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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 ...
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 .
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.
Green - The party wants to stop all new fossil fuel extraction in Britain, phase out nuclear power, and rely increasingly on wind power plus solar. EDUCATION Conservatives - The party has pledged ...
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.
Affiliation Members Elected in 2024 [1] Current [2] Difference Labour [a]: 411 [b]: 402 9 Conservative: 121 121 Liberal Democrats: 72 72 Independent: 6 15 [c]: 9 SNP: 9 9 Sinn Féin
Incumbent – the party which held the seat at the immediate previous election, irrespective of any intervening change of candidate or candidate's change of party. Major party – A party that has a realistic chance of leading government. Since 1945, every UK government has been led by the Conservatives or Labour.