List of political parties in the United Kingdom

The Electoral Commission's Register of Political Parties^[1] lists the details of political parties registered to fight elections in the United Kingdom, including their registered name. Under current electoral law, including the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998, the Electoral Administration Act 2006, and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, only registered party names can be used on ballot papers by those wishing to fight elections. Candidates who do not belong to a registered party can use "independent" or no label at all. As of 2 August 2019^[update], the Electoral Commission showed the number of registered political parties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland as 408.^[2]

Before the middle of the 19th century, politics in the United Kingdom was dominated by the Whigs and the Tories. These were not political parties in the modern sense but somewhat loose alliances of interests and individuals. The Whigs included many of the leading aristocratic dynasties committed to the Protestant succession, and later drew support from elements of the emerging industrial interests and wealthy merchants, while the Tories were associated with the landed gentry, the Church of England and the Church of Scotland.

By the mid 19th century, the Tories had evolved into the Conservative Party, and the Whigs had evolved into the Liberal Party. The concept of right and left came originally from France, where the supporters of a monarchy (constitutional or absolute) sat on the right wing of the National Assembly, and republicans on the left. In the late 19th century, the Liberal Party began to lean towards the left. Liberal Unionists split off from the Liberals over Irish Home Rule and moved closer to the Conservatives over time.

The Liberals and Conservatives dominated the political scene until the 1920s, when the Liberal Party declined in popularity and suffered a long stream of resignations. It was replaced as the main anti-Tory opposition party by the newly emerging Labour Party, which represented an alliance between the labour movement, organised trades unions and various socialist societies.

Since then, the Conservative and Labour parties have dominated British politics, and have alternated in government ever since. However, the UK is not quite a two-party system as other parties have significant support. The Liberal Democrats were the third largest party until the 2015 general election when they were overtaken by the Scottish National Party in terms of seats and UK political party membership, and by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in terms of votes.

The UK's first-past-the-post electoral system leaves small parties disadvantaged on a UK-wide scale. It can, however, allow parties with concentrations of supporters in the constituent countries to flourish. In the 2015 election, there was widespread controversy^[3][4][5] when the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Green Party of England and Wales received 4.9 million votes^[6] (12.6% of the total vote for UKIP and 3.8% for the Greens) yet only gained one seat each in the House of Commons. After that election, UKIP, the Liberal Democrats, the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru, and the Green Party of England and Wales, together with its Scottish and Northern Ireland affiliated parties, delivered a petition signed by 477,000^[7] people to Downing Street demanding electoral reform.

House of Commons chamber

House of Lords chamber

Since 1997, proportional representation-based voting systems have been adopted for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the Northern Ireland Assembly, the London Assembly and (until Brexit in 2020) the UK's seats in the European Parliament. In these bodies, other parties have had success.

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%).^[8]

House of Commons Parliamentary parties

Party		Founded	Political position	Ideology	Leader	House of Commons	House of Lords	Holyrood	Senedd	Stormont	London Assembly	Local government
	Conservative and Unionist Party	1834	Centre-right	Conservatism Economic liberalism British unionism	Rishi Sunak	357 / 650	261 / 824 ^[Note 1]	31 / 129	16 / 60	—	9 / 25	6,777 / 19,187 ^[9]
	Labour Party Co-operative Party	1900 1917 (Co-op)	Centre-left	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Keir Starmer	196 / 650 ^[Note 2]^[Note 3]	168 / 824 ^[Note 4] ^[Note 1]	22 / 129 ^[Note 5]	30 / 60 ^[Note 6]	—	11 / 25	5,879 / 19,187 ^[9]
	Scottish National Party	1934	Centre-left	Scottish nationalism Scottish independence Social democracy Pro-Europeanism	Nicola Sturgeon	44 / 650	—	64 / 129	—	—	—	453 / 19,187 ^[9]
	Liberal Democrats	1988	Centre to centre-left	Liberalism Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	Ed Davey	14 / 650	84 / 824 ^[Note 1]	4 / 129	1 / 60	—	2 / 25	2,554 / 19,187 ^[9]
	Democratic Unionist Party	1971	Right-wing	British unionism British nationalism Right-wing populism Hard Euroscepticism	Jeffrey Donaldson	8 / 650	5 / 824 ^[Note 1]	—	—	25 / 90	—	114 / 19,187
	Sinn Féin	1905 (original) 1970 (current)	Centre-left to left-wing	Irish republicanism Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism	Mary Lou McDonald	7 / 650 ^[Note 7]	—	—	—	27 / 90	—	104 / 19,187
	Plaid Cymru	1925	Centre-left to left-wing	Welsh nationalism Welsh independence Democratic socialism Social democracy	Adam Price	3 / 650	1 / 824 ^[Note 1]	—	13 / 60	—	—	200 / 19,187 ^[9]
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	1970	Centre-left	Social democracy Irish nationalism	Colum Eastwood	2 / 650	—	—	—	8 / 90	—	56 / 19,187
	Alba Party	2021	—	Scottish nationalism Scottish independence	Alex Salmond	2 / 650	—	—	—	—	—	0 / 19,187 ^[9]
	Green Party of England and Wales	1990	Left-wing	Green politics Progressivism Pro-Europeanism	Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay (co-leaders)	1 / 650	2 / 824 ^[Note 1]	—	—	—	3 / 25	560 / 19,187 ^[9]
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	1970	Centre to centre-left	Liberalism Nonsectarianism Pro-Europeanism	Naomi Long	1 / 650	—	—	—	17 / 90	—	51 / 19,187

