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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 .
Free Party: 1997–2005 No clear leader: Political satire "Slack" Green Party UK Predecessor of the GPEW, SGP, and GPNI. 1985–1990 Tom Wood Green politics: Left-wing: Glasgow First: 2012–2015 Gerrard McCue Social democracy: Centre-left: Harold Hill Independent [46] 2017–2018 Lorraine Moss Localism — Heavy Woollen District Independents ...
The UK, like several other states, has sometimes been called a "two-and-a-half party system" because parliamentary politics is dominated by the Labour Party and Conservative Party, while the Liberal Democrats used to hold a significant number of seats (but still substantially less than Labour and the Conservatives), and several small parties ...
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom since 2010, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: blue for a Conservative gain, red for a Labour gain, orange for a Liberal Democrat gain, purple for a UKIP gain and other colours for any other gains.
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
^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 ...
The legislatures of the United Kingdom are derived from a number of different sources. The Parliament of the United Kingdom [1] is the supreme legislative body for the United Kingdom and the British overseas territories with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each having their own devolved legislatures.
The Electoral Commission was created in 2001 following a recommendation by the fifth report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. [5] Its mandate was set out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA), [6] and ranges from the regulation of political donations and expenditure by political and third parties through to promoting greater participation in the ...