Independents}}" |
| {{Nowrap|Lincolnshire Independents}} | Marianne Overton | Lincolnshire County Council, North Kesteven District Council, West Lindsey District Council | 13 |
style="background:#ff5800;" |
| Mike Baldock | Kent County Council, Swale Borough Council | 12 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Basingstoke & Deane Independents}}" |
| Basingstoke & Deane Independents | Christopher Tomblin | 11 |
style="background-color: {{Party colour|Ashford Independents}}" |
| Noel Ovenden | 10 |
style="background:#8d19ff;" ! |
| James Radley |10 |
style="background-color: #6EFFC5" |
|West Suffolk Independents | Victor Lukaniuk |10 |
style="background-color: {{party colour|Portsmouth Independents Party}}" |
| Portsmouth Independent Party | George Madgwick | 9 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Residents for Guildford and Villages}}" |
| Residents for Guildford and Villages | Jonathan Bigmore | 9 |
style="background-color: {{party color|South Holland Independents}}" |
| Paul Barnes | South Holland District Council, Lincolnshire County Council | 9 |
style="background:{{Party colour |Christchurch Independents}}" |
| | 8 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Radcliffe First}}" |
| Radcliffe First | | Metropolitan Borough of Bury | 8 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Rochford District Residents}}" |
| Rochford District Residents | No Leader | Rochford District, Essex County Council | 8 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| Ashtead Independents | Chris Hunt | 7 |
|Peterborough First
| |7 |
|Rother Association of Independent Councillors
| |7 |
|Stafford Borough Independents
| |7 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Turquoise}}" |
| Whitehill & Bordon Community Party | Andy Treehttp://www.whitehillbordon.org.uk/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} | East Hampshire District Council, Hampshire County Council | 7 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Horwich and Blackrod First}}" |
| David Grant | Horwich Town Council, Bolton Council | 6 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Morley Borough Independent}}" |
| Robert Finnigan | 6 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Reform Derby}}" |
| Alan Graves |6 |
style="background-color: {{party color|The Borough First}}" |
| Suzanne Cross | Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council | 6 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Derwentside Independents}}" |
| Watts Stelling | 5 |
style="background:{{Party colour |Local Alliance}}" |
| Timothy Johnson | Chichester District Council, West Sussex County Council | 5 |
|Oxted & Limpsfield Residents Group
| |5 |
style="background-color: #320052" |
| Mark Howell | BCP | 5 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| Residents of Wilmslow | No Leader | 5 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Runnymede Independent Residents' Group}}" |
| Runnymede Independent Residents' Group | Elaine Gill | 5 |
|Skegness Urban District Society
| |5 |
|St. Neots Independent Group
| |Cambridgeshire County Council, Huntingdonshire County Council |5 |
style="background:{{Party color|Henley Residents Group}}" |
| Gill Dodds | South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire | 4 |
style="background:{{Party colour |Independent Network}}" |
| Marianne Overton | City of Chelmsford, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 4 |
style="background:{{Party colour |Llantwit First Independents}}" |
| Gwyn John | 4 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| Martin Wright | 4 |
style="background-color: {{party color|green}}" |
| Molesey Residents' Association | Stuart Selleck | Surrey County Council, Elmbridge Borough Council | 4 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|Nork Residents' Association |No leader |4 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Our West Lancashire}}" |
| Adrian Owens | West Lancashire Borough Council | 4 |
|The Party Party
| |4 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell}}" |
| Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell | Keith Lugton | 4 |
|Stoneliegh and Auriol Residents' Association
| |Epsom and Ewell Borough Council |4 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Ashford Independents}}" |
| Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association | 4 |
style="background-color: #320052" |
| Thornaby Independent Association | No Leader | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 4 |
style="background: {{Party colour|Tunbridge Wells Alliance}}" |
| Nicholas Pope | Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | 4 |
| Uplands Party
| Peter May | 4 |
|Chislehurst Matters
| |3 |
|Edgeley Community Association
| |Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council |3 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Ashford Independents}}" |
|Esher Residents Association |No leader |3 |
|Failsworth Independent Party
| |3 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Guildford Greenbelt Group}}" |
| Susan Parker |
|Garforth and Swillington Independents Party
| |3 |
|Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Associations
| |Havering London Borough Council |3 |
style="background-color: {{Party color|Independents for Dorset}}" |
| Les Fry | 3 |
style="background-color: #000000" |
|Ingleby Barwick Independent Society |Kenneth Dixon |Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |3 |
style="background-color: #800000" |
|Liverpool Community Independents |3 |
|Malvern Hills Independents