Parties without representation in the House of Commons, but with representation in other UK legislatures

There are a number of political parties in the United Kingdom that do not have representation in the House of Commons, but have elected representatives in the Northern Ireland Assembly and Scottish Parliament These are:

Party		Founded	Political position	Ideology	Leader	House of Lords	Holyrood	Stormont	Local government
	Ulster Unionist Party	1905	Centre-right	British unionism Conservatism	Doug Beattie	2 / 824 ^[Note 8]	—	9 / 90	74 / 19,698
	Scottish Greens	1990	Centre-left to left-wing	Green politics Scottish independence Scottish republicanism Pro-Europeanism	Patrick Harvie, Lorna Slater (job share)	—	7 / 129	—	35 / 19,698 ^[9]
	Traditional Unionist Voice	2007	Right-wing	British unionism National conservatism Social conservatism Euroscepticism	Jim Allister	—	—	1 / 90	7 / 19,698
	People Before Profit	2005	Left-wing	Socialism Trotskyism Anti-capitalism Irish reunification	Eamonn McCann^[Note 9]	—	—	1 / 90	5 / 19,698

Party descriptions

Party		Description
	Conservative and Unionist Party	A party loosely divided into three categories; the Thatcherites, who strongly support a free market with restrained government spending and tend to be Eurosceptic, the Cornerstone Group, who advocate for the preservation of established institutions and traditional principles, and the liberal conservative One Nation Conservatives.
	Labour Party	A social democratic party with democratic socialist elements that has its roots in the trade union movement. The party has several internal factions, which include: Momentum, Open Labour, Progress, Blue Labour, and the Labour members on a split ticket with the Co-operative Party.
	Scottish National Party	Scottish nationalist and social democratic party which supports Scottish independence and membership of the European Union or further devolution for Scotland.
	Liberal Democrats	A liberal party; its main branches are the social liberals based around groups like the Social Liberal Forum, and the 'Orange Book' grouping, which supports classical liberalism. There is also a social democratic faction and influence within the party. Supports membership of the European Union.
	Democratic Unionist Party	British Unionist and socially conservative, national conservative political party in Northern Ireland.
	Sinn Féin	Irish republican party dedicated to the reunification of Ireland and the creation of a new republic based on democratic socialist values.
	Plaid Cymru	Democratic socialist, social democratic, Welsh nationalist party in favour of Welsh independence or further devolution for Wales.
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Irish nationalist and social-democratic party supporting a United Ireland.
	Ulster Unionist Party	A conservative and Unionist party in Northern Ireland.
	Green Party of England and Wales	Green political party that favours environmentalism, progressivism and sustainability.
	Scottish Greens	Green political party in favour of Scottish independence and Scottish republicanism.
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Liberal and nonsectarian political party in Northern Ireland.
	Traditional Unionist Voice	Strongly social and national conservative unionist party in Northern Ireland.
	People Before Profit	A socialist and Trotskyist party that is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
	Alba Party	A pro-Scottish independence and Scottish nationalist party founded in February 2021.

Local government

Main article: Local government in the United Kingdom

Nationwide

Party		Leader	Ideology	Political position	Local authorities	Councillors	Parish councillors
	Liberal Party	Steve Radford	Classical liberalism, Social liberalism,^[10] Euroscepticism^[11]	Centre	Liverpool, Ryedale, Test Valley	12^[12]	8
	Breakthrough Party	Alex Mays	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	Spelthorne	2	6
	Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP)	Howling Laud Hope	Political satirism	—		0	7
	Reform UK	Richard Tice	Right-wing populism, Euroscepticism	Right-wing	Derby, Redbridge, Swale ^[Note 10]	4^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] ^[Note 11]^[17]	3
	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Neil Hamilton	Euroscepticism,^[18]^[19] Right-wing populism,^[19]^[20] National conservatism,^[21] Economic liberalism,^[19] British nationalism^[22]	Right-wing^[23] to far-right^[24]^[25]^[26]	BCP, Folkestone & Hythe, South Staffordshire, Tamworth, Tendring	6^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]	0
	British Democrats (BDP)	James Lewthwaite and Andrew Brons	British nationalism, Christian nationalism, Hard Euroscepticism, National conservatism, Right-wing populism, Ultranationalism	Right-wing^[31] to far-right^[32]	Epping Forest District Council	1^[33]	4
	5 Star Direct Democracy Party	John Rees-Evans	Euroscepticism	Right-wing	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Hartlepool Borough Council	3^[34]^[35]^[36]	1
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	William Clouston	Social democracy, Social conservatism, Communitarianism, Euroscepticism	Fiscal: Centre-left Social: Centre-right	Leeds City Council, Derbyshire Dales District Council	2	0
	Animal Welfare Party (AWP)	Vanessa Hudson	Animal welfare	—	0	1^[37]
	Climate Party	Ed Gemmell	Green conservatism	Centre-right	Buckinghamshire Council	1^[38]	0
	Harmony Party UK	Collective leadership	Socialism, Anarchism, Mutualism	Left-wing to far-left		0	1^[39]
	National Flood Prevention Party	Ewan Larcombe	Single-issue	—	Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council	1	0
	The Reclaim Party	Laurence Fox	Right-wing populism	Right-wing		0	1^[40]
	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)	Dave Nellist	Trade unionism, Socialism, Euroscepticism	Left-wing to far-left		0	1^[41]
	Women's Equality Party (WEP)	Mandu Reid	Feminism	—		0	1^[42]

