Political Parties in the United Kingdom facts for kids

This is a list of political parties in the United Kingdom.

Parties in England

All of the English parties except for the Green Party contest elections in England, Scotland and Wales. Parties represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or the European Parliament are:

• Conservative Party - A centre-right party which promotes British conservatism and unionism.
• Labour Party - A centre-left party which promotes social democracy and democratic socialism.
• Liberal Democrats - A centre-left party which promotes liberalism, progressivism and federalism.
• UK Independence Party - A right-wing party which promotes taking the UK out of the European Union as well as having conservative and populist policies.
• Green Party of England and Wales - A left-wing party which promotes environmentalism and socialism.

Parties in Scotland

There are 2 types of parties in Scotland; Nationalists and Unionists. Nationalists want to create an independent Scotland, free from the United Kingdom and Unionists want to keep Scotland as part of the United Kingdom. Parties represented in the Scottish parliament are:

Nationalist Parties

• Scottish National Party - A centre-left party which promotes social democracy.
• Scottish Green Party - A left-wing party which promotes environmentalism and socialism.

Unionist Parties

• Scottish Labour Party - A centre-left party which promotes social democracy and democratic socialism.
• Scottish Conservative Party - A centre-right party which promotes conservatism and strong unionism.
• Scottish Liberal Democrats - A centre-left party which promotes liberalism, progressivism and federalism.

See Also: Political Parties in Scotland

Parties in Wales

Parties represented in the Welsh Assembly are:

• Welsh Labour Party - A centre-left party which promotes social democracy and democratic socialism.
• Plaid Cymru - A centre-left party which promotes social democracy, democratic socialism and the creation of an independent Wales, free from the United Kingdom.
• Welsh Conservative Party - A centre-right party which promotes conservatism and strong unionism.
• Welsh Liberal Democrats - A centre-left party which promotes liberalism, progressivism and federalism.

Parties in Northern Ireland

There are two main types of political parties in Northern Ireland; Republicans and Unionists. Republicans want Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and join with the Republic of Ireland. Unionists want to keep Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom and there are parties who are open-minded about the issue. Parties represented in the Northern Ireland Assembly are:

• Democratic Unionist Party - A right-wing Protestant party which strongly promotes British unionism.
• Sinn Fein - A left-wing Catholic party which promotes democratic socialism and Irish Republicanism.
• Social Democratic and Labour Party - A centre-left party which promotes Irish republicanism and social democracy.
• Ulster Unionist Party - A centre-right party which promotes British Unionism and conservatism. Allied to the UK Conservative Party.
• Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - A centrist party which promotes liberalism and an end to sectarianism. It has no opinion on whether or not Northern Ireland should stay in or leave the United Kingdom.
• Green Party of Northern Ireland - A left-wing party which promotes environmentalism and socialism.

Minor Political Parties in the United Kingdom

These parties are listed by the share of the vote they received at the last general election.

• British National Party - A far-right party which promotes policies of anti-immigration, right-wing populism and Third position economics.
• English Democrats - An England-only party that promotes federalism, conservatism and the separation of England from Scotland and Wales.
• Respect Party - A left-wing party in England and Wales that promotes Socialism, Trade unionism, Environmentalism and Eco-socialism.
• Traditional Unionist Voice - A right-wing party in Northern Ireland that promotes Social conservatism, Euroscepticism, British unionism and the abolition of the all-party government in Northern Ireland.
• Christian Party - A right-wing party that promotes Christian values and Conservative Christianity.
• Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - A left-wing alliance of parties including the Socialist Party of England and Wales, the Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Resistance and Solidarity.
• National Front - A far-right party that promotes fascism, British nationalism and a belief that the UK should only have White people living in it.
• Socialist Labour Party - A left-wing socialist and Eurosceptic party.
• Liberal Party - A centrist party that promotes liberalism and Euroscepticism.
• Christian Peoples Alliance - A centrist party that promotes Christian democracy.
• Mebyon Kernow (In English:Sons of Cornwall) - A centre-left party that wants to establish a Cornish Assembly.
• Socialist Alternative - A far-left Trotskyist party.
• Trust Party - A party that campaigned for trust in politicians in wake of the 2009 expenses scandal.
• The Official Monster Raving Loony Party - A party that promotes parties and highlights the stupidity of other more mainstream political parties.
• Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) - A Scotland-only left-wing party that promotes socialism, environmentalism and Scottish Independence.
• Alliance for Green Socialism - A left-wing socialist and environmentalist party.
• Social Democratic Party - A centre-left party which promotes social democracy.
• Pirate Party - A party which promotes reforms on copyright and privacy laws.
• Communist Party of Britain - A far-left communist and Marxist party.