| |3 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Morecambe Bay Independents}}" |
| Geoff Knight | 3 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Newcastle_Independents}}" |
|Jason Smith |
style="background-color: {{party color|Newport Independents Party}}" |
| Kevin Whitehead | 3 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Nottingham Independents}}" |
| Kevin Clarke | 3 |
|Portishead Independents
| |3 |
|Progress and Reform Party
| |3 |
|Residents' Association of Cuddington
| |Epsom and Ewell Borough Council |3 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|Tattenhams & Preston Residents |No leader |3 |
|Thanet Independents
| |3 |
|Werrington First
| |3 |
|Whitnash Residents Association
| |3 |
|Belper Independents
| |2 |
|Brighton & Hove Independents
| |Brighton and Hove City Council |2 |
|Community First
| |2 |
|Ewell Court Residents' Association
| |Epsom and Ewell Borough Council |2 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Farnworth and Kearsley First}}" |
| Farnworth and Kearsley First | Peter Flitcroft | 2 |
|Halstead Residents' Association
| |2 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Green}}" |
| Hinchley Wood Residents Association | Saranne Bristow{{Cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP15|title = View registration - the Electoral Commission}} | 2 |
|Independent Alliance (Kent)
| |2 |
|Independents@Swansea
| |City and County of Swansea Council |2 |
|It's Our County
| |2 |
style="background:{{Party colour|Kingston Independent Residents Group}}" |
| Kingston Independent Residents Group | James Giles | Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council | 2 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|Knowle Community Party |Gary Hopkins |2{{cite news|url=https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/longstanding-lib-dem-councillors-resignations-throw-party-into-turmoil/|title=Longstanding Lib Dem Councillors' resignations throw party into turmoil|last=Booth|first=Martin|date=13 December 2021|work=Bristol24-7|access-date=16 December 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-new-political-party-after-6341873|title=Bristol has a new political party after two councillors quit theirs to start one up|last=Cork|first=Tristan|date=13 December 2021|work=Bristol Post|access-date=16 December 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bristolworld.com/news/politics/two-city-councillors-quit-the-lib-dems-to-set-up-new-party-3493113|title=Two city councillors quit the Lib Dems to set up new party|last=Ross|first=Alex|date=13 December 2021|work=Bristol World|access-date=16 December 2021}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Merton Park Ward Residents Association}}" |
| Merton Park Ward Residents Association | Peter Southgate | Merton London Borough Council | 2 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Mexborough First}}" |
| Andrew Pickering | 2 |
|Middleton Independents Party
| |Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale |2 |
style="background-color: {{Party colour|Old Windsor Residents Association}}" |
| Old Windsor Residents Association | Jane Dawson | Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council | 2 |
style="background:{{Party colour |Poole Engage Party}}" |
| Judy Butt | 2 |
|Rushcliffe Independents
| |2 |
style="background-color: Green" |
| Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents' Association |Peter Martin Harman |2 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents | No Leader | 2 |
| The Walton Society
| No leader | 2 |
|Tytherington Ward Independents
| |2 |
|West Windsor Residents Association
|Frankie Theobalds |Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council |2 |
style="background: #CEF2CE;" |
| Weybridge & St. George's Independents | no leader | 2 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| Alderley Edge First | Mike Dudley-Jones | 1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Blue Revolution Party}}" |
|Rosalyn Parker-Lee |1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| City Independent | No Leader |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|East Cleveland Independent |No leader |Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council |1 |
|Edlington and Warmsworth First
| |1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Union}}" |
| Shane Moore |
|Movement for Active Democracy
| |1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| One Kearsley | Paul Heslop | 1 |
|Our Island
| |1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|People Against Bureaucracy}}" |
| Stan Smith | 1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| Rotherham Democratic Party | Allen Cowles | 1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Tendring First}}" |
| Terry Allen | 1 |
|The Best for Luton Party
| |1 |
style="background-color:{{party color|The Rubbish Party}}" |
| Sally Cogley | 1 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| Upminster and Cranham Residents' Association | Linda Hawthorn |
style="background-color: {{party color|West Dunbartonshire Community Party}}" |
| West Dunbartonshire Community Party | Drew MacEoghainn |
style="background-color: black" |
|Wickford Independents | No leader |1 |
==No elected representation at principal level==
This is a table of notable minor parties. Many parties are registered with the Electoral Commission but do not qualify for this list as they have not received significant independent coverage. Parties active across Ireland may have representation in the Republic of Ireland but not Northern Ireland.