Nationalist and regionalist

Party		Leader	Ideology	Political position	Local authorities	Councillors	Parish councillors
	Wales Green Party	Anthony Slaughter	Green politics, Progressivism, Pro-Europeanism	Left-wing	Neath Port Talbot, Monmouthshire, Newport, Conwy, Powys, Swansea, Denbighshire, Cardiff	8^[43]	4
	Green Party Northern Ireland	Malachai O'Hara	Green politics, Nonsectarianism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left		7	0
	Yorkshire Party	Bob Buxton	Yorkshire regionalism, Social democracy	Centre to centre-left	East Riding, Selby, North Yorkshire	7	0
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole	Cornish nationalism, Civic nationalism, Regionalism, Social democracy, Environmentalism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left	Cornwall	Cornwall Council^[44]^[45] 5 / 87	0
	North East Party	Mark Burdon	Regionalism, Subsidiarity, Progressivism	Centre to centre-left	Durham	4	0
	Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	Billy Hutchinson	British unionism, Democratic socialism, Social democracy	Centre-left	Belfast, Causeway Coast and Glens	4^[46]^[47]	0
	Gwlad	Gwyn Wigley Evans	Welsh nationalism, Welsh independence	Centre-right	Ceredigion County Council	1	2
	Aontú	Peadar Tóibín	Anti-abortion, Irish republicanism, Irish reunification, Social conservatism, Soft Euroscepticism	Fiscal: Centre-left Social: Centre-right	Derry City and Strabane District Council, Mid Ulster District Council	Local government in Northern Ireland 2 / 462	0
	Cornish Nationalist Party	Androw Hawke	Cornish nationalism, Cornish devolution, Pan-Celticism	Right-wing	—	0	1^[48]
	Independence for Scotland Party (ISP)	Colette Walker	Scottish independence, Pro-EFTA	—	Argyll and Bute Council	1	0
	Militant Left	—	Socialism Trotskyism	Far-left	Fermanagh and Omagh District Council	1^[49]	0
	Propel	Neil McEvoy	Welsh nationalism, Welsh independence, Localism, Sovereignism, Anti-nuclearism	—	Cardiff, Gwynedd, Neath Port Talbot	1	0
	Scotia Future	Charles Brodie	Scottish independence	—	Renfrewshire Council	1	0

