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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, falling by over 65% from 1983 (4% of the electorate) to 2005 (1.3 ...
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
^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 ...
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]
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, [ 32 ] but a smaller number of MPs as it only fields candidates for constituencies in Scotland.
List of currently active political parties with over 50,000,000 members Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (year) Approximate percentage of population (year) [b] 1 Bharatiya Janata Party Indian People's Party: BJP India: 6 April 1980 (44 years ago) () 198 million (2023) [1] [2] [3] 12.7% (2022) 2
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
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