- •Conservative Party
- •Origins in the Whig Party
- •John Major William Hague
- •Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard
- •The Conservative Party today
- •Current policies
- •Defence of the Union
- •Economic policy
- •Social policy
- •Foreign policy
- •Defence policy
- •Party factions One Nation Conservatives
- •Free-Market Conservatives
- •Traditionalist Conservatives
- •Minor parties in the United Kingdom
- •Electoral coalitions
- •Minor English parties
- •Minor Scottish parties
- •Minor Welsh parties
- •Minor Northern Ireland parties
- •Minor far-left parties
- •Minor far-right parties
- •Minor religious parties
- •Party ideology
- •Party constitution and structure
- •History
- •Labour Representation Committee
- •"New Labour" - in government (1997-2010)
- •Labour Prime Ministers Liberal Democrats
- •History
- •Campbell Clegg (2007–present) On 18 December 2007, Nick Clegg won the leadership election, becoming the party's fourth leader. Clegg won the leadership with a majority
- •Coalition government (2010)
- •Structure
- •Ideology and internal factions
- •Leaders
- •The political system of Great Britain
- •Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- •Authority
- •Position
- •Constitutional background
- •Revolutionary settlement
- •Treasury Bench
- •Standing Order 66
- •Beginnings of the Prime Minister's party leadership
- •Cabinet
- •"One Party Government"
- •Treasury Commission
- •"First" Prime Minister
- •Ambivalence and denial
- •[Edit] Emergence of Cabinet government
- •Loyal Opposition
- •Great Reform Bill and the Premiership
- •Populist Prime Ministers
- •Modern Premiership Parliament Act and the Premiership
- •[Edit] "Presidential" Premiership
- •[Edit] Powers and constraints
- •[Edit] Precedence, privileges and form of address
- •[Edit] Retirement honours
- •The English Judicial System
- •Scottish Government
- •[Edit] Executive arm of government
- •[Edit] Ministers
- •[Edit] Cabinet
- •[Edit] Cabinet sub-committees
- •[Edit] Offices
- •[Edit] Scottish Government Home Civil Service
- •[Edit] Directorates
- •[Edit] Strategic Board
- •[Edit] Permanent Secretary
- •[Edit] Executive agencies
- •[Edit] Public bodies
- •[Edit] Change of name
- •National Assembly for Wales
- •[Edit] Enhanced powers: The Government of Wales Act 2006
- •[Edit] Buildings [edit] Senedd
- •[Edit] Tŷ Hywel, Pierhead Building and Cathays Park Buildings
- •[Edit] Elected officials
- •[Edit] Permanent officials
- •[Edit] Powers and status
- •[Edit] Devolved areas
- •[Edit] Members, constituencies, and electoral system
- •[Edit] Current composition
- •Northern Ireland Executive
- •[Edit] Ministers
- •[Edit] Structure
- •[Edit] History
Electoral coalitions
Alliance for Democracy (UK), an electoral coalition formed for the 2010 general election by the English Democrats, Jury Team, Christian Party, Veritas, Popular Alliance, and United Kingdom First Party.
Independent Network, a network of independent candidates founded in 2005 and supported by Martin Bell, a former journalist and independent MP.
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, an electoral coalition formed for the 2010 general election by trade unionists and far left political parties.
Minor English parties
Main article: Politics of England
Boston Bypass Independents. Single issue party that took overall control of Boston Borough Council in the 2007 May elections.[11]
Community (London Borough of Hounslow). A local party with half a dozen councillors on the Hounslow Borough Council and forms part of the current council administration with the Conservative Party.
Community Action Party. Local centre-left party active in Wigan (formerly the second biggest party on Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council) and in parts of Cheshire.
Community Group. Local party in Doncaster with four Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster councillors.
Derwentside Independents. Local party with 10 councillors on Durham County Council.
Devizes Guardians. Local party based in Devizes, Wiltshire, which has held three seats on the Wiltshire Council unitary authority since June 2009 and which previously held seats on the former Kennet District Council.[12]
English Democrats Party. Party campaigning for self-government for England.
Idle Toad. An "independents" party holding district and county council seats in Lancashire, England.
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern. Local party based in Kidderminster; Original aim was to restore the casualty unit at Kidderminster Hospital, and the National Health Service is still its primary focus, but the party has since diversified.
Mebyon Kernow. Cornish nationalist party campaigning for Cornish self-government; has a number of local councillors in Cornwall.
Middlewich First. A local party which holds three seats on East Cheshire Unitary Authority, six seats on Congleton Borough Council and seats on Middlewich Town Council.
Money Reform Party. Party opposed to private banks, arguing that money creation should be limited to a public agency.
Morecambe Bay Independents. Local party active in the Morecambe and Heysham wards of City of Lancaster. Currently the second largest with 12 councillors, and in an all party coalition. Has been in power in the past as well.
Mum's Army. Campaigning against yob behaviour, started in 2006 by Take a Break magazine.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell. Local party who run the borough council in Epsom and Ewell.
People Against Bureaucracy Group. A group of independents in Cheltenham, founded in 1976, who formed a borough council administration with the Conservative Party in 2006[19][20]
Roman Party Ave! is the name that French bus driver Jean-Louis Pascual stands under in Reading. He also stood in the South East England constituency in the 2009 European Parliament elections.[21]
South Tyneside Progressives. Local party with a number of councillors on South Tyneside Borough Council.
Southampton First. Local party active in Southampton.[22]
Wessex Regionalist Party. Seeking devolution for Wessex