Local

Party		Leader	Local authorities	Councillors	Parish councillors
	Ashfield Independents	Jason Zadrozny	Ashfield, Nottinghamshire	41^[50]^[51]	12
	Residents for Uttlesford	John Lodge	Uttlesford, Essex County Council	26^[52]	20
	Loughton Residents Association	—	Epping Forest District, Essex County Council	14	21
	Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell	Keith Lugton	Epsom and Ewell, Surrey	35^[53]^[54]	0
	Farnham Residents Group	No leader	Surrey County Council, Waverley	20^[55]^[56]^[54]	14
	Lincolnshire Independents	Marianne Overton	Lincolnshire	26^[57]^[58]	0
	Horwich and Blackrod First	Marie Brady	Horwich Town Council, Bolton Council	13	11
	Aspire	Kalam Mahmud Abu Taher Choudhury	Tower Hamlets Council	Tower Hamlets Council 21 / 45 ^[59]	0
	Mansfield Independents	Martin Wright	Mansfield, Nottinghamshire	19^[60]	0
	Residents for Guildford and Villages	Jonathan Bigmore^[61]	Guildford, Surrey	18^[62]^[54]	0
	Independents for Frome	Richard Ackroyd		0	17^[63]
	Canvey Island Independent Party	David Blackwell	Castle Point, Essex	16^[64]^[65]	0
	Derwentside Independents	Watts Stelling	Durham County Council	7^[66]^[67]	5
	Ashford Independents	Noel Ovenden	Ashford	11	0
	East Devon Alliance	Paul Arnott	East Devon	11^[68]	0
	Devizes Guardians	Nigel Carter		0	11^[69]
	Alderley Edge First	Mike Dudley-Jones	Cheshire East	1	9
	Ecclesfield Parish Independent Councillors	Robert John Brownrigg		0	10
	Swale Independents	Mike Baldock	Swale Borough Council	10	0
	Independents for Rame and Maker (INFORM)	Ian Turpitt		0	9
	Our Ryde	Michael Lilley		0	9
	The Haswells Community Party	Chris Hood		0	9
	Tunbridge Wells Alliance	Nicholas Pope^[70]	Tunbridge Wells	9^[71]^[72]^[73]	0
	Ashtead Independents	Chris Hunt	Mole Valley, Surrey	8^[74]^[75]^[76]	0
	Henley Residents Group	No leader	South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire	2^[77]	6
	Residents of Wilmslow	No Leader	Cheshire East Council	4	4
	Hornchurch Residents' Association	Stephanie Jane Nunn^[78]	Havering London Borough Council	7^[79]	0
	Rochford District Residents	No Leader	Rochford District, Essex County Council	7	0
	Thornaby Independent Association	No Leader	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	7	0
	City Independent	No Leader	Stoke-on-Trent City Council	6^[80]	0
	Ideal Bradford	Dominic Newton		0	6
	Molesey Residents' Association	Stuart Selleck	Surrey County Council, Elmbridge Borough Council	6^[81]^[54]^[82]	0
	Our West Lancashire	Adrian Owens	West Lancashire Borough Council	6^[83]	0
	Reform Derby	Alan Graves senior	Derby	6 ^[Note 12]	0
	Runnymede Independent Residents' Group	No leader	Runnymede	6	0
	Upminster and Cranham Residents' Association	Linda Hawthorn	Havering London Borough Council	6	0
	Alliance for Local Living	Felicity Rice	Dorset Council, BCP	5	0
	Basingstoke & Deane Independents	Ian Tilbury	Basingstoke and Deane	5	0
	Burnley and Padiham Independent Party	Mark Payne	Burnley Borough Council	5	0
	Farnworth and Kearsley First	Peter Flitcroft	Bolton Council	Bolton Council 5 / 60	0
	Morley Borough Independents	Robert Finnigan	Leeds City Council	5	0
	Old Windsor Residents' Association	Lynne Jones and Malcolm Beer	Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council	Local government 5 / 57 ^[84]	0
	Poole Local Group	Mohan Iyengar	BCP	5	0
	Poole People Party	Mark Howell	BCP	5	0
	South Tyneside Independent Group	Glenn Thompson		0	5
	Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association	Graham Cooke^[85]	Elmbridge Borough Council	5^[86]^[54]^[82] ^[Note 13]	0
	Wells Independents	Philip Welch		0	5
	Barnsley Independent Group	Phillip Birkinshaw	Barnsley	4^[87]	0
	Brockworth First	No Leader	Tewkesbury Borough Council	4	0
	Independent Community and Health Concern	Dr Richard Taylor	Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, Shropshire	4^[9]	0
	Newport Independents Party	Kevin Whitehead	Newport, South Wales	4 ^[88]	0
	Nork Residents' Association	No leader	Reigate and Banstead, Surrey	4^[89]^[54] ^[Note 14]	0
	Nottingham Independents	Francesco Lari	Nottingham City Council, Gedling Borough Council, Nottinghamshire	3 ^[90]	1
	Tattenhams & Preston Residents	No leader	Reigate and Banstead, Surrey	4^[89] ^[Note 15]	0
	Edlington and Warmsworth First	no leader		0	3
	Fairfield and Yarm Independents	No leader	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	3	0
	Guildford Greenbelt Group	Susan Parker	Guildford	3^[91]	0
	H&E Matters	No leader	Tendring District	3	0
	Handforth Ratepayers' Association	No leader	Cheshire East	1	2
	Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association	Darren Wise	Havering London Borough Council	3	0
	Highwoods Group	Beverley Oxford	Colchester	3^[92]	0
	Hinchley Wood Residents Association	Saranne Bristow^[93]	Elmbridge Borough Council	3 ^[94]^[82] ^[Note 16]	0
	Ingleby Barwick Independent Society	Kenneth Dixon	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	3	0
	Merton Park Ward Residents Association	Peter Southgate	Merton London Borough Council	Merton London Borough Council 3 / 60	0
	Newcastle Independents	Jason Smith	Newcastle City Council	3^[95]	0
	People Against Bureaucracy	Malcolm Stennett	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	3^[96]^[97]	0
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Allen Cowles	Rotherham	3^[98]	0
	Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents' Association	Peter Martin Harman	Dartford Borough Council	3	0
	Teesville Independents	No leader	Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	3	0
	Thurrock Independents	Graham Snell	Thurrock	3^[99]	0
	Independent Union	Shane Moore	Hartlepool	2^[15]	0
	Bollington First	Amanda Stott	Cheshire East	2	0
	Chichester and Harbour Independents	Louise Goldsmith	Chichester District Council	2	0
	Esher Residents Association	No leader	Elmbridge Borough Council	2^[100]^[82]	0
	Knowle Community Party	Gary Hopkins	Bristol City Council	2^[101]^[102]^[103]	0
	Lytham St. Anne's Independents	John Raymond Davies	Borough of Fylde	2	0
	Morecambe Bay Independents	Roger Dennison	Lancaster	2^[104]	0
	Orkney Manifesto Group	Rachael King	Orkney Islands Council	Orkney Islands Council 2 / 21	0
	South Woodham Ferrers Independents	Keith Bentley	Chelmsford City Council	2	0
	Tewkesbury and Twyning Independent	No Leader	Tewkesbury Borough Council	2	0
	The Borough First^[105]	Charles Hollingsworth	Windsor and Maidenhead	2^[106]	0
	The Walton Society	No leader	Elmbridge Borough Council	2^[107]^[82]	0
	Uplands Party^[108]	Peter May	Swansea Council	2	0
	West Words	no leader	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	2	0
	Weybridge & St. George's Independents	no leader	Elmbridge Borough Council	2^[109]^[82]	0
	Wickford Independents	No leader	Basildon Borough Council	2^[110]	0
	East Cleveland Independent	No leader	Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	1^[111]	0
	Hampshire Independents	Alan Stone		0	1^[112]
	Heavy Woollen District Independents	Aleksandar Lukic	Kirklees Council	1^[36]	0
	Putting Cumbria First	Jonathan Davies	Allerdale Borough Council	1^[113]	0
	Sutton Residents' Party	Elizabeth Sarah Parry		0	1
	The Rubbish Party	Sally Cogley	East Ayrshire	1^[114]	0
	West Dunbartonshire Community Party	Drew MacEoghainn	West Dunbartonshire	West Dunbartonshire Council 1 / 22	0
	West Suffolk Independents	Victor Lukaniuk	Suffolk County Council	1^[115]	0
	Wythall Residents' Association	No leader	Bromsgrove District	1^[116]^[54]	0

No elected UK representation

This is a table of notable minor parties. Many parties are registered with the Electoral Commission but do not qualify for this list as they have not received significant independent coverage. Parties active across Ireland may have representation in the Republic of Ireland but not Northern Ireland.

