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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 in the Isle of Man (a British Crown dependency) List of political parties in Gibraltar (a British overseas territory)
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]
May promised social reform and a more centrist political outlook for the Conservative Party and its government. [135] May's early cabinet appointments were interpreted as an effort to reunite the party in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the European Union. [136] She began the process of withdrawing the UK from the European Union in March ...
The British Democratic Party (BDP) was founded in 2013 by Andrew Brons, one of the British National Party's two MEPs. In 2022, following the collapse of the BNP, a plethora of prominent ex-BNP members rapidly began coalescing around the British Democrats. It is currently the only far-right UK political party with any elected representation.
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. [15] [16] [17] The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. [18] It is one of two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party.
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
The UK Independence Party (UKIP, / ˈ juː k ɪ p / ⓘ YOO-kip) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of parliament (both through defections) and was the largest party representing the UK in the European Parliament.