Defunct parties
class ="wikitable sortable" |
style="background:#ccc;"
! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width:5px;" |Party ! class="sortable"|Foundation/ ! class="unsortable"|Leader at dissolution ! class="unsortable"|Ideology ! class="unsortable |Political position |
style="background-color: {{party color|Advance Together}}" |
| 2017–2020 | Annabel Mullin | Social liberalism, Subsidiarity, Reformism, Pro-Europeanism | Centre |
---|
style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance for Local Living}}" |
| 2018–2024 | Felicity Rice | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: yellow" |
| Anti-Federalist League | 1991–1993 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group}}" |
| Blaenau Gwent People's Voice | 2005–2010 | No clear leader | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Borders Party}}" |
|2006–2020 | Frances Pringle | Localism | {{N/A}} |
style="background: {{party color|Boston Bypass Independents}}" |
| 2006–2012 | Helen Staples | Localism | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Britannica Party}}" |
| 2011–2020 | Charles Baillie |
style="background:blue;"|
| 2007 |
style="background:#0000a0;"|
| British Freedom Party (BFP) | 2010–2012 | Kevin Carroll |
style="background-color: {{party color|Burning Pink}}"|
| 2020–2022 | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Burnley and Padiham Independent Party}}" |
| Burnley and Padiham Independent Party | 2017–2023 | Mark Payne |{{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol}}" |
| Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol (CISTA) | 2015–2016 | Paul Birch | {{N/A}} |
style="background:black;"|
| 2014–2015 | No clear leader |
style="background:#3f3;"|
| 2002–2016 | Michael Moulding |
style="background-color: {{Party color|Communist Party of Great Britain}} |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1920–1991 | Marxism–Leninism (Until 1970s) Eurocommunism, Gramscianism (After 1977) | Far-left |
style="background:red;"|
| 1992–2017{{Small|(?)}} | No clear leader | Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Scottish independence | Far-left |
style="background:#32cd32;"|
| The Community Group (Hounslow) | 1994–2016 | Ian Speed | Localism | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| 2000–2008 | No clear leader |
style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Alliance of Wales}}" |
| Democratic Alliance of Wales | 1999–2008 | Mike German | Localism | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Lincoln Democratic Labour Association}}" |
| 1972–1979 |
style="background:#fff;"|
| 1998–2010 | Geoff Southall |
style="background:black;"|
| 2007–2012 | No clear leader | Localism |
style="background: {{party color|Ecology Party}}" |
| 1975–1985 |
style="background:red;"|
| 2003–2012 | Ethnic nationalism, English nationalism, |
style="background-color: {{Party color|Equal Parenting Alliance}}"|
| 2006–2020 | Ray Barry | {{N/A}} |
style="background:black;"|
| 1979–2017 | Steven Fumpleton | {{N/A}} |
style="background:#008060;"|
| 1955–2007 | Sidney Fagan |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| 2003–2004 | George Geddes | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|For Britain Movement}}" |
| 2017–2022 | Anti-Islam, Right-wing populism, British nationalism, |
style="background:cyan;"|
| 2007–2013 | Stephen Potter |
style="background:red;"|
| 2003–2010 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| 1997–2005 | No clear leader | "Slack" |
style="background: {{party color|Green Party (UK)}}" |
| Green Party UK | 1985–1990 | Tom Wood |
style="background:white;"|
| 2012–2015 | Gerrard McCue |
style="background-color:{{party color|Harold Hill Independent Party}}" |
|Harold Hill Independent{{Cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP6596|title = View registration - the Electoral Commission}} |2017–2018 | Lorraine Moss | Localism | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: black" |
|Heavy Woollen District Independents |2017–2022 |Aleksandar Lukic |{{N/a}} |
style="background:purple;"|
| Highlands and Islands Alliance | 1998–2004 | Lorraine Mann | Localism, Regionalism, Soft Euroscepticism | {{N/A}} |
style="background:purple;"|
| 2012–2017 | Euroscepticism, State ownership, |