Party		Leader	Ideology	Political position
	4 Freedoms Party (UK EEP)	Dirk Hazell	Conservatism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre-right
	Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party	Richard Suchorzewski	Welsh Parliament abolition	—
	Anarchist Federation	Collective Leadership	Anarcho-communism, Anarchism	Far-left
	Britain First	Paul Golding	British Fascism, Ultranationalism, British unionism, Anti-Islamism, Euroscepticism	Far-right
	British National Party (BNP)	Adam Walker	British Fascism, Right-wing populism, White nationalism, White supremacism, Ethnic nationalism, Ultranationalism, Hard Euroscepticism	Far-right
	Burning Pink	Roger Hallam	Environmentalism	Left-wing
	Christian Party	Jeff Green	Christian right, Euroscepticism, Social conservatism, British unionism	Right-wing
	Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA)	Sidney Cordle	Christian right, Social conservatism, Euroscepticism	Far-right
	Church of the Militant Elvis Party	David Bishop	Political satire	—
	The Common Good	Dick Rodgers	Christian democracy, Social conservatism, Anti-Islam	Right-wing
	Communist League	No clear leader	Communism, Euroscepticism	Far-left
	Communist Party of Britain (CPB)	Robert Griffiths	Communism, Marxism–Leninism	Far-left
	Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (CPB-ML)	No clear leader	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Hard Euroscepticism	Far-left
	Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (CPGB-ML)	Ella Rule	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Stalinism Anti-revisionism, Anti-Zionism,^[117] Hard Euroscepticism^[118]	Far-left
	Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)	Collective leadership	Communism, Leninism, Anti-Stalinism	Far-left
	Cross-Community Labour Alternative	Owen McCracken	Democratic socialism, Trade unionism, Nonsectarianism, Eco-socialism	Left-wing
	English Democrats	Robin Tilbrook	English nationalism, English independence, English parliamentary devolution, Euroscepticism	Right-wing to far-right
	Éirígí	Brian Leeson	Socialism, Irish republicanism, Anti-imperialism, Euroscepticism, Environmentalism	Left-wing to far-left
	Equal Parenting Alliance	Ray Barry	Fathers' rights movement	—
	Fianna Fáil (Major party in the Republic of Ireland)	Micheál Martin	Conservatism, Christian democracy, Irish nationalism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre to centre-right
	Heritage Party	David Kurten	Euroscepticism, British nationalism, British unionism, Right-wing populism, Social conservatism	Right-wing
	Irish Republican Socialist Party	Collective leadership	Irish republicanism, Marxism-Leninism, Anti-globalisation, Hard Euroscepticism	Far-left
	Lewisham People Before Profit	Patricia Richardson	Socialism, Localism	Left-wing
	Left Unity	Sharon McCourt Joseph Healy Nick Jones (Principal Speakers)	Socialism, Anti-capitalism, Environmentalism, Feminism, Anti-racism, Pro-Europeanism	Left-wing
	Libertarian Party	Adam Brown	Libertarianism, Classical liberalism, Euroscepticism	—
	Llais Gwynedd	Owain Williams	Gwynedd regionalism	—
	London Black Revolutionaries	Unknown	Anti-capitalism, Anti-fascism, Anti-imperialism, Revolutionary socialism, Anti-racism	Far-Left
	National Health Action Party (NHA)	Alastair Fischer and Veronika Wagner	Re-nationalisation of the NHS, Social democracy, Environmentalism, Anti-austerity, Reformism	Centre-left
	National Front (NF)	Tony Martin	Fascism, Neo-fascism, British nationalism, White supremacism Factions: Neo-Nazism, Radical populism, Third Positionism	Far-right
	National Liberal Party	Upkar Singh Rai	Euroscepticism	Far-right
	New Communist Party of Britain	Andy Brooks	Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Anti-revisionism, Hard Euroscepticism	Far-left
	Northern Independence Party (NIP)	Philip Proudfoot and Evie McGovern	Northern independence, Democratic socialism	Left-wing
	Peace Party	John Morris	Pacifism, Environmentalism	Left-wing
	Republican Network for Unity	Gary McNally	Irish republicanism, Socialism	Left-wing
	Republican Sinn Féin	Seosamh Ó Maoileoin	Irish republicanism, Irish nationalism, Éire Nua, Socialism, Euroscepticism, Abstentionism, Secularism	Left-wing
	Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (RCPB-ML)	Chris Coleman	Communism, Anti-revisionism, Hoxhaism, Marxism–Leninism	Far-left
	Saoradh	Collective leadership	Irish republicanism, Dissident republicanism, Socialism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-imperialism	Far-left
	Science Party	Michael Brooks	Technocracy	—
	Scottish Democratic Alliance (SDA)	Robert Lamb Watson	Scottish independence, Hard Euroscepticism	Centre-right
	Scottish Libertarian Party	Tam Laird	Libertarianism, Classical liberalism, Minarchism, Individualism, Scottish independence, Euroscepticism	—
	Scottish Socialist Party	Collective leadership	Democratic socialism, Anti-capitalism, Scottish independence, Scottish republicanism	Left-wing
	Scottish Unionist Party (SUP)	Daniel Houston	Scottish unionism, British unionism, Anti-Scottish Parliament	Right-wing
	Socialist Equality Party	No clear leader	Orthodox Trotskyism	Far-left
	Socialist Labour Party (SLP)	Arthur Scargill	Socialism, Anti-capitalism, Fiscal localism, Republicanism, Hard Euroscepticism	Left-wing
	Socialist Party (England and Wales)	Hannah Sell	Trotskyism	Far-left
	Socialist Party (Ireland)	Collective leadership	Democratic socialism, Political radicalism, Trotskyism, Euroscepticism	Left-wing to far-left
	Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB)	Collective leadership	Socialism, Marxism, Impossibilism	Far-left
	Socialist Party Scotland	No clear leader	Socialism, Trotskyism, Trade unionism	Far-left
	Socialist Workers Party (SWP)	Collective leadership	Trotskyism	Far-left
	Solidarity Federation	Collective leadership	Anarcho-Syndicalism, Anarchism	Left-wing to Far-left
	Something New	Dr James Smith	Radical centrism, No fixed ideology	Centre Syncretic
	Spartacist League of Britain	Unclear	Trotskyism	Far-left
	Taking The Initiative Party (TTIP)	Charles Gordon and Sasha Johnson	Anti-racism	Left-wing
	Veterans and People's Party (VPP)	Robin Horsfall	Islamophobia, Right-wing populism, British nationalism, Hard Euroscepticism, Conservatism	Right-wing
	Volt UK	Philipp Gnatzy	Pro-Europeanism, European federalism, Social liberalism, Progressivism	Centre to centre-left
	Wessex Regionalists	Jim Gunter	Wessex regionalism, Agrarianism	—
	Whig Party	Waleed Ghani	Pro-Europeanism, Social progressivism, Whiggism	Centre
	Workers Party of Britain (WPB)	George Galloway	Anti-war, Socialism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-imperialism, Anti-Zionism, Euroscepticism	Left-wing to far-left
	Workers' Party (Ireland)	Michael Donnelly	Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Irish republicanism, Euroscepticism	Far-left
	Workers' Power	National Committee	Trotskyism	Far-left
	Workers Revolutionary Party	Joshua Ogunleye	Trotskyism, Euroscepticism, Healyism	Far-left

Defunct parties

Party		Foundation/ dissolution	Leader at dissolution	Ideology	Political position
	Advance Together	2017–2020	Annabel Mullin	Social liberalism, Subsidiarity, Reformism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre
	Anti-Federalist League (Later became what is now UKIP)	1991–1993	Alan Sked	Euroscepticism	Right-wing
	Blaenau Gwent People's Voice	2005–2010	No clear leader	Localism, Populism	—
	Borders Party	2006–2020	Frances Pringle	Localism	—
	Boston Bypass Independents	2006–2011	Richard Austin	Localism	—
	Britannica Party	2011–2020	Charles Baillie	British Fascism, Right-wing populism	Far-right
	British First Party	2007	Kevin Quinn	Neo-Nazism, White nationalism, White supremacy	Far-right
	British Freedom Party (BFP)	2010–2012	Kevin Carroll	British nationalism, Euroscepticism, Anti-Islam	Far-right
	Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol (CISTA)	2015–2016	Paul Birch	Cannabis legalisation	—
	Class War	2014–2015	No clear leader	Anarchism	Left-wing to far-left
	Community Action Party	2002–2016	Michael Moulding	Environmentalism, Localism	Centre-left
	Communist Party of Scotland	1992–2017(?)	No clear leader	Communism, Marxism-Leninism, Scottish independence	Far-left
	The Community Group (Hounslow)	1994–2016	Ian Speed	Localism	—
	Countryside Party	2000–2008	No clear leader	Agrarianism, Conservatism	Right-wing
	Democratic Alliance of Wales	1999–2008	Mike German	Localism	—
	Democratic Labour	1972–1979	Dick Taverne	Social democracy	Centre-left
	Democratic Party	1998–2010	Geoff Southall	Euroscepticism, Direct democracy	Right-wing
	East Kilbride Alliance	2007–2012	No clear leader	Localism	Centre-left
	Ecology Party	1975–1985	Tony Whittaker	Green politics	Left-wing
	England First	2003–2012	Mark Cotterill	Ethnic nationalism, English nationalism, English independence, Euroscepticism	Far-right
	Fancy Dress Party	1979–2017	Steven Fumpleton	Political satire	—
	Fellowship Party	1955–2007	Sidney Fagan	Environmentalism, Pacifism, Christian socialism	Left-wing
	Fishing Party (Scotland)	2003–2004	George Geddes	Single-issue	—
	For Britain Movement	2017–2022	Anne Marie Waters	Anti-Islam, Right-wing populism, British nationalism, National conservatism, Hard Euroscepticism	Far-right
	For Darwen Party	2007–2013	Stephen Potter	Localism, Hard Euroscepticism	Right-wing
	Forward Wales	2003–2010	John Marek	Socialism, Welsh nationalism	Left-wing
	Freedom Party	2000–2006	Adrian Davies	Anti-immigration, Protectionism	Right-wing to far-right
	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^[119]	2017–2018	Lorraine Moss	Localism	—
	Highlands and Islands Alliance	1998–2004	Lorraine Mann	Localism, Regionalism, Soft Euroscepticism	—
	Independence from Europe	2012–2017	Mike Nattrass	Euroscepticism, State ownership, Direct democracy, English devolution	Right-wing
	The Independent Group for Change	2019	Anna Soubry	Centrism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre
	Independent Working Class Association (IWCA)	1995–2020	No clear leader	Socialism, Localism	Left-wing
	Islamic Party of Britain	1989–2006	David Musa Pidcock	Islamism	Third position
	Jury Team	2009–2011	Sir Paul Judge	Nonpartisan politics, Localism, Direct democracy	Big tent
	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	1997–2013	Peter Reynolds	Cannabis legalisation, Drug policy reform	—
	Left List	2008–2010	Collective leadership	Socialism	Left-wing
	Liberal Party (Merged with SDP to make Liberal Democrats)	1859–1988	David Steel^[Note 17]	Liberalism, Classical liberalism, Social liberalism	Centre
	Liberty GB	2013–2017	Paul Weston	Hard Euroscepticism, Right-wing populism, British nationalism, Social conservatism	Far-right
	Make Politicians History	2005–2009	Ronnie Carroll	Anti-Parliamentarianism	—
	MP3 Party	2002–2007	Ruslan Fedorovsky	Political satire	—
	National Democrats (ND)	1995–2011	No clear leader	British nationalism, Right-wing populism, Third positionism, Euroscepticism, National conservatism	Far-right
	Nationalist Alliance	2005–2008	Catherine Parker-Brown	White supremacy	Far-right