style="background-color: {{party color|Change UK}}" |
| The Independent Group for Change | 2019 | Centre |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern}}" |
|Independent Community and Health Concern |2001-2021 |No clear leader | |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Working Class Association}}" |
| Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) | 1995–2020 | No clear leader |
style="background-color: {{party color|Islamic Party of Britain}}" |
| 1989–2006 | David Musa Pidcock | Islamism |
style="background-color: {{party color|Jury Team}}" |
| 2009–2011 | Nonpartisan politics, Localism, Direct democracy | Big tent |
style="background:green;"|
| 1997–2013 | Peter Reynolds | Cannabis legalisation, Drug policy reform | {{N/A}} |
style="background:red;"|
| 2008–2010 | Collective leadership |
style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal Party | 1859–1988 | David Steel{{refn|The SDP-Liberal Alliance at dissolution was jointly led by Steel as the leader of the Liberal Party and Robert Maclennan as the leader of the SDP.|group="Note"}} | Liberalism, Classical liberalism, Social liberalism | Centre |
style="background:#0000a0;"|
| 2013–2017 | Paul Weston | Hard Euroscepticism, Right-wing populism, |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| 2005–2009 | Ronnie Carroll | Anti-Parliamentarianism | {{N/A}} |
style="background:#DD0000;"|
| Militant Left | | No clear leader | Socialism, Trotskyism, democratic socialism | Far-left |
style="background:white;"|
| 2002–2007 | Ruslan Fedorovsky | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|National Democrats (UK)}}" |
| National Democrats (ND) | 1995–2011 | No clear leader | British nationalism, Right-wing populism, Third positionism, |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| 2005–2008 | Catherine Parker-Brown |
style="background-color: {{party color|Natural Law Party}}" |
| Natural Law Party (NLP) | 1992–2004 | No clear leader | Pro-Transcendental Meditation | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: #8F0D00" |
| New Deal | 2013–2015 |
style="background-color: {{party color|The New Party (UK)}}" |
| 2003–2010 | Richard Vass | Neoliberalism, Economic liberalism, Internationalism, |
style="background:darkgrey;"|
| No2EU | 2009–2014 | No clear leader |
style="background:black;" |
| No Candidate Deserves My Vote! | 2000–2012 | Amanda Ringwood | Electoral reform, None of the above | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Northern Ireland Women's Coalition}}" |
| Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (NIWC) | 1996–2006 | Monica McWilliams | {{N/A}} |
style="background:#ef7706;"|
| 2015–2016 | Michael Dawson | Northern England Regionalism | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|NI21}}" |
| NI21 | 2013–2016 | Ulster unionism, Social liberalism, Secularism, | Centre |
style="background-color: {{party color|One London}}" |
| 2005–2008 |
|Orkney Manifesto Group
|2013-2022 |Rachael King |{{N/a}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Peace and Progress Party}}" |
| 2004–2015 | Chris Cooper | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Pro-Euro Conservative Party}}" |
| 1999–2001 | John Stevens | One-nation conservatism, Liberal conservatism, | Centre to centre-right |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| 1996–2004 | Josephine Quintavalle |
style="background:blue;"|
| 2013–2015 | Robert McKee | Irish unionism, Ulster loyalism, British nationalism, |
style="background:green;"|
| Raving Loony Green Giant Party | 1989–1993 | Environmentalism, Political satire | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Referendum Party}}" |
| 1994–1997 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Renew Britain}}" |
| 2017–2022 | James Clarke | Centre |
style="background-color: {{party color|Respect - The Unity Coalition}}" |
| 2004–2016 | Anti-war, Socialism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-imperialism, |
style="background-color: {{party color|RISE - Scotland's Left Alliance}}" |
| RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance | 2015–2020 | Jonathon Shafi | Anti-capitalism, Eco-socialism, Scottish independence, Scottish republicanism |
style="background-color: {{party color|Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party}}" |
| 2000–2007 | Chris Driver | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: #9063CD"|
| 2020–2023 | {{N/A}} |
style="background:#996aa0;"|
| Scottish Enterprise Party | 2004–2009 | Robert Lamb Watson |
style="background:red;"|
| 2005–2007 & | John Black | Scottish independence, Scottish republicanism, | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Voice}}" |
| 2007–2012 | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Senior Citizens Party}}" |
| 2004–2014 | Grahame Leon-Smith | Senior citizen rights | Big Tent |
style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) | 1975–1981 | No clear leader | Social democracy, Anti-communism | Centre to centre-left |
style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}" |
| Social Democratic Party (SDP) | 1981–1988 | Robert Maclennan{{refn|The SDP-Liberal Alliance at dissolution was jointly led by David Steel as the leader of the Liberal Party and Maclennan as the leader of the SDP.|group="Note"}} | Social democracy, Social liberalism | Centre |
style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist People's Party (Furness)}}" |
| Socialist People's Party (Furness) | 1995–2015 | Jim Hamezian |
style="background-color: {{party color|Solidarity (Scotland)}}" |
| 2006–2021 | Socialism, Scottish independence, Scottish republicanism, Euroscepticism |
style="background-color: {{party color|South Devon Alliance}}" |
| 2021–2024 | Richard Daws | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} |
style="background-color: {{party color|Thurrock Independents}}" |
| 2018–2023 | Gary Byrne | Localism, Populism, Nonpartisanism | Big tent |
style="background-color: {{party color|Tower Hamlets First}}" |
| 2013–2015 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Trust (political party)}}" |
| 2010–2011 |
style="background-color: #1D3176" |
| 2019–2021 | Pierre Kirk | Pro-Europeanism, Cultural liberalism, Social liberalism, | Centre |
style="background-color: {{party color|UK Unionist Party}}" |
| UK Unionist Party (UKUP) | 1995–2008 |
style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}" |
| Ulster Popular Unionist Party | 1980–1995 | British unionism, Pro-devolution |
style="background-color: {{party color|United in Europe}}" |
| 2014–2015 | Charles Cormack |
style="background-color: {{party color|United Kingdom First Party}}" |
| 2009–2010 | Robin Page |
style="background:orange;"|
| United Ulster Unionist Party (UUUP) | 1975–1984 |
style="background:orange;"|
| Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (VUPP) | 1972–1978 | British nationalism, Ulster loyalism | Right-wing to far-right |
style="background-color: {{party color|Veritas (political party)}}" |
| Veritas | 2005–2015 | Therese Muchewicz |
style="background-color: {{party color|Veterans and People's Party}}" |
| Veterans and People's Party (VPP) | 2017–2022 | Robin Horsfall | Right-wing populism, British nationalism, hard Euroscepticism, paternalistic conservatism |
style="background:teal;"|
| We Demand a Referendum Now (WDARN) | 2012–2014 |
style="background:white;"|
| White Nationalist Party (WNP) | 2002–2005 | No clear leader |
Historical parties
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- All-for-Ireland Party (1910–1918)
- Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party (1967–1988)
- British Democratic Party (1979–1982)
- British Fascists (1920s–1930s)
- British Movement (1968–1983)
- British National Party (1960–1967)
- British People's Party (1940s)
- British Socialist Party (1911–1920)
- British Ulster Dominion Party
- British Union of Fascists (1930s)
- Campaign for Social Democracy (1973–1974)
- Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity (1963–{{Circa|1972}})
- Common Wealth Party (1942–1945)
- Communist Labour Party (1920–1921)
- Communist League (1847–1852)
- Communist Party (BSTI) (1920–1921)
- Communist Party of Great Britain (1920–1991)
- Communist Party of South Wales and the West of England
- Constitutional Movement (1979–1984)
- Crofters Party
- Fellowship Party (1855–2007)
- Fife Socialist League (1950s–1960s)
- Flag Group (1980s)
- Highland Land League (1909–1920s)
- Independent Labour Party (1893–1975)
- International Marxist Group (1968–1982)
[Organised the electoral coalition Socialist Unity] - Irish Independence Party
- Irish Parliamentary Party
- Irish Unionist Alliance
- Labour Party of Northern Ireland
- Labour Party of Scotland (1973)
- Liberal Unionist Party (1886–1912)
- Manhood Suffrage League (1874–1881)
- National Democratic and Labour Party (1918–1923)
- National Democratic Party (1960s–1970s)
- National Independence Party (1970s)
- National Labour Party (1957–1960)
- National Liberal Party (1922–1923)
- National Liberal Party (1931–1968)
- National Party (1975–1977)
- National Party of Scotland (1928–1934)
- National Socialist Party (1916–1919)
- Nationalist Party (1918–1977) [Northern Irish party]
- New Party (1931–1932)
- Official National Front (1986–1989)
- Orkney and Shetland Movement
- Progressive Party (1920s–1970s) [Scottish party]
- Reform League (1865–1869)
- Revolutionary Communist Party (1944–1950)
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (1912–1941)
- Revolutionary Workers' Party (1962–1990s)
- Scottish Labour Party (1888–1893)
- Scottish Labour Party (1976–1981)
- Scottish Militant Labour (1990s)
- Scottish Party (1932–1934)
- Scottish Prohibition Party (1901–1935)
- Scottish Socialist Alliance
- Scottish Socialist Federation
- Scottish Voice
- Scottish Workers' Representation Committee (1899–1909)
- Scottish Workers' Republican Party
- Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1931–1951, 1965–1978)
- Social Democratic Federation (1884–1911)
- Socialist Labour Party (1903–1980)
- Socialist National Defence Committee (1815–1819)
- Ulster Liberal Party (1928, 1956–1987)
- Ulster Labour Unionists
- Union Movement (1948–1973)
- Unionist Party (1912–1965)
- United Country Party (1970s)
- United Socialist Movement (1934–1965)
- Universal League for the Material Elevation of the Industrious Classes (1863–1865)
- Vectis National Party (1970s) [Isle of Wight regionalist party]
- Women's Equality Party (2015–2024)
- Women's Party (1917–1919)
- Workers Party of Scotland
- Workers' Socialist Federation (1914–1924)
- Working People's Party of England (1968–1986)
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See also
- Timeline of political parties in the United Kingdom
- List of political parties in the United Kingdom by representation
- United Kingdom government austerity programme
- List of British fascist parties
- Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom
- List of ruling political parties by country
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- Political party affiliation in the United Kingdom
- Elections in the United Kingdom
- List of political parties in Northern Ireland
- List of political parties in Scotland
- List of political parties in Wales
- List of political parties on the Isle of Man (a British Crown dependency)
- List of political parties in Gibraltar (a British overseas territory)
- Index of UK party meta attributes
Notes
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/includes/incPartySearch.cfm?Pcode=FX35BQ |title=List of all parties standing at the 2005 election |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060309081638/http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/includes/incPartySearch.cfm?Pcode=FX35BQ |archive-date=9 March 2006}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/e01/parties2001.htm |title=List of parties that stood candidates in the 2001 general elections |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925032718/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/e01/parties2001.htm |archive-date=25 September 2006}}
- [http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/database-of-registers Electoral Commission: Database of Registers, includes Register of Political Parties] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202133038/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/database-of-registers |date=2 February 2011}}
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/81344.stm Links to UK political websites from the BBC]
- [http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/uk/parties.html NSD: European Election Database – UK] descriptions of the UK's main political parties
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{{List of political parties in Europe}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Political Parties In The United Kingdom}}