	Natural Law Party (NLP)	1992–2004	No clear leader	Pro-Transcendental Meditation	—
	New Deal	2013–2015	Alan Sked	Euroscepticism, Social liberalism	Centre-left
	New Party	2003–2010	Richard Vass	Neoliberalism, Economic liberalism, Internationalism, Euroscepticism, Right-libertarianism	Right-wing
	No2EU	2009–2014	No clear leader	Euroscepticism, Socialism	Left-wing
	No Candidate Deserves My Vote!	2000–2012	Amanda Ringwood	Electoral reform, None of the above	—
	Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (NIWC)	1996–2006	Monica McWilliams Pearl Sagar	Feminism, Nonsectarianism	—
	Northern Party	2015–2016	Michael Dawson	Northern England Regionalism	—
	NI21	2013–2016	Basil McCrea	Ulster unionism, Social liberalism, Secularism, Nonsectarianism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre
	One London	2005–2008	Damian Hockney	Euroscepticism	Right-wing
	Pirate Party	2009–2020	Harley James Faggetter	Pirate politics, Civil libertarianism	—
	Pro-Euro Conservative Party	1999–2001	John Stevens Brendan Donnelly	One-nation conservatism, Liberal conservatism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre to centre-right
	ProLife Alliance	1996–2004	Josephine Quintavalle Bruno Quintavalle	Anti-abortion	Single-issue
	Protestant Coalition	2013–2015	Robert McKee	Irish unionism, Ulster loyalism, British nationalism, Christian fundamentalism, Christian right	Far-right
	Raving Loony Green Giant Party	1989–1993	Stuart Hughes	Environmentalism, Political satire	—
	Referendum Party	1994–1997	James Goldsmith	Euroscepticism	Single-issue
	Renew Party	2017–2022	James Clarke	Pro-Europeanism	Centre
	Respect Party	2004–2016	George Galloway	Anti-war, Socialism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-imperialism, Anti-Zionism, Euroscepticism	Left-wing to far-left
	RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance	2015–2020	Jonathon Shafi	Anti-capitalism, Eco-socialism, Scottish independence, Scottish republicanism	Left-wing
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party	2000–2007	Chris Driver	Political satire	—
	Scottish Enterprise Party (Now Scottish Democratic Alliance)	2004–2009	Robert Lamb Watson	Scottish independence, Hard Euroscepticism	Centre-right
	Scottish Jacobite Party	2005–2007 & 2010–2011	John Black	Scottish independence, Scottish republicanism, Euroscepticism	—
	Scottish Voice	2007–2012	Archie Stirling	—	Centre-right
	Social Democratic Alliance (SDA)	1975–1981	No clear leader	Social democracy, Anti-communism	Centre to centre-left
	Social Democratic Party (SDP) (Merged with old Liberal Party to make Liberal Democrats)	1981–1988	Robert Maclennan^[Note 18]	Social democracy, Social liberalism	Centre
	Socialist People's Party (Furness)	1995–2015	Jim Hamezian	Socialism	Left-wing
	Solidarity	2006–2021	Tommy Sheridan	Socialism, Scottish independence, Scottish republicanism, Euroscepticism	Left-wing to far-left
	Tower Hamlets First	2013–2015	Lutfur Rahman	Social democracy, Localism	Centre-left
	Trust Party	2010–2011	Stuart Wheeler	Soft Euroscepticism	Right-wing
	UK European Union Party	2019-2021	Pierre Kirk	Pro-Europeanism, Cultural liberalism, Social liberalism, Fiscal conservatism	Centre
	UK Unionist Party (UKUP)	1995–2008	Robert McCartney	British unionism, Nonsectarianism, Integrationism	Centre-right
	Ulster Popular Unionist Party	1980–1995	James Kilfedder	British unionism, Pro-devolution	Centre-right
	United in Europe	2014–2015	Charles Cormack	Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left
	United Kingdom First Party	2009-2010	Robin Page	Populism, Euroscepticism	Right-wing
	United Ulster Unionist Party (UUUP)	1975–1984	Ernest Baird	Ulster loyalism	Right-wing
	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (VUPP)	1972–1978	William Craig	British nationalism, Ulster loyalism	Right-wing to far-right
	Veritas	2005–2015	Therese Muchewicz	Right-wing populism, Euroscepticism	Right-wing
	We Demand a Referendum Now (WDARN)	2012–2014	Nikki Sinclaire	Euroscepticism	Single-issue
	White Nationalist Party (WNP)	2002–2005	No clear leader	White nationalism, Neo-fascism, White supremacy	Far-right

Historical parties

• All-for-Ireland Party (1910–1918)
• Anti Common Market and Free Trade Party (1967–1988)
• British Democratic Party (1979–1982)
• British Fascisti (1920s–1930s)
• British Movement (1968–1983)
• British National Party (1960–1967)
• British People's Party (1940s)
• British Socialist Party (1911–1920)
• British Ulster Dominion Party
• British Union of Fascists (1930s)
• Campaign for Social Democracy (1973–1974)
• Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity (1963–c.1972)
• Common Wealth Party (1942–1945)
• Communist Party of Great Britain (1920–1991)
• Communist Party of South Wales and the West of England
• Constitutional Movement (1979–1984)
• Crofters Party
• Fife Socialist League (1950s–1960s)
• Flag Group (1980s)
• Highland Land League (1909–1920s)
• Independent Labour Party (1893–1975)
• International Marxist Group (1968–1982)
  [Organised the electoral coalition Socialist Unity]
• Irish Independence Party
• Irish Parliamentary Party
• Irish Unionist Alliance
• Labour Party of Northern Ireland
• Labour Party of Scotland (1973)
• Liberal Unionist Party (1886–1912)
• National Democratic and Labour Party (1918–1923)
• National Democratic Party (1960s–1970s)
• National Independence Party (1970s)
• National Labour Party (1957–1960)
• National Liberal Party (1922–1923)
• National Liberal Party (1931–1968)
• National Party (1975–1977)
• National Party of Scotland (1928–1934)
• National Socialist Party (1916–1919)
• Nationalist Party (1918–1977) [Northern Irish party]
• New Party (1931–1932)
• Official National Front (1986–1989)
• Orkney and Shetland Movement
• Progressives (1920s–1970s) [Scottish party]
• Revolutionary Communist Party (1944–1950)
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (1912–1941)
• Revolutionary Workers' Party (1962–1990s)
• Scottish Labour Party (1888–1893)
• Scottish Labour Party (1976–1981)
• Scottish Militant Labour (1990s)
• Scottish Party (1932–1934)
• Scottish Prohibition Party (1901–1935)
• Scottish Socialist Alliance
• Scottish Socialist Federation
• Scottish Voice
• Scottish Workers' Representation Committee (1899–1909)
• Scottish Workers Republican Party
• Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1931–1951, 1965–1978)
• Social Democratic Federation (1884–1911)
• Socialist Labour Party (1903–1980)
• Ulster Liberal Party (1928, 1956–1987)
• Ulster Labour Unionists
• Union Movement (1948–1973)
• Unionist Party (1912–1965)
• United Country Party (1970s)
• United Socialist Movement (1934–1965)
• Vectis National Party (1970s) [Isle of Wight regionalist party]
• Women's Party (1917–1919)
• Workers Party of Scotland
• Working People's Party of England (1968–1986)

See also

• Timeline of political parties in the United Kingdom
• List of political parties in the United Kingdom by representation
• 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
• Elections in the United Kingdom
• List of political parties in Northern Ireland
• List of political parties in Scotland
• List of political parties in Wales
• List of political parties in the Isle of Man (a British Crown dependency)
• List of political parties in Gibraltar (a British overseas territory)
• Index of UK party meta attributes

Notes

1. Including absent, suspended and temporarily disqualified members.
2. Including 26 as Lab Co-op.
3. The Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, is not included in this tally as the speaker stands in the election as "Speaker seeking re-election" and no longer has ties with their original party.
4. Including 16 as Lab Co-op.
5. Including 7 as Lab Co-op.
6. Including 11 as Lab Co-op.
7. Sinn Fein operate a policy of Abstentionism and do not take their Commons seats
8. Including absent, suspended and temporarily disqualified members.
9. Party operates a policy of collective leadership, but Eamonn McCann is listed as the party's leader for the purposes of registration to the UK Electoral Commission.
10. Two town councillors are on Newquay Town Council, the other a Parish Councillor on the Isle of Sheppey / Swale
11. 2 sit as Reform Derby and Reform UK
12. 2 sit as Reform Derby and Reform UK
13. 1 member sits as a member of the Hinchley Wood Residents' Association and the Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association
14. 1 member sits as a member of the Nork Residents' Association and the Tattenham & Preston Residents' Association
15. 1 member sits as a member of the Nork Residents' Association and the Tattenham & Preston Residents' Association
16. 1 member sits as a member of the Hinchley Wood Residents' Association and the Thames Ditton & Weston Green Residents' Association
17. The SDP-Liberal Alliance at dissolution was jointly led by Steel as the leader of the Liberal Party and Robert Maclennan as the leader of the SDP.
18. The SDP-Liberal Alliance at dissolution was jointly led by David Steel as the leader of the Liberal Party and Maclennan as the leader of the SDP.

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External links

• . Archived from the original on 9 March 2006.
• . Archived from the original on 25 September 2006.
• Electoral Commission: Database of Registers, includes Register of Political Parties
• Links to UK political websites from the BBC
• NSD: European Election Database – UK descriptions